Bhagavad Gita · 2.12
॥
Devanāgarī
न त्वेवाहं जातु नासं न त्वं नेमे जनाधिपाः ।
न चैव न भविष्यामः सर्वे वयमतः परम् ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
na tv evāhaṁ jātu nāsaṁ na tvaṁ neme janādhipāḥ |
na caiva na bhaviṣyāmaḥ sarve vayam ataḥ param ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
न तु एवna tu evatruly it was never [so, that].
अहम्ahamI.
जातुjātuever, at any time.
न आसम्na āsamdid not exist.
न त्वम्na tvamnor you.
न इमेna imenor these.
जनाधिपाःjana-adhipāḥlords of men, kings.
न च एवna ca evaand truly it will never [be, that].
न भविष्यामःna bhaviṣyāmaḥwe shall not exist, we shall cease to be.
सर्वे वयम्sarve vayamall of us.
अतः परम्ataḥ paramafter this, in the future.
Translation
“Truly, there was never a time when I did not exist, nor you, nor all these kings. And truly, in the future none of us shall ever cease to exist.”
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