Bhagavad Gita
    Chapter 2 · The Way of Knowledge

    Verse 16

    Sanskrit Text — Chapter 2, Verse 16

    नासतो विद्यते भावो नाभावो विद्यते सतः। उभयोरपि दृष्टोऽन्तस्त्वनयोस्तत्त्वदर्शिभिः।।2.16।।

    Transliteration (IAST)

    nāsato vidyate bhāvo nābhāvo vidyate sataḥ ubhayorapi dṛiṣhṭo ’nta stvanayos tattva-darśhibhiḥ

    Translation

    The unreal never comes into being, the real never ceases to be. The truth about these two is seen by the seers.
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