Bhagavad Gita
    Chapter 2 · The Way of Knowledge

    Verse 30

    Sanskrit Text — Chapter 2, Verse 30

    देही नित्यमवध्योऽयं देहे सर्वस्य भारत। तस्मात्सर्वाणि भूतानि न त्वं शोचितुमर्हसि।।2.30।।

    Transliteration (IAST)

    dehī nityam avadhyo ’yaṁ dehe sarvasya bhārata tasmāt sarvāṇi bhūtāni na tvaṁ śhochitum arhasi

    Translation

    The self in the body, O Arjuna, is eternal and indestructible. This is the case for all selves in all bodies. Therefore, it is not fitting for you to feel grief for any being.
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