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,
2.22 वासांसि जीर्णानि यथा विहाय नवानि गृह्णाति नरोऽपराणि। तथा शरीराणि विहाय जीर्णा न्यन्यानि संयाति नवानि देही
vāsāṃsi jīrṇāni yathā vihāya navāni gṛhṇāti nar
Word meanings
vāsānsi—garments;jīrṇāni—worn-out;yathā—as;vihāya—sheds;navāni—new;gṛihṇāti—accepts;naraḥ—a person;aparāṇi—others;tathā—likewise;śharīrāṇi—bodies;vihāya—casting off;jirṇāni—worn-out;anyāni—other;sanyāti—enters;navāni—new;dehī—the embodied soul
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Just as a man rejects tattered garments and takes on new ones, so too, the embodied Self, discarding worn-out bodies, rightly obtains new ones.
As a man discards his threadbare robes and puts on new, so the Spirit throws off Its worn-out bodies and takes fresh ones.
As a man casts off worn-out garments and puts on others that are new, so does the embodied self cast off Its worn-out bodies and enter into others that are new.
As after rejecting wornout clothes a man takes up other new ones, likewise after rejecting wornout bodies the embodied one unites with other new ones.
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 that are new.
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सांख्ययोग
Chapter 2: Sankhya Yoga
sāṃkhyayoga
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2.21 वेदाविनाशिनं नित्यं य एनमजमव्ययम्। कथं स पुरुषः पार्थ कं घातयति हन्ति कम्
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Word meanings
veda—knows;avināśhinam—imperishable;nityam—eternal;yaḥ—who;enam—this;ajam—unborn;avyayam—immutable;katham—how;saḥ—that;puruṣhaḥ—person;pārtha—Parth;kam—whom;ghātayati—causes to be killed;hanti—kills;kam—whom
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Whoever realizes this to be changeless, destructionless, unborn, and immutable, how can that person be slain? How can they slay anyone else? O son of Prtha!
He who knows the Spirit as Indestructible, Immortal, Unborn, Always-the-Same, how should he kill or cause to be killed?
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?
O Partha, he who knows this One as indestructible, eternal, birthless and undecaying, how and whom does that person kill, or whom does he cause to be killed! [This is not a estion but only an emphatic denial.-Tr.]
Whosoever knows Him to be indestructible, eternal, unborn and inexhaustible, how can that man slay, O Arjuna, or cause to be slain?
