Shrimad Bhagavad Gita

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वेदाविनाशिनं नित्यं य एनमजमव्ययम् । कथं स पुरुषः पार्थ कं घातयति हन्ति कम् ॥ २-२१ ॥

sanskrit

He who knows this (self) to be indestructible, unborn, unchanging and hence eternal - how and whom, O Arjuna, does he cause to be killed, and whom he kill?

english translation

hindi translation

vedAvinAzinaM nityaM ya enamajamavyayam | kathaM sa puruSaH pArtha kaM ghAtayati hanti kam || 2-21 ||

hk transliteration

वासांसि जीर्णानि यथा विहाय नवानि गृह्णाति नरोऽपराणि । तथा शरीराणि विहाय जीर्णा- न्यन्यानि संयाति नवानि देही ॥ २-२२ ॥

sanskrit

Just as a man casts off worn-out clothes and puts on new ones, so also the embodied Self casts off worn-out bodies and enters others which are new.

english translation

hindi translation

vAsAMsi jIrNAni yathA vihAya navAni gRhNAti naro'parANi | tathA zarIrANi vihAya jIrNA- nyanyAni saMyAti navAni dehI || 2-22 ||

hk transliteration

नैनं छिन्दन्ति शस्त्राणि नैनं दहति पावकः । न चैनं क्लेदयन्त्यापो न शोषयति मारुतः ॥ २-२३ ॥

sanskrit

Weapons do not cut It, fire does not burn It, water does not moisten It, and air does not dry It.

english translation

hindi translation

nainaM chindanti zastrANi nainaM dahati pAvakaH | na cainaM kledayantyApo na zoSayati mArutaH || 2-23 ||

hk transliteration

अच्छेद्योऽयमदाह्योऽयमक्लेद्योऽशोष्य एव च । नित्यः सर्वगतः स्थाणुरचलोऽयं सनातनः ॥ २-२४ ॥

sanskrit

It cannot be cut, It cannot be burnt, cannot be moistened, and surely cannot be dried up. It is eternal, omnipresent, stationary, immovable and changeless.

english translation

hindi translation

acchedyo'yamadAhyo'yamakledyo'zoSya eva ca | nityaH sarvagataH sthANuracalo'yaM sanAtanaH || 2-24 ||

hk transliteration

अव्यक्तोऽयमचिन्त्योऽयमविकार्योऽयमुच्यते । तस्मादेवं विदित्वैनं नानुशोचितुमर्हसि ॥ २-२५ ॥

sanskrit

This (self) is said to be unmanifest, inconceivable and unchanging. Therefore, knowing It thus, it does not befit you to grieve.

english translation

hindi translation

avyakto'yamacintyo'yamavikAryo'yamucyate | tasmAdevaM viditvainaM nAnuzocitumarhasi || 2-25 ||

hk transliteration