Chapter 02 - Sankhya YogaSloka 42-44 (Contd...) - Karmi gets enamored by MaterialistsWhat are the 3 words that Bhagavan uses to describe the words they speak?1. yām imāṃ puṣpitāṃ vācam - such flowery wordsWhat does "yām imāṃ puṣpitāṃ vācam" mean?What is the analogy of the words they speak with a tree?How do they seduce us?2. jenma karma phala pradām - which lead to further birthsWhat does "jenma karma phala pradām" mean?What sloka from Bhaja Govindam talk about "Punarapi jananaṃ punarapi maraṇaṃ"?3. kriya viśeṣa bahulām - full of specific ritesWhat does "kriya viśeṣa bahulām" mean?What do they talk about?What are the examples of projects that these people talk about?What will be the casualty because of all these talks?Where will it all lead to?What is the underlying reason for which these words are spoken?What does "bhoga iśvarya gatim prati" mean?What do these people have their goals as?Why is "bhōgaisvarya" the same as arta-kāma puruṣārtha?Is money and pleasure a means for them or their goal?Will the Vivekis be enamored by their words?What happens to the Avivekis?What are these Avivekis attached to?What happens to their minds when they listen to these words?What does "Apahṛta cetasāṃ" mean?What happens when the mind gets carried away?What happens to the sense of conscience, sense of discrimination, sense of propriety, sense of honesty, sense of justice?What is the formula for happiness in terms of desires?What happens to the desires in their mind?Will they seek only legitimate method of fulfilling them?Will clear understanding take place in their mind?Do such people have clarity in terms of their goals?What is the meaning of "Samādhi" in this sloka?Do they have clarity on lakshya and sādana?Sloka 45 - Method to get clarity on the goal and the pathIs desire alone enough to have "vyavasāyātmikā buddhiḥ"?How many sādanas is Bhagavan giving here to attain vyavasāyātmikā buddhiḥ?What is required for anyone to follow a sādana?What is the information that Bhagavan is giving about Vedas?What does the word "traiguṇya viṣayāḥ" mean?Which part of Vedas are referred here when Bhagavan says "vedāḥ" here?How does "traiguṇyam" mean samsara?What are the 3 gunas?Which chapter is dedicated to these 3 gunas?What is Sattva guna about?What is Rajo guna about?What is Tamo guna about?Is our mind a mixture of 3?Will it have a predominant guna at any point in time?Which is the lowly guna? Which is the highest among the 3?Can someone move from Tamo guna to Sattva guna directly?Does all 3 gunas bind us?Which guna leads us to laziness, sleep, delusion?Which guna leads us to desire, action, jealousy?Which guna leads us to peace, knowledge, calmness?When the vedas deal with these 3 gunas what happens to our desires?1. Nistraiguṇyō bhavaWhat is the first of the 5 sadanas that Bhagavan advises?What is "nistraiguṇyō bhava" mean?What is "niṣkāmo bhava" mean?What is Vairagya?How can we get Vairagya?What reasons should we bring to our mind to be able to get that virtue?Is the world permanent or impermanent?Even if the world is impermanent, is it not giving me enjoyment?Is the enjoyment fulfilling or leaves me more craving?Even if it does not satisfy me completely, is it without any sorrow?Is the world happiness only mixed with sorrow?Can one get Vairagya easily?Can one have vairagya on everything?What should our attitude towards pleasure and comfort be?Should we have a lot of demands in our life?Do we look for comfort even during pilgrimage?What should be our attitude towards discomfort?Should we be enslaved to comforts?2. Nirdvandvaḥ (bhava)What does dvandva mean?What is the meaning of māna-apamānah, lābhanaṣṭa, jayā-apajaya?What does "nirdvandvaḥ" mean?What is the definition of this world?What does "dwandatmaka jagat" mean?How do we need to treat desireless situations?What does be equi-poised mean?What is irritation? How is it related to Samsara?