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.
2.24 अच्छेद्योऽयमदाह्योऽयमक्लेद्योऽशोष्य एव च। नित्यः सर्वगतः स्थाणुरचलोऽयं सनातनः
acchedy
Word meanings
achchhedyaḥ—unbreakable;ayam—this soul;adāhyaḥ—incombustible;ayam—this soul;akledyaḥ—cannot be dampened;aśhoṣhyaḥ—cannot be dried;eva—indeed;cha—and;nityaḥ—everlasting;sarva-gataḥ—all-pervading;sthāṇuḥ—unalterable;achalaḥ—immutable;ayam—this soul;sanātanaḥ—primordial
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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This cannot be cut; this cannot be burnt; this cannot be made wet nor dried; this is eternal, all-pervading, stable, immovable, and everlasting.
It is impenetrable; It can be neither drowned nor scorched nor dried. It is Eternal, All-pervading, Unchanging, Immovable and Most Ancient.
It cannot be cleft; It cannot be burnt; It cannot be wetted and It cannot be dried, It is eternal, all-pervading, stable, immovable and primeval.
It cannot be cut, It cannot be burnt, cannot be moistened, and surely cannot be dried up. It is eternal, omnipresent, stationary, unmoving and changeless.
This Self cannot be cut, burnt, wetted nor dried up. It is eternal, all-pervading, stable, ancient and immovable.
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सांख्ययोग
Chapter 2: Sankhya Yoga
sāṃkhyayoga
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2.23 नैनं छिन्दन्ति शस्त्राणि नैनं दहति पावकः। न चैनं क्लेदयन्त्यापो न शोषयति मारुतः
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Word meanings
na—not;enam—this soul;chhindanti—shred;śhastrāṇi—weapons;na—nor;enam—this soul;dahati—burns;pāvakaḥ—fire;na—not;cha—and;enam—this soul;kledayanti—moisten;āpaḥ—water;na—nor;śhoṣhayati—dry;mārutaḥ—wind
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
Translation stream
Weapons cannot cut This; fire cannot burn This; water cannot make This wet; and the wind cannot make This dry.
Weapons cleave It not, fire burns It not, water drenches It not, and wind dries It not.
Weapons do not cleave It (the self), fire does not burn It, waters do not wet It, and wind does not dry It.
Weapons do not cut It, fire does not burn It, water does not moisten It, and air does not dry It.
Weapons cut It not, fire burns It not, water wets It not, wind dries It not.
