Loss in the Bhagavad Gita — 2 verses across Chapter 1, including 2.38, 2.63. Sanskrit, Hindi, English. One reel per verse.
v2.38· Krishna
Make pleasure and pain the same. Gain and loss the same. Victory and defeat the same — then fight. This is how sin cannot touch you.
Treating pleasure and pain, gain and loss, victory and defeat as the same — engage in battle. Thus you will not incur sin.
“Equanimity is not indifference.
It is the only condition under which action becomes completely free.
When outcomes can no longer move you,
they can no longer stop you.”
The chain from 2.62 completes. This is where it ends.
From anger comes delusion. From delusion, the loss of memory. From the loss of memory, the ruin of intellect. And from the ruin of intellect, one is utterly destroyed.
“Follow the chain to its end.
Dwelling becomes attachment.
Attachment becomes craving.
Craving becomes anger.
Anger becomes delusion.
Delusion corrupts memory.
Corrupted memory ruins the mind.
A ruined mind is total loss.
This is why the anchor matters.”
The Bhagavad Gita addresses loss across 2 verses in Chapter 1. Treating pleasure and pain, gain and loss, victory and defeat as the same — engage in battle. Thus you will not incur sin. As Krishna puts it: "Equanimity is not indifference.
It is the only condition under which action becomes completely free.
When outcomes can no longer move you,
they can no longer stop you."
Which verses of the Gita are about loss?
Verse 2.38, Verse 2.63 in Chapter 1 (Arjun Vishad Yoga) all engage with loss. Each is presented in Sanskrit, Hindi, and English at thegitauniverse.com.
Who speaks about loss in the Bhagavad Gita?
1 different speakers in Chapter 1 invoke loss: Krishna. The verses span the opening dialogue between Sanjaya, Dhritarashtra, Duryodhan, Bhishma, Arjun, and Krishna.