2.18 अन्तवन्त इमे देहा नित्यस्योक्ताः शरीरिणः। अनाशिनोऽप्रमेयस्य तस्माद्युध्यस्व भारत
antavanta ime dehā nityasy
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!
2.20 न जायते म्रियते वा कदाचि न्नायं भूत्वा भविता वा न भूयः। अजो नित्यः शाश्वतोऽयं पुराणो न हन्यते हन्यमाने शरीरे
na jāyate mriyate vā kadāci nn
Word meanings
na—not;ayam—this;bhūtvā—having once existed;bhavitā—will be;vā—or;na—not;bhūyaḥ—further;ajaḥ—unborn;nityaḥ—eternal;śhāśhvataḥ—immortal;ayam—this;purāṇaḥ—the ancient;na hanyate—is not destroyed;hanyamāne—is destroyed;śharīre—when the body
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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This is neither born nor ever dies; nor, having not been at one time, will it come to be again. It is unborn, destructionless, eternal, and ancient, and is not slain even when the body is slain.
It was not born; It will never die, nor once having been, can It cease to be. Unborn, Eternal, Ever-enduring, yet Most Ancient, the Spirit dies not when the body is dead.
It (the self) is never born; It never dies; having come into being once, It never ceases to be. Unborn, eternal, abiding and primeval, It is not slain when the body is slain.
Never is this One born, and never does It die; nor is it that having come to exist, It will again cease to be. This One is birthless, eternal, undecaying, ancient; It is not killed when the body is killed.
He is not born nor does He ever die; after having been, He again ceases not to be. Unborn, eternal, changeless and ancient, He is not killed when the body is killed,
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सांख्ययोग
Chapter 2: Sankhya Yoga
sāṃkhyayoga
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2.19 य एनं वेत्ति हन्तारं यश्चैनं मन्यते हतम्। उभौ तौ न विजानीतो नायं हन्ति न हन्यते
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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.
