________________
908
GITA-RAHASYA OR KARMA-YOGA
इति श्रीमद्भगवद्गीतासूपनिषत्सु ब्रह्मविद्यायां योगशास्त्रे श्रीकृष्णार्जुन
__ संवादे सारख्ययोगो नाम द्वितीयोऽध्यायः। that Desire should be annihilated at least at the moment of death. And it naturally follows that in order that Desire should be annihilated at the moment of death, one must have practised the annihilation of Desire before one reaches the point of death; because, the act of destroying Desire is extremely difficult, and it is not only difficult but absolutely impossible for any one to be easily able to annihilate Desire, except by 'special divine blessing'. (višeşūnugraha) The doctrine that Dəsire should be pure at the moment of death has been accepted not only in the Vedic religion but also in other religions (See Gītā Ra. p. 614.]
Thus ends, the Second Chapter entitled SAMKHYAYOGA in the dialogue between Sri Kısna and Arjuna on the Yoga included in the Science of the Brahman, (that is, on the Karma-Yoga) in the Upanisad sung, (that is, told) by the Blessed Lord.
[As there is a description of the Samkhya or the Samnyāsa doctrine in the beginning of this Chapter, it is called "Samkhya-Yoga! But one must not, on that account, think that the whole of the chapter contains no other subject. There are usually many subjects in one and the same chapter; but the chapter is named by reference to the subject which is in the beginning, or is the most important one in the chapter (See Gītā-Rahasya Ch. XIV, p. 625.)
