2.16 नासतो विद्यते भावो नाभावो विद्यते सतः। उभयोरपि दृष्टोऽन्तस्त्वनयोस्तत्त्वदर्शिभिः
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na—no;asataḥ—of the temporary;vidyate—there is;bhāvaḥ—is;na—no;abhāvaḥ—cessation;vidyate—is;sataḥ—of the eternal;ubhayoḥ—of the two;api—also;dṛiṣhṭaḥ—observed;antaḥ—conclusion;tu—verily;anayoḥ—of these;tattva—of the truth;darśhibhiḥ—by the seers
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Birth does not happen to what is non-existent, and destruction to what is existent; the finality of these two has been seen by the seers of reality.
That which is not, shall never be; that which is, shall never cease to be. To the wise, these truths are self-evident.
The unreal can never come into being, the real never ceases to be. The conclusion about these two is seen by the seers of truth.
Of the unreal there is no being; the real has no nonexistence. But the nature of both these, indeed, has been realized by the seers of Truth.
The unreal hath no being; there is no non-being of the Real; the truth about both has been seen by the knowers of the Truth (or the seers of the Essence).
2.18 अन्तवन्त इमे देहा नित्यस्योक्ताः शरीरिणः। अनाशिनोऽप्रमेयस्य तस्माद्युध्यस्व भारत
antavanta ime dehā nityasy
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anta-vantaḥ—having an end;ime—these;dehāḥ—material bodies;nityasya—eternally;uktāḥ—are said;śharīriṇaḥ—of the embodied soul;anāśhinaḥ—indestructible;aprameyasya—immeasurable;tasmāt—therefore;yudhyasva—fight;bhārata—descendant of Bharat, Arjun
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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These physical bodies, which have an end and suffer destruction, are declared to belong to the eternal, embodied Soul, which is indestructible and incomprehensible. Therefore, fight, O descendant of Bharata!
The material bodies which this Eternal, Indestructible, Immeasurable Spirit inhabits are all finite. Therefore fight, O Valiant Man!
These bodies of the Jiva (the embodied self) are said to have an end while the Jiva itself is eternal, indestructible and incomprehensible. Therefore, fight O Bharata (Arjuna).
These destructible bodies are said to belong to the everlasting, indestructible, indeterminable, embodied One. Therefore, O descendant of Bharata, join the battle.
These bodies of the embodied Self, which is eternal, indestructible and immeasurable, are said to have an end. Therefore, fight, O Arjuna!
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सांख्ययोग
Chapter 2: Sankhya Yoga
sāṃkhyayoga
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2.17 अविनाशि तु तद्विद्धि येन सर्वमिदं ततम्। विनाशमव्ययस्यास्य न कश्चित् कर्तुमर्हति
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avināśhi—indestructible;tu—indeed;tat—that;viddhi—know;yena—by whom;sarvam—entire;idam—this;tatam—pervaded;vināśham—destruction;avyayasya—of the imperishable;asya—of it;na kaśhchit—no one;kartum—to cause;arhati—is able
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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And know That to be indestructible, by Which all this (universe) is pervaded; no one is capable of causing destruction to this unchanging One.
The Spirit, which pervades all that we see, is imperishable. Nothing can destroy the Spirit.
Know That to be indestructible by which all this is pervaded. None can cause the destruction of This Immutable.
But know That to be indestructible by which all this is pervaded. None can bring about the destruction of this Immutable.
Know That to be indestructible, by whom all this is pervaded. None can cause the destruction of That, the Imperishable.
