Bhagavad Gita · 2.21
॥
Devanāgarī
वेदाविनाशिनं नित्यं य एनमजमव्ययम् ।
कथं स पुरुषः पार्थ कं घातयति हन्ति कम् ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
vedāvināśinaṁ nityaṁ ya enam ajam avyayam |
kathaṁ sa puruṣaḥ pārtha kaṁ ghātayati hanti kam ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
वेदvedahe who knows.
अविनाशिनम्avināśinamas indestructible.
नित्यम्nityamas eternal.
यःyaḥwho.
एनम्enamit [the soul].
अजम्ajamas unborn.
अव्ययम्avyayamas unchanging.
कथम्kathamhow? in what manner?
सःsaḥthat.
पुरुषःpuruṣaḥperson.
पार्थpārthaO Pārtha!
कम्kamwhom?
घातयतिghātayatihe causes to be killed.
हन्तिhantihe kills.
कम्kamwhom?
Translation
“O Pārtha, the person who knows the soul to be indestructible, eternal, unborn, and unchanging — how can he kill anyone or cause anyone to be killed?”
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