Bhagavad Gita
    Chapter 2 · The Way of Knowledge

    Verse 26

    Sanskrit Text — Chapter 2, Verse 26

    अथ चैनं नित्यजातं नित्यं वा मन्यसे मृतम्। तथापि त्वं महाबाहो नैवं शोचितुमर्हसि।।2.26।।

    Transliteration (IAST)

    atha chainaṁ nitya-jātaṁ nityaṁ vā manyase mṛitam tathāpi tvaṁ mahā-bāho naivaṁ śhochitum arhasi

    Translation

    Or, if you consider this self as constantly being born and constantly dying, O mighty-armed one, it still does not become you to feel grief.
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