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Bhagavad Gita 2.26

Chapter 2 · Sankhya YogaSpeaker: Shri KrishnaListener: Arjuna
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अथ चैनं नित्यजातं नित्यं वा मन्यसे मृतम् ।
तथापि त्वं महाबाहो नैवं शोचितुमर्हसि ॥ २६ ॥

atha cainaṃ nityajātaṃ nityaṃ vā manyase mṛtam
tathāpi tvaṃ mahābāho naivaṃ śocitumarhasi

Word by word

अथ चand if
एनम्it
नित्यजातम्constantly born
नित्यम् वा मन्यसे मृतम्or you think it constantly dying
तथा अपिeven then
त्वम् महाबाहोyou, O mighty-armed one
न एवम् शोचितुम् अर्हसिshould not grieve like this

Translation

ENGLISH

Even if you think of the self as constantly born and constantly dying, mighty-armed one, even then you should not grieve.

हिंदी

और यदि तू इसे सदा जन्म लेने वाला और सदा मरने वाला भी मानता है, तो भी हे महाबाहु, तुझे इस प्रकार शोक नहीं करना चाहिए।

Explanation

Here Shri Krishna gives a second argument: suppose the Self is not eternal and is born and dies each time; even then, grief is pointless. In other words, whichever philosophical view Arjuna holds, his grief is not justified by any of them.

How this verse connects

SpeakerShri KrishnaListenerArjunaTextMahabharata, Bhishma Parva

Sources

  1. Original text: Bhagavad Gita (Mahabharata, Bhishma Parva)
  2. English and Hindi translation, explanation: SanatanBodh editorial team

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