Bhagavad Gita · 2.16
॥
Devanāgarī
नासतो विद्यते भावो नाभावो विद्यते सतः ।
उभयोरपि दृष्टोऽन्तस्त्वनयोस्तत्त्वदर्शिभिः ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
nāsato vidyate bhāvo nābhāvo vidyate sataḥ |
ubhayor api dṛṣṭo 'ntas tv anayos tattvadarśibhiḥ ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
नnanot.
असतःasataḥof the nonexistent, of the temporary, of matter.
विद्यतेvidyatethere is, exists.
भावःbhāvaḥbeing, nature, reality, eternal existence.
न अभावःna abhāvaḥthere is no nonbeing, no cessation of existence.
विद्यतेvidyatethere is, exists.
सतःsataḥof the existent, of the eternal, of the soul.
उभयोःubhayoḥof both.
अपिapitruly, also.
दृष्टःdṛṣṭaḥseen, discerned.
अन्तःantaḥconclusion, verdict, true nature, distinction.
तुtubut, and.
अनयोःanayoḥof these two.
तत्त्वदर्शिभिःtattva-darśibhiḥby those who see (darśin) the truth (tattva), by the seers of truth.
Translation
“That which is temporary [the material body] has no eternal, supreme, divine reality, and that which is eternal [the soul] has no lower, material nature. This is the conclusion reached by those who see the truth, having discerned the nature of both.”
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