Learning to fluently read the current Saṃskṛta character set is essential to learning the language. There are two steps to learning to read the Saṃskṛta script – reading syllables and reading words or phrases. Moving from the prior to the latter involves learning vocabulary words and phrases, which we will deal with later on in the reader and vocabulary sections.

In this section, we will just be concerned with reading syllables. Since our focus will initially be the second chapter of the Bhagavad Gita, then this chapter has been reproduced here. On each page, two verses are presented. Each verse consists of two lines, and each of these lines is separately represented in three different rows. Some of the verses are introduced by a short line that indicates who the speaker is, e.g., in the second verse “Śrī Bhagavān uvāca,” which means “the Lord said.” These introductions are completely given here on their own line, then the first line of the verse given underneath it.

The first row is shown as it is normally written in verse form with its transliteration underneath it. The second row underneath that shows the same line with separations between words that can be made without changing the sound of the pronunciation of the line. This is a technical point that we will learn about in the second chapter of the grammar section that deals with phonetic combinations of letters. Sometimes no such separations are possible in a line and this row looks similar to the first.

I have hyphenated compounded words, when the separation would not affect pronunciation. The character used for compactness is the middle dot (·), instead of a hyphen.

This second row also includes a pronunciation break between quarters (called pādas 1.23:) that one can make while reading the line. This break is shown with a comma. When a pronunciation break occurs, then the vowel or consonant before (and sometimes after) the break may change due to loss of a phonetic combination between the last letter of the preceding quarter and the initial letter of the following quarter. Underneath this second row of the line is its transliteration, with the transliteration spaced out, like it is for the other two rows, so that it is generally underneath its corresponding Saṃskṛta script.

Here, the adopted style of reading even the first row of these verses allows breaking between pādas (quarters), if possible, by pausing after the end of the last word in the quarter. As a result of this style the first row will be pronounced exactly like the second row, even though the writing does not show the pause and the required phonetic changes. When the experienced reader reaches the end of the quarter by the cadence of eight or eleven syllables depending on the verse meter, and the quarter ends in a separable word, the reader pauses with the appropriate phonetics on-the-fly.

The first instance of this phonetic change occurs at the end of the first quarter of the first line of the second verse. The idaṃ reverts back to idam. For most of us we will learn these changes by remembering how it sounds, like learning a song from a singer.

The third and final row of the line is the break out of individual syllables for pronunciation purposes.

A pronunciation syllable is different from the syllable described in prosody and grammar (see 1.20:), as the later is quantitatively used in prosody to distinguish between the various meters of verse forms and is also used qualitatively in prosody and grammar to distinguish a metrical heavy and light syllable (1.22:).

The pronunciation syllables, on the other hand, differ in that these are meant to show the phonetic units a native speaker of the language usually would distinguish when reading Saṃskṛta, whether in verse or in prose. In these syllables, when a conjunct consonant follows a syllable ending in a vowel, then usually the first component consonant of that conjunct is pronounced as a single unit with the preceding syllable, even if that preceding syllable belongs to a separate word and is separated from the following conjunct by a space.

For example, in the syllable breakout of the first line of the first verse there are four conjunct consonants: ṣṭ in kṛpayāviṣṭam and śr, rṇ and kṣ in aśrupūrṇākulekṣaṇam. Here instead of the metrical syllable breakout of kṛ-pa-yā-vi-ṣṭam and a-śru-pū-rṇā-ku-le-kṣa-nam, the pronunciation syllable breakout is kṛ-pa-yā-viṣ-ṭam and aś-ru-pūr-ṇā-ku-lek-ṣa-nam, with the affected characters in bold.

You will find that, in following this method of splitting conjuncts, many of these words with conjuncts are easier to pronounce. In addition, where within a pronunciation syllable the final of a previous word and the initial of a following word are joined, if the two can be separated without affecting the pronunciation, then I have inserted a hyphen. The hyphen, like in row two, is not to mark a necessary break in pronunciation, although a native speaker may choose to slightly hesitate between the separate words or word components for purpose of clarity; it is for later help when we start to learn vocabulary.

Here the verses of the second chapter of the Bhagavad Gītā are connected to sound clip files. This allows the option of playing back on your computer the pronunciation of each of the lines and each of the pronunciation syllables of these verses. Simply click anywhere on the lines, quarters or the syllables of the verses and you will hear it read through your computer’s speakers.

The reading of the lines is by Shri Pujya Swami Dayananda Saraswati. You may also obtain a recording of the entire Bhagavad Gita by Swamiji through Arsha Vidya Gurukulam bookstores (www.books.arshavidya.org). The invocation prayer, alphabets and the syllables for each of the lines of the verses are read by the author, A. K. Aruna. The author is Western so this will allow those who are new to the reading of Sanskrit to also hear the sounds without an Indian accent.

The first step in this section is learning to read just the third row of each line, i.e., the pronunciation syllable breakout. Start with reading the transliteration and then move to the Saṃskṛta script. Be sure to match your pronunciation of each letter with its description in the first chapter of the grammar section that deals with the alphabet. This includes where the sound is produced in the mouth (1.3:), the type of effort used to pronounce the sound (1.4:), the “sounds like” hints given in 1.5:, the clarification of certain sounds in the footnotes of 1.5:, the pronunciation length of characters given in 1.19:, and also the overall classifications of the sounds of the language given in 1.9:.

For non Indian students, pay special attention to the basic vowel sounds, since their transliterations – “a, i, u” – are not to be pronounced in Saṃskṛta as they are pronounced in English. Those who know other Indian languages will have the added burden of unlearning some of the pronunciation from their language(s) when it comes to Saṃskṛta. Mostly the differences that Saṃskṛta has from the different regional languages involve the three sibilants, the full range of both hard and soft class consonants, the distinction of aspirates and non aspirates, conjunct consonants, and retention of the final vowel of words.

Once you can read with confidence the third row of all the lines of verses, then move up to the second row. Study the difference in the Saṃskṛta between the third and second rows of all the lines of all the verses. This should thoroughly exercise your knowledge of conjunct consonants. At this stage of your reading, if you have a recording of the Bhagavad Gita, you might be able to mentally read along with the chanting on the recording – again first with the transliteration, then with the Saṃskṛta script. Don’t expect in this exercise to be able to read out loud these verses as well as the chanter on the recording; this takes time and requires the knowledge of the words and verses which you can get in The Aruna Sanskrit Language Series.

Notes on Pronunciation

The keys to pronouncing transliterated Sanskrit words is to watch out for misleading vowel pronunciations and to identify individual pronunciation syllables. The following will help eliminate the most pronunciation errors.

1) The international standard for Sanskrit transliteration can confuse when it comes to the vowels. The four most common vowels (a, i, u and e) are not, in fact, pronounced in Sanskrit like we pronounce these vowels in English, either in isolation or within English words. See the Sounds-like column in 4: for their correct pronunciation examples.

Also, there are two vowel sounds (ṛ and ḷ) that are transliterated as consonants with a dot under them. There are no good equivalents for these vowels in English. The key to remember here is to treat them exactly as vowels and not as consonants when determining what constitutes a pronunciation syllable in Sanskrit words.

Some vowels and consonants have two letters assigned to them. They are the vowels ai and au, and the aspirated consonants kh, gh, ch, etc. These are considered single vowels and single consonants with different beginning and ending sounds within them. Do not treat these aspirated consonants as conjunct consonants when determining the pronunciation syllables of Sanskrit words.

Additionally, there are three forms of the sibilant consonant “s.” Each is a distinct letter, and this distinction makes a difference in the meaning of the word.

All Sanskrit words, unlike English words, are pronounced as they are written. The one main exception is the common consonant conjunct jñ, which to me sounds best as “ññ” (1.14:).

2) A Sanskrit word is more clearly pronounced when there is a very slight pronunciation break between pronunciation syllables, just as we do when we speak English. In English, a medial conjunct consonant is often split up so that the initial consonant in the conjunct is joined with the preceding vowel and its syllable, e.g., “Web-ster.” Notice how odd it sounds to pronounce the word as “We-bster.” When you don’t break a Sanskrit word into its proper pronunciation syllables, then its pronunciation sounds just as odd. The following are the main guidelines to identify pronunciation syllables.

• The basic pronunciation syllable is either:
A consonant+vowel combination, even if the vowel is part of the next word (unless one is slowing pronunciation for clarity); or
An initial vowel preceded by a pronunciation break.
• These two basic pronunciation syllables may also be joined into a single syllable with either:
A following final consonant, or conjunct consonant, itself followed by a pronunciation break; or
An initial consonant in a following conjunct consonant, even if that following conjunct is part of the next word (unless one is slowing pronunciation for clarity).

The blended results of these guidelines will give us the following Sanskrit words with their pronunciation syllables separated with a hyphen:

• Ma-hā-bhā-ra-ta
• U-pa-ni-ṣad
• Prāp-sya-sis-var-gam or Prāp-sya-si svar-gam (for Prāpsyasi svargam)

Again, for clarity there may be a slight pronunciation break between compounded words, e.g., de-hān-ta-ra-prāp-tiḥ for the compound word dehāntara-prāptiḥ, instead of de-hān-ta-rap-rāp-tiḥ.

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Bhagavad Gita Chapter 2

अथ a tha द्वितीयोऽध्यायः। dvi tī yo'dh yā yaḥ

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Verse 1

सञ्जय sañ ja ya उवाच। u vā ca

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श्रीभगवान् śrī bha ga vān उवाच। u vā ca

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अर्जुन ar ju na उवाच। u vā ca

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सञ्जय sañ ja ya उवाच। u vā ca

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श्रीभगवान् śrī bha ga vān उवाच। u vā ca

a.	ज्ञ is not currently pronounced per its separate component elements (1.14:), so I am choosing here, and in the following verses, to not split this conjunct.

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अर्जुन ar ju na उवाच। u vā ca

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श्रीभगवान् śrī bha ga vān उवाच। u vā ca

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Chapter 2 Colophon

Now you should practice reading these same verses in their original संस्कृत form.

अथ द्वितीयोऽध्यायः।

सञ्जय उवाच।

तं तथा कृपयाविष्टमश्रुपूर्णाकुलेक्षणम्।

विषीदन्तमिदं वाक्यमुवाच मधुसूदनः॥१॥

श्रीभगवानुवाच।

कुतस्त्वा कश्मलमिदं विषमे समुपस्थितम्।

अनार्यजुष्टमस्वर्ग्यमकीर्तिकरमर्जुन॥२॥

क्लैब्यं मा स्म गमः पार्थ नैतत्त्वय्युपपद्यते।

क्षुद्रं हृदयदौर्बल्यं त्यक्त्वोत्तिष्ठ परन्तप॥३॥

अर्जुन उवाच।

कथं भीष्ममहं सङ्ख्ये द्रोणं च मधुसूदन।

इषुभिः प्रतियोत्स्यामि पूजार्हावरिसूदन॥४॥

गुरूनहत्वा हि महानुभावाञ्छ्रेयो भोक्तुं भैक्ष्यमपीह लोके।

हत्वार्थकामांस्तु गुरूनिहैव भुञ्जीय भोगान्रुधिरप्रदिग्धान्॥५॥

न चैतद्विद्मः कतरन्नो गरीयो यद्वा जयेम यदि वा नो जयेयुः।

यानेव हत्वा न जिजीविषामस्तेऽवस्थिताः प्रमुखे धार्तराष्ट्राः॥६॥

कार्पण्यदोषोपहतस्वभावः पृच्छामि त्वां धर्मसम्मूढचेताः।

यच्छ्रेयः स्यान्निश्चितं ब्रूहि तन्मे शिष्यस्तेऽहं शाधि मां त्वां प्रपन्नम्॥७॥

न हि प्रपश्यामि ममापनुद्याद्यच्छोकमुच्छोषणमिन्द्रियाणाम्।

अवाप्य भूमावसपत्नमृद्धं राज्यं सुराणामपि चाधिपत्यम्॥८॥

सञ्जय उवाच।

एवमुक्त्वा हृषीकेशं गुडाकेशः परन्तपः। (परन्तप)

न योत्स्य इति गोविन्दमुक्त्वा तूष्णीं बभूव ह॥९॥

तमुवाच हृषीकेशः प्रहसन्निव भारत।

सेनयोरुभयोर्मध्ये विषीदन्तमिदं वचः॥१०॥

श्रीभगवानुवाच।

अशोच्यानन्वशोचस्त्वं प्रज्ञावादांश्च भाषसे।

गतासूनगतासूंश्च नानुशोचन्ति पण्डिताः॥११॥

न त्वेवाहं जातु नासं न त्वं नेमे जनाधिपाः।

न चैव न भविष्यामः सर्वे वयमतः परम्॥१२॥

देहिनोऽस्मिन्यथा देहे कौमारं यौवनं जरा।

तथा देहान्तरप्राप्तिर्धीरस्तत्र न मुह्यति॥१३॥

मात्रास्पर्शास्तु कौन्तेय शीतोष्णसुखदुःखदाः।

आगमापायिनोऽनित्यास्तांस्तितिक्षस्व भारत॥१४॥

यं हि न व्यथयन्त्येते पुरुषं पुरुषर्षभ।

समदुःखसुखं धीरं सोऽमृतत्वाय कल्पते॥१५॥

नासतो विद्यते भावो नाभावो विद्यते सतः।

उभयोरपि दृष्टोऽन्तस्त्वनयोस्तत्त्वदर्शिभिः॥१६॥

अविनाशि तु तद्विद्धि येन सर्वमिदं ततम्।

विनाशमव्ययस्यास्य न कश्चित्कर्तुमर्हति॥१७॥

अन्तवन्त इमेदेहा नित्यस्योक्ताः शरीरिणः।

अनाशिनोऽप्रमेयस्य तस्माद्युध्यस्व भारत॥१८॥

य एनं वेत्ति हन्तारं यश्चैनं मन्यते हतम्।

उभौ तौ न विजानीतो नायं हन्ति न हन्यते॥१९॥

न जायते म्रियते वा कदाचिन्नायं भूत्वाभविता वा न भूयः।

अजो नित्यः शाश्वतोऽयं पुराणो न हन्यते हन्यमाने शरीरे॥२॥

वेदाविनाशिनं नित्यं य एनमजमव्ययम्।

कथं स पुरुषः पार्थ कं घातयति हन्ति कम्॥२१॥

वासांसि जीर्णानि यथा विहाय नवानि गृह्णाति नरोऽपराणि।

तथा शरीराणि विहाय जीर्णान्यन्यानि संयाति नवानि देही॥२२॥

नैनं छिन्दन्ति शस्त्राणि नैनं दहति पावकः।

न चैनंक्लेदयन्त्यापो न शोषयति मारुतः॥२३॥

अच्छेद्योऽयमदाह्योऽयमक्लेद्योऽशोष्य एव च।

नित्यः सर्वगतः स्थाणुरचलोऽयं सनातनः॥२४॥

अव्यक्तोऽयमचिन्त्योऽयमविकार्योऽयमुच्यते।

तस्मादेवं विदित्वैनं नानुशोचितुमर्हसि॥२५॥

अथ चैनं नित्यजातं नित्यं वा मन्यसे मृतम्।

तथापि त्वं महाबाहो नैवं शोचितुमर्हसि॥२६॥

जातस्य हि ध्रुवो मृत्युर्ध्रुवं जन्म मृतस्य च।

तस्मादपरिहार्येऽर्थे न त्वं शोचितुमर्हसि॥२७॥

अव्यक्तादीनि भूतानि व्यक्तमध्यानि भारत।

अव्यक्तनिधनान्येव तत्र का परिदेवना॥२८॥

आश्चर्यवत्पश्यति कश्चिदेनमाश्चर्यवद्वदति तथैव चान्यः।

आश्चर्यवच्चैनमन्यः शृणोति श्रुत्वाप्येनं वेद न चैव कश्चित्॥२९॥

देही नित्यमवध्योऽयं देहे सर्वस्य भारत।

तस्मात्सर्वाणि भूतानि न त्वं शोचितुमर्हसि॥३०॥

स्वधर्ममपि चावेक्ष्य न विकम्पितुमर्हसि।

धर्म्याद्धि युद्धाच्छ्रेयोऽन्यत्क्षत्रियस्य न विद्यते॥३१॥

यदृच्छया चोपपन्नं स्वर्गद्वारमपावृतम्।

सुखिनः क्षत्रियाः पार्थ लभन्ते युद्धमीदृशम्॥३२॥

अथ चेत्त्वमिमं धर्म्यं सङ्ग्रामं न करिष्यसि।

ततः स्वधर्मं कीर्तिं च हित्वा पापमवाप्स्यसि॥३३॥

अकीर्तिं चापि भूतानि कथयिष्यन्ति तेऽव्ययाम्।

सम्भावितस्य चाकीर्तिर्मरणादतिरिच्यते॥३४॥

भयाद्रणादुपरतं मंस्यन्ते त्वां महारथाः।

येषां च त्वं बहुमतो भूत्वा यास्यसि लाघवम्॥३५॥

अवाच्यवादांश्च बहून्वदिष्यन्ति तवाहिताः।

निन्दन्तस्तव सामर्थ्यं ततो दुःखतरं नु किम्॥३६॥

हतो वा प्राप्स्यसि स्वर्गं जित्वा वा भोक्ष्यसे महीम्।

तस्मादुत्तिष्ठ कौन्तेय युद्धाय कृतनिश्चयः॥३७॥

सुखदुःखे समे कृत्वा लाभालाभौ जयाजयौ।

ततो युद्धाय युज्यस्व नैवं पापमवाप्स्यसि॥३८॥

एषा तेऽभिहिता साङ्ख्ये बुद्धिर्योगे त्विमां शृणु।

बुद्ध्या युक्तो यया पार्थ कर्मबन्धं प्रहास्यसि॥३९॥

नेहाभिक्रमनाशोऽस्ति प्रत्यवायो न विद्यते।

स्वल्पमप्यस्य धर्मस्य त्रायते महतो भयात्॥४०॥

व्यवसायात्मिका बुद्धिरेकेह कुरुनन्दन।

बहुशाखा ह्यनन्ताश्च बुद्धयोऽव्यवसायिनाम्॥४१॥

यामिमां पुष्पितां वाचं प्रवदन्त्यविपश्चितः।

वेदवादरताः पार्थ नान्यदस्तीति वादिनः॥४२॥

कामात्मानः स्वर्गपरा जन्मकर्मफलप्रदाम्।

क्रियाविशेषबहुलां भोगैश्वर्यगतिं प्रति॥४३॥

भोगैश्वर्यप्रसक्तानां तयापहृतचेतसाम्।

व्यवसायात्मिका बुद्धिः समाधौ न विधीयते॥४४॥

त्रैगुण्यविषया वेदा निस्त्रैगुण्यो भवार्जुन।

निर्द्वन्द्वो नित्यसत्त्वस्थो निर्योगक्षेम आत्मवान्॥४५॥

यावानर्थ उदपाने सर्वतः सम्प्लुतोदके।

तावान्सर्वेषु वेदेषु ब्राह्मणस्य विजानतः॥॥४६॥

कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते मा फलेषु कदाचन।

मा कर्मफलहेतुर्भूर्मा ते सङ्गोऽस्त्वकर्मणि॥४७॥

योगस्थः कुरु कर्माणि सङ्गं त्यक्त्वा धनञ्जय।

सिद्ध्यसिद्ध्योः समो भूत्वा समत्वं योग उच्यते॥४८॥

दूरेण ह्यवरं कर्म बुद्धियोगाद्धनञ्जय।

बुद्धौ शरणमन्विच्छ कृपणाः फलहेतवः॥॥४९॥

बुद्धियुक्तो जहातीह उभे सुकृतदुष्कृते।

तस्माद्योगाय युज्यस्व योगः कर्मसु कौशलम्॥५०॥

कर्मजं बुद्धियुक्ता हि फलं त्यक्त्वा मनीषिणः।

जन्मबन्धविनिर्मुक्ताः पदं गच्छन्त्यनामयम्॥५१॥

यदा ते मोहकलिलं बुद्धिर्व्यतितरिष्यति।

तदा गन्तासि निर्वेदं श्रोतव्यस्य श्रुतस्य च॥५२॥

श्रुतिविप्रतिपन्ना ते यदा स्थास्यति निश्चला।

समाधावचला बुद्धिस्तदा योगमवाप्स्यसि॥५३॥

अर्जुन उवाच।

स्थितप्रज्ञस्य का भाषा समाधिस्थस्य केशव।

स्थितधीः किं प्रभाषेत किमासीत व्रजेत किम्॥५४॥

श्रीभगवानुवाच।

प्रजहाति यदा कामान्सर्वान्पार्थ मनोगतान्।

आत्मन्येवात्मना तुष्टः स्थितप्रज्ञस्तदोच्यते॥५५॥

दुःखेष्वनुद्विग्नमनाः सुखेषु विगतस्पृहः।

वीतरागभयक्रोधः स्थितधीर्मुनिरुच्यते॥५६॥

यः सर्वत्रानभिस्नेहस्तत्तत्प्राप्य शुभाशुभम्।

नाभिनन्दति न द्वेष्टि तस्य प्रज्ञा प्रतिष्ठिता॥५७॥

यदा संहरते चायं कूर्मोऽङ्गानीव सर्वशः।

इन्द्रियाणीन्द्रियार्थेभ्यस्तस्य प्रज्ञा प्रतिष्ठिता॥५८॥

विषया विनिवर्तन्ते निराहारस्य देहिनः।

रसवर्जं रसोऽप्यस्य परं दृष्ट्वा निवर्तते॥५९॥

यततो ह्यपि कौन्तेय पुरुषस्य विपश्चितः।

इन्द्रियाणि प्रमाथीनि हरन्ति प्रसभं मनः॥६०॥

तानि सर्वाणि संयम्य युक्त आसीत मत्परः।

वशे हि यस्येन्द्रियाणि तस्य प्रज्ञा प्रतिष्ठिता॥६१॥

ध्यायतो विषयान्पुंसः सङ्गस्तेषूपजायते।

सङ्गात्सञ्जायते कामः कामात्क्रोधोऽभिजायते॥६२॥

क्रोधाद्भवति सम्मोहः सम्मोहात्स्मृतिविभ्रमः।

स्मृतिभ्रंशाद्बुद्धिनाशो बुद्धिनाशात्प्रणश्यति॥६३॥

रागद्वेषवियुक्तैस्तु विषयानिन्द्रियैश्चरन्।

आत्मवश्यैर्विधेयात्मा प्रसादमधिगच्छति॥६४॥

प्रसादे सर्वदुःखानां हानिरस्योपजायते।

प्रसन्नचेतसो ह्याशु बुद्धिः पर्यवतिष्ठते॥६५॥

नास्ति बुद्धिरयुक्तस्य न चायुक्तस्य भावना।

न चाभावयतः शान्तिरशान्तस्य कुतः सुखम्॥६६॥

इन्द्रियाणां हि चरतां यन्मनोऽनुविधीयते।

तदस्य हरति प्रज्ञां वायुर्नावमिवाम्भसि॥६७॥

तस्माद्यस्य महाबाहो निगृहीतानि सर्वशः।

इन्द्रियाणीन्द्रियार्थेभ्यस्तस्य प्रज्ञा प्रतिष्ठिता॥६८॥

या निशा सर्वभूतानां तस्यां जागर्ति संयमी।

यस्यां जाग्रति भूतानि सा निशा पश्यतो मुनेः॥६९॥

आपूर्यमाणमचलप्रतिष्ठं समुद्रमापः प्रविशन्ति यद्वत्।

तद्वत्कामा यं प्रविशन्ति सर्वे स शान्तिमाप्नोति न कामकामी॥७०॥

विहाय कामान्यः सर्वान्पुमांश्चरति निःस्पृहः।

निर्ममो निरहङ्कारः स शान्तिमधिगच्छति॥७१॥

एषा ब्राह्मी स्थितिः पार्थ नैनां प्राप्य विमुह्यति।

स्थित्वास्यामन्तकालेऽपि ब्रह्मनिर्वाणमृच्छति॥७२॥

ओ तत्सत्। इति श्रीमद्भगवद्गीतासूपनिषत्सु ब्रह्मविद्यायां योगशास्त्रे श्रीकृष्णार्जुनसंवादे साङ्ख्ययोगो नाम द्वितीयोऽध्यायः॥