Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 2, verse 20
A classic statement of the Gita's teaching that the Self is unborn and undying, often recited at times of loss.
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न जायते म्रियते वा कदाचिन्नायं भूत्वा भविता वा न भूयः ।अजो नित्यः शाश्वतोऽयं पुराणो न हन्यते हन्यमाने शरीरे ॥
na jāyate mriyate vā kadācinnāyaṃ bhūtvā bhavitā vā na bhūyaḥ |ajo nityaḥ śāśvato'yaṃ purāṇo na hanyate hanyamāne śarīre ||
The Self is never born and never dies. It did not come into being and will not stop being. Unborn, eternal, everlasting and ancient, it is not killed when the body is killed.
आत्मा न कभी जन्म लेती है, न कभी मरती है। न वह पैदा हुई है, न आगे मिटेगी। वह अजन्मी, नित्य, शाश्वत और पुरातन है, शरीर के मारे जाने पर भी वह नहीं मरती।
आत्मा कधी जन्मत नाही आणि कधी मरत नाही. तो उत्पन्न झालेला नाही आणि पुढे नाहीसा होणार नाही. तो अजन्मा, नित्य, शाश्वत आणि पुरातन आहे, शरीर मारले गेले तरी तो मरत नाही.
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न जायते म्रियते वा कदाचिन्नायं भूत्वा भविता वा न भूयः ।अजो नित्यः शाश्वतोऽयं पुराणो न हन्यते हन्यमाने शरीरे ॥
य एनं वेत्ति हन्तारं यश्चैनं मन्यते हतम् ।
Whoever thinks the Self is a killer, and whoever thinks it is killed, both fail to understand. It does not kill, and it is not killed.
2.21वेदाविनाशिनं नित्यं य एनमजमव्ययम् ।
Arjuna, if a person knows the Self to be indestructible, eternal, unborn and unchanging, how can that person kill anyone, or cause anyone to be killed?
The Yoga of Knowledge
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