2.17 अविनाशि तु तद्विद्धि येन सर्वमिदं ततम्। विनाशमव्ययस्यास्य न कश्चित् कर्तुमर्हति
avināśi tu tad
Word meanings
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.
2.19 य एनं वेत्ति हन्तारं यश्चैनं मन्यते हतम्। उभौ तौ न विजानीतो नायं हन्ति न हन्यते
ya enaṃ vetti hantāraṃ yaś
Word meanings
yaḥ—one who;enam—this;vetti—knows;hantāram—the slayer;yaḥ—one who;cha—and;enam—this;manyate—thinks;hatam—slain;ubhau—both;tau—they;na—not;vijānītaḥ—in knowledge;na—neither;ayam—this;hanti—slays;na—nor;hanyate—is killed
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Whoever views This as the slayer and whoever believes This to be the slain, both of them do not understand: This does not slay, nor is This slain.
He who thinks that the Spirit kills, and he who thinks of It as killed, are both ignorant. The Spirit kills not, nor is It killed.
He who deems It (the self) a slayer, and he who thinks of It as slain - both are ignorant. For, the self neither slays nor is slain.
He who thinks of this One as the killer, and he who thinks of this One as the killed both of them do not know. This One does not kill, nor is It killed.
He who takes the Self to be the slayer and he who thinks He is slain, neither of them knows; He slays not nor is He slain.
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सांख्ययोग
Chapter 2: Sankhya Yoga
sāṃkhyayoga
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2.18 अन्तवन्त इमे देहा नित्यस्योक्ताः शरीरिणः। अनाशिनोऽप्रमेयस्य तस्माद्युध्यस्व भारत
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Word meanings
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!
