Bhagavad Gita
    Chapter 2 · The Way of Knowledge

    Verse 23

    Sanskrit Text — Chapter 2, Verse 23

    नैनं छिन्दन्ति शस्त्राणि नैनं दहति पावकः। न चैनं क्लेदयन्त्यापो न शोषयति मारुतः।।2.23।।

    Transliteration (IAST)

    nainaṁ chhindanti śhastrāṇi nainaṁ dahati pāvakaḥ na chainaṁ kledayantyāpo na śhoṣhayati mārutaḥ

    Translation

    Weapons cannot cleave It, fire cannot burn It, waters cannot wet It, and wind cannot dry It.
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