Bhagavad Gita · 2.26
॥
Devanāgarī
अथ चैनं नित्यजातं नित्यं वा मन्यसे मृतम् ।
तथापि त्वं महाबाहो नैवं शोचितुमर्हसि ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
atha cainaṁ nityajātaṁ nityaṁ vā manyase mṛtam |
tathāpi tvaṁ mahābāho naivaṁ śocitum arhasi ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
अथ चatha cabut even if, and yet if.
एनम्enamit [the soul, or more precisely, the living being].
नित्यजातम्nitya-jātamas constantly being born.
नित्यम्nityamconstantly.
वाvāor.
मन्यसेmanyaseyou think.
मृतम्mṛtamas dying.
तथापिtathāpieven in that case, still, nonetheless.
त्वम्tvamyou.
महाबाहोmahā-bāhoO mighty-armed one!
न एवम्na evamnot so, not in this way.
शोचितुम्śocitumto grieve.
अर्हसिarhasiyou should, it behooves you.
Translation
“But even if you think that the living being is constantly born and constantly dies, even then, O mighty-armed one, you have no cause to grieve.”
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