Bhagavad Gita · 2.22
॥
Devanāgarī
वासांसि जीर्णानि यथा विहाय
नवानि गृह्णाति नरोऽपराणि ।
तथा शरीराणि विहाय जीर्णा-
न्यन्यानि संयाति नवानि देही ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
vāsāṁsi jīrṇāni yathā vihāya
navāni gṛhṇāti naro 'parāṇi |
tathā śarīrāṇi vihāya jīrṇāny
anyāni saṁyāti navāni dehī ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
वासांसिvāsāṁsigarments (plural).
जीर्णानिjīrṇāniworn-out, old, tattered.
यथाyathāas, just as.
विहायvihāyahaving cast off, having abandoned, having taken off.
नवानिnavāninew.
गृह्णातिgṛhṇātitakes, puts on.
नरःnaraḥa man.
अपराणिaparāṇiother.
तथाtathālikewise, in the same way.
शरीराणिśarīrāṇibodies.
विहायvihāyahaving left behind, having cast off.
जीर्णानिjīrṇāniworn-out, old.
अन्यानिanyāniinto other.
संयातिsaṁyātienters, passes into.
नवानिnavāniinto new.
देहीdehīthe embodied [soul].
Translation
“Just as a man casts off worn-out, tattered garments and puts on new ones, so too the soul, leaving behind a worn-out body, enters a new one.”
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