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Mahabharat

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अथ चैनं नित्यजातं नित्यं वा मन्यसे मृतम् । तथापि त्वं महाबाहो नैनं शोचितुमर्हसि॥६-२४-२६॥

Even if you think of it as perpetually born, or as perpetually dead, still, O mighty-armed one, you ought not to grieve for it.

english translation

जातस्य हि ध्रुवो मृत्युर्ध्रुवं जन्म मृतस्य च । तस्मादपरिहार्येऽर्थे न त्वं शोचितुमर्हसि॥६-२४-२७॥

For one who is born, death is certain; and for one who has died, birth is certain. Therefore, regarding what is unavoidable, you ought not to grieve.

english translation

अव्यक्तादीनि भूतानि व्यक्तमध्यानि भारत । अव्यक्तनिधनान्येव तत्र का परिदेवना॥६-२४-२८॥

Beings are unmanifest in the beginning, manifest in the middle, O Bhārata, and unmanifest again in the end. In that, what ground is there for lamentation?

english translation

आश्चर्यवत्पश्यति कश्चिदेनमाश्चर्यवद्वदति तथैव चान्यः । आश्चर्यवच्चैनमन्यः शृणोति श्रुत्वाप्येनं वेद न चैव कश्चित्॥६-२४-२९॥

One beholds it as a wonder; another speaks of it as a wonder; another hears of it as a wonder. Yet even after hearing, no one truly understands it.

english translation

देही नित्यमवध्योऽयं देहे सर्वस्य भारत । तस्मात्सर्वाणि भूतानि न त्वं शोचितुमर्हसि॥६-२४-३०॥

O Bhārata, the embodied Self within every body is eternally indestructible; therefore you ought not to grieve for any beings.

english translation