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Krishna

2.29 आश्चर्यवत्पश्यति कश्चिदेन माश्चर्यवद्वदति तथैव चान्यः। आश्चर्यवच्चैनमन्यः शृणोति श्रुत्वाप्येनं वेद न चैव कश्चित्

āścaryavatpaśyati kaścidena māścaryavadvadati tathaiva cānyaḥ | āścaryavaccainamanyaḥ śṛṇoti śrutvāpyenaṃ veda na caiva kaścit

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āśhcharya-vat—as amazing;paśhyati—see;kaśhchit—someone;enam—this soul;āśhcharya-vat—as amazing;vadati—speak of;tathā—thus;eva—indeed;cha—and;anyaḥ—other;āśhcharya-vat—similarly amazing;cha—also;enam—this soul;anyaḥ—others;śhṛiṇoti—hear;śhrutvā—having heard;api—even;enam—this soul;veda—understand;na—not;cha—and;eva—even;kaśhchit—some

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My Personal Gita

Dr. S. Sankaranarayan

This someone observes as a wonder; similarly, another speaks of This as a wonder; another hears This as a wonder; but even after hearing, not even one understands This.

Shri Purohit Swami

One hears of the Spirit with surprise, another thinks It marvellous, the third listens without comprehending. Thus, though many are told about It, scarcely is there one who knows It.

Swami Adidevananda

One looks upon This (self) as a wonder; likewise another speaks of It as a wonder; still another hears of It as a wonder; and even after hearing of It, one knows It not.

Swami Gambirananda

Someone visualizes It as a wonder; and similarly indeed, someone else talks of It as a wonder; and someone else hears of It as a wonder. And some one else, indeed, does not realize It even after hearing about It.

Swami Sivananda

One sees This (the Self) as a wonder; another speaks of It as a wonder; another hears of It as a wonder; yet, having heard, none understands It at all.

Krishna

2.31 स्वधर्ममपि चावेक्ष्य न विकम्पितुमर्हसि। धर्म्याद्धि युद्धाछ्रेयोऽन्यत्क्षत्रियस्य न विद्यते

svadharmamapi cāvekṣya na vikampitumarhasi | dharmyāddhi yuddhāchreyo'nyatkṣatriyasya na vidyate

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swa-dharmam—one’s duty in accordance with the Vedas;api—also;cha—and;avekṣhya—considering;na—not;vikampitum—to waver;arhasi—should;dharmyāt—for righteousness;hi—indeed;yuddhāt—than fighting;śhreyaḥ—better;anyat—another;kṣhatriyasya—of a warrior;na—not;vidyate—exists

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Dr. S. Sankaranarayan

Further, considering your own duty, you should not waver. Indeed, for a Kshatriya there is no duty superior to fighting a righteous war.

Shri Purohit Swami

Thou must look at thy duty. Nothing can be more welcome to a soldier than a righteous war. Therefore to waver in this resolve is unworthy, O Arjuna!

Swami Adidevananda

Further, considering also your own duty, it does not befit you to waver. For, to a Ksatriya, there is no greater good than a righteous war.

Swami Gambirananda

Even considering your own duty you should not waver, since there is nothing else better for a Ksatriya than a righteous battle.

Swami Sivananda

Further, having regard to thy own duty, thou shouldst not waver, for there is nothing higher for a Kshatriya than a righteous war.

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2.30 देही नित्यमवध्योऽयं देहे सर्वस्य भारत। तस्मात्सर्वाणि भूतानि न त्वं शोचितुमर्हसि

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dehī—the soul that dwells within the body;nityam—always;avadhyaḥ—immortal;ayam—this soul;dehe—in the body;sarvasya—of everyone;bhārata—descendant of Bharat, Arjun;tasmāt—therefore;sarvāṇi—for all;bhūtāni—living entities;na—not;tvam—you;śhochitum—mourn;arhasi—should

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My Personal Gita

Dr. S. Sankaranarayan

O descendant of Bharata! This embodied One in the body of everyone is ever incapable of being slain. Therefore, you should not lament over all beings.

Shri Purohit Swami

Be not anxious about these armies. The Spirit in man is imperishable.

Swami Adidevananda

The self in the body, O Arjuna, is eternal and indestructible. This is so in the case of the selves in all bodies. Therefore, it is not fit for you to feel grief for any being.

Swami Gambirananda

O descendant of Bharata, this embodied Self existing in everyone's body can never be killed. Therefore you ought not to grieve for all (these) beings.

Swami Sivananda

This, the Indweller in the body of everyone, is always indestructible, O Arjuna! Therefore, thou shouldst not grieve for any creature.