Bhagavad Gita · 2.18
॥
Devanāgarī
अन्तवन्त इमे देहा नित्यस्योक्ताः शरीरिणः ।
अनाशिनोऽप्रमेयस्य तस्माद्युध्यस्व भारत ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
antavanta ime dehā nityasyoktāḥ śarīriṇaḥ |
anāśino 'prameyasya tasmād yudhyasva bhārata ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
अन्तवन्तःantavantaḥhaving an end, finite, perishable, transient.
इमेimethese.
देहाःdehāḥbodies.
नित्यस्यnityasyaof the eternal.
उक्ताःuktāḥare said [to be], are called.
शरीरिणःśarīriṇaḥof the embodied soul (lit. ‘the possessor of a body’).
अनाशिनःanāśinaḥof the indestructible.
अप्रमेयस्यaprameyasyaof the immeasurable, of the incomprehensible.
तस्मात्tasmāttherefore, hence.
युध्यस्वyudhyasvafight!
भारतbhārataO Bhārata!
Translation
“It is said that these material bodies of the eternal, indestructible, and immeasurable soul must certainly come to an end. Therefore fight, O descendant of Bharata!”
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