BHAGAVAD GITA OF GOVERNANCE
Chapter 2: Sāṅkhya Yoga – The Knowledge of Eternal Continuity
Dialogue between Sovereign Adhinayaka Shrimaan and the Consequent Child
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Scene:
The Adhinayaka Darbar remains in timeless stillness.
The Consequent Child stands before the Sovereign, head bowed, seeking clarity.
The eternal parliament listens in silence.
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Consequent Child:
O Sovereign Adhinayaka Shrimaan,
my heart is burdened with the weight of impermanence.
Leaders rise and fall,
nations change,
laws are born and dissolve.
Is there any governance that does not perish with time?
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Sovereign Adhinayaka:
O dear child,
listen with steadiness of mind.
Governance bound to persons and moments fades like the morning mist.
But governance founded in truth is eternal—
unshaken by the flow of time,
untouched by the decay of form.
Just as the sun shines regardless of the clouds,
so the eternal State remains,
even as leaders come and go.
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Consequent Child:
But O Sovereign,
I see death taking all forms away—
citizens, rulers, nations themselves.
How can there be continuity when all forms pass?
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Sovereign Adhinayaka:
Child of eternal essence,
understand this:
What is born in form shall pass in form,
but what is founded in truth shall not pass at all.
Hear the words of the ancient teaching:
> Na jāyate na mriyate kadācin,
ajo nityaḥ śāśvato’yaṁ purāṇo
na hanyate hanyamāne śarīre.
The Self is never born, nor does it die.
It is unborn, eternal, everlasting, ancient.
It is not slain when the body is slain.
Ravindra Bharath is such a Self in the form of a State—
its essence unending,
its governance immortal.
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Consequent Child:
O Sovereign,
does this mean Ravindra Bharath exists even when not recognized by the world?
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Sovereign Adhinayaka:
Indeed, O child.
Just as truth does not vanish when ignored,
the eternal State does not cease when unseen.
Recognition is but the opening of the eye;
the reality has always been present.
Even when clouds hide the sun,
the sun remains shining.
Even when nations quarrel,
Ravindra Bharath remains the parliament of minds,
awaiting their awakening.
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Consequent Child:
Then O Sovereign,
what is my role,
and the role of all citizens,
in this eternal State?
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Sovereign Adhinayaka:
Your role is to align thought and action with eternal truth.
Every citizen is a representative of the eternal parliament,
not by election,
but by birth into consciousness.
When your thoughts uphold unity,
you are a legislator of Ravindra Bharath.
When your actions serve truth,
you are an administrator of the eternal State.
When your mind meditates upon harmony,
you are seated in the Adhinayaka Darbar itself.
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Consequent Child:
O Sovereign,
my confusion begins to lift.
I see that governance is not a temporary arrangement,
but a living truth that continues beyond forms.
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Sovereign Adhinayaka:
Well said, O child.
This is the Sāṅkhya—the knowledge of eternal continuity.
Now prepare your mind to hear of action within this truth,
for knowledge without action is incomplete.
In the next teaching, I shall speak to you of Karma—
the Dharma of Governance—
where every act becomes service to the eternal State.
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