Bhagavad Gita · 2.13
॥
Devanāgarī
देहिनोऽस्मिन्यथा देहे कौमारं यौवनं जरा ।
तथा देहान्तरप्राप्तिर्धीरस्तत्र न मुह्यति ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
dehino 'smin yathā dehe kaumāraṁ yauvanaṁ jarā |
tathā dehāntaraprāptir dhīras tatra na muhyati ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
देहििनःdehinaḥof the embodied [soul].
अस्मिन्asminin this.
यथाyathāas, just as.
देहेdehein the body.
कौमारम्kaumāramchildhood.
यौवनम्yauvanamyouth.
जराjarāold age.
तथाtathālikewise, in the same way.
देहान्तरप्राप्तिःdeha-antara-prāptiḥthe obtaining (prāpti) of another (antara) body (deha), the changing of bodies.
धीरःdhīraḥthe sober, wise, composed person.
तत्रtatrain this, because of this.
न मुह्यतिna muhyatiis not bewildered, does not fall into illusion, is not confused.
Translation
“Just as the embodied soul in this body passes successively through childhood, youth, and old age, so too after death it obtains another body. The sober person is not bewildered by such a change.”
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