वेदाविनाशिनं नित्यं य एनमजमव्ययम् | कथं स पुरुषः पार्थ कं घातयति हन्ति कम् || 2-21 ||
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O Partha, how can a person who knows that the soul is indestructible, eternal, unborn and immutable kill anyone or cause anyone to kill?
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वेदाविनाशिनं नित्यं य एनमजमव्ययम् | कथं स पुरुषः पार्थ कं घातयति हन्ति कम् || 2-21 ||
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O Partha, how can a person who knows that the soul is indestructible, eternal, unborn and immutable kill anyone or cause anyone to kill?
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न जायते म्रियते वा कदाचिन्नायं भूत्वा भविता वा न भूयः | अजो नित्यः शाश्वतोऽयं पुराणो न हन्यते हन्यमाने शरीरे || 2-20 ||
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The soul is never born nor dies at any time. It has not come into being, does not come into being, and will not come into being. It is unbor...
न जायते म्रियते वा कदाचिन्नायं भूत्वा भविता वा न भूयः | अजो नित्यः शाश्वतोऽयं पुराणो न हन्यते हन्यमाने शरीरे || 2-20 ||
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The soul is never born nor dies at any time. It has not come into being, does not come into being, and will not come into being. It is unbor...
य एनं वेत्ति हन्तारं यश्चैनं मन्यते हतम् | उभौ तौ न विजानीतो नायं हन्ति न हन्यते || 2-19 ||
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He who thinks that the soul kills, and he who thinks that it is killed, are both ignorant. The soul neither kills nor is killed.
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य एनं वेत्ति हन्तारं यश्चैनं मन्यते हतम् | उभौ तौ न विजानीतो नायं हन्ति न हन्यते || 2-19 ||
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He who thinks that the soul kills, and he who thinks that it is killed, are both ignorant. The soul neither kills nor is killed.
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अन्तवन्त इमे देहा नित्यस्योक्ताः शरीरिणः | अनाशिनोऽप्रमेयस्य तस्माद्युध्यस्व भारत || 2-18 ||
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These bodies of the embodied soul, which is eternal, indestructible and immeasurable, are said to be perishable. Therefore, fight, O descendant of Bharata.
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अन्तवन्त इमे देहा नित्यस्योक्ताः शरीरिणः | अनाशिनोऽप्रमेयस्य तस्माद्युध्यस्व भारत || 2-18 ||
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These bodies of the embodied soul, which is eternal, indestructible and immeasurable, are said to be perishable. Therefore, fight, O descendant of Bharata.
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अविनाशि तु तद्विद्धि येन सर्वमिदं ततम् | विनाशमव्ययस्यास्य न कश्चित्कर्तुमर्हति || 2-17 ||
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Know that to be indestructible by which all this is pervaded. No one can destroy that immutable substance.
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अविनाशि तु तद्विद्धि येन सर्वमिदं ततम् | विनाशमव्ययस्यास्य न कश्चित्कर्तुमर्हति || 2-17 ||
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Know that to be indestructible by which all this is pervaded. No one can destroy that immutable substance.
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नासतो विद्यते भावो नाभावो विद्यते सतः | उभयोरपि दृष्टोऽन्तस्त्वनयोस्तत्त्वदर्शिभिः || 2-16 ||
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The unreal has no existence, and the real never ceases to be. The seers of truth have concluded the same by studying the nature of both.
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नासतो विद्यते भावो नाभावो विद्यते सतः | उभयोरपि दृष्टोऽन्तस्त्वनयोस्तत्त्वदर्शिभिः || 2-16 ||
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The unreal has no existence, and the real never ceases to be. The seers of truth have concluded the same by studying the nature of both.
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यं हि न व्यथयन्त्येते पुरुषं पुरुषर्षभ | समदुःखसुखं धीरं सोऽमृतत्वाय कल्पते || 2-15 ||
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O best among men, the person who is not disturbed by these sensations, who is steady in pleasure and pain, is fit for immortality.
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यं हि न व्यथयन्त्येते पुरुषं पुरुषर्षभ | समदुःखसुखं धीरं सोऽमृतत्वाय कल्पते || 2-15 ||
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O best among men, the person who is not disturbed by these sensations, who is steady in pleasure and pain, is fit for immortality.
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मात्रास्पर्शास्तु कौन्तेय शीतोष्णसुखदुःखदाः | आगमापायिनोऽनित्यास्तांस्तितिक्षस्व भारत || 2-14 ||
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O son of Kunti, the contacts of the senses with their objects give rise to cold and heat, pleasure and pain. They come and go and are impermanent. Endure them, O d...
मात्रास्पर्शास्तु कौन्तेय शीतोष्णसुखदुःखदाः | आगमापायिनोऽनित्यास्तांस्तितिक्षस्व भारत || 2-14 ||
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O son of Kunti, the contacts of the senses with their objects give rise to cold and heat, pleasure and pain. They come and go and are impermanent. Endure them, O d...
देहिनोऽस्मिन्यथा देहे कौमारं यौवनं जरा | तथा देहान्तरप्राप्तिर्धीरस्तत्र न मुह्यति || 2-13 ||
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Just as the embodied soul continuously passes in this body from childhood to youth to old age, similarly the soul passes into another body at death. The wise are not ...
देहिनोऽस्मिन्यथा देहे कौमारं यौवनं जरा | तथा देहान्तरप्राप्तिर्धीरस्तत्र न मुह्यति || 2-13 ||
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Just as the embodied soul continuously passes in this body from childhood to youth to old age, similarly the soul passes into another body at death. The wise are not ...
न त्वेवाहं जातु नासं न त्वं नेमे जनाधिपाः | न चैव न भविष्यामः सर्वे वयमतः परम् || 2-12 ||
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Never was there a time when I did not exist, nor you, nor all these kings; nor in the future shall any of us cease to be.
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न त्वेवाहं जातु नासं न त्वं नेमे जनाधिपाः | न चैव न भविष्यामः सर्वे वयमतः परम् || 2-12 ||
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Never was there a time when I did not exist, nor you, nor all these kings; nor in the future shall any of us cease to be.
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श्रीभगवानुवाच | अशोच्यानन्वशोचस्त्वं प्रज्ञावादांश्च भाषसे | गतासूनगतासूंश्च नानुशोचन्ति पण्डिताः || 2-11 ||
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The Blessed Lord said: You grieve for those who should not be grieved for, yet you speak words of wisdom. The wise grieve neither for the living nor fo...
श्रीभगवानुवाच | अशोच्यानन्वशोचस्त्वं प्रज्ञावादांश्च भाषसे | गतासूनगतासूंश्च नानुशोचन्ति पण्डिताः || 2-11 ||
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The Blessed Lord said: You grieve for those who should not be grieved for, yet you speak words of wisdom. The wise grieve neither for the living nor fo...
तमुवाच हृषीकेशः प्रहसन्निव भारत | सेनयोरुभयोर्मध्ये विषीदन्तमिदं वचः || 2-10 ||
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O descendant of Bharata, to him who was sorrowing between the two armies, Hrishikesha, as if smiling, spoke these words.
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तमुवाच हृषीकेशः प्रहसन्निव भारत | सेनयोरुभयोर्मध्ये विषीदन्तमिदं वचः || 2-10 ||
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O descendant of Bharata, to him who was sorrowing between the two armies, Hrishikesha, as if smiling, spoke these words.
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सञ्जय उवाच | एवमुक्त्वा हृषीकेशं गुडाकेशः परन्तप | न योत्स्य इति गोविन्दमुक्त्वा तूष्णीं बभूव ह || 2-9 ||
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Sanjaya said: Having spoken thus to Hrishikesha, Gudakesha, the scorcher of foes, said to Govinda, 'I will not fight,' and became silent.
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सञ्जय उवाच | एवमुक्त्वा हृषीकेशं गुडाकेशः परन्तप | न योत्स्य इति गोविन्दमुक्त्वा तूष्णीं बभूव ह || 2-9 ||
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Sanjaya said: Having spoken thus to Hrishikesha, Gudakesha, the scorcher of foes, said to Govinda, 'I will not fight,' and became silent.
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न हि प्रपश्यामि ममापनुद्याद् यच्छोकमुच्छोषणमिन्द्रियाणाम् | अवाप्य भूमावसपत्नमृद्धं राज्यं सुराणामपि चाधिपत्यम् || 2-8 ||
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I do not see that it would remove this sorrow that burns up my senses, even if I should attain prosperous and unrivaled dominion on earth o...
न हि प्रपश्यामि ममापनुद्याद् यच्छोकमुच्छोषणमिन्द्रियाणाम् | अवाप्य भूमावसपत्नमृद्धं राज्यं सुराणामपि चाधिपत्यम् || 2-8 ||
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I do not see that it would remove this sorrow that burns up my senses, even if I should attain prosperous and unrivaled dominion on earth o...
कार्पण्यदोषोपहतस्वभावः पृच्छामि त्वां धर्मसम्मूढचेताः | यच्छ्रेयः स्यान्निश्चितं ब्रूहि तन्मे शिष्यस्तेऽहं शाधि मां त्वां प्रपन्नम् || 2-7 ||
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My nature afflicted with the taint of faint-heartedness, my mind confused about duty, I ask You: Tell me decisively wha...
कार्पण्यदोषोपहतस्वभावः पृच्छामि त्वां धर्मसम्मूढचेताः | यच्छ्रेयः स्यान्निश्चितं ब्रूहि तन्मे शिष्यस्तेऽहं शाधि मां त्वां प्रपन्नम् || 2-7 ||
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My nature afflicted with the taint of faint-heartedness, my mind confused about duty, I ask You: Tell me decisively wha...
न चैतद्विद्मः कतरन्नो गरीयो यद्वा जयेम यदि वा नो जयेयुः | यानेव हत्वा न जिजीविषामस् तेऽवस्थिताः प्रमुखे धार्तराष्ट्राः || 2-6 ||
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Nor do we know which is better for us—whether we should conquer them or they should conquer us. The sons of Dhritarashtra, after kil...
न चैतद्विद्मः कतरन्नो गरीयो यद्वा जयेम यदि वा नो जयेयुः | यानेव हत्वा न जिजीविषामस् तेऽवस्थिताः प्रमुखे धार्तराष्ट्राः || 2-6 ||
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Nor do we know which is better for us—whether we should conquer them or they should conquer us. The sons of Dhritarashtra, after kil...
गुरूनहत्वा हि महानुभावान् श्रेयो भोक्तुं भैक्ष्यमपीह लोके | हत्वार्थकामांस्तु गुरूनिहैव भुञ्जीय भोगान् रुधिरप्रदिग्धान् || 2-5 ||
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It would be better to live in this world by begging than to slay these noble elders. If I kill them, I would enjoy wealth and desir...
गुरूनहत्वा हि महानुभावान् श्रेयो भोक्तुं भैक्ष्यमपीह लोके | हत्वार्थकामांस्तु गुरूनिहैव भुञ्जीय भोगान् रुधिरप्रदिग्धान् || 2-5 ||
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It would be better to live in this world by begging than to slay these noble elders. If I kill them, I would enjoy wealth and desir...
अर्जुन उवाच | कथं भीष्ममहं सङ्ख्ये द्रोणं च मधुसूदन | इषुभिः प्रतियोत्स्यामि पूजार्हावरिसूदन || 2-4 ||
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Arjuna said: How, O Madhusudana, shall I fight with arrows in battle against Bhishma and Drona, who are worthy of worship, O slayer of enemies?
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अर्जुन उवाच | कथं भीष्ममहं सङ्ख्ये द्रोणं च मधुसूदन | इषुभिः प्रतियोत्स्यामि पूजार्हावरिसूदन || 2-4 ||
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Arjuna said: How, O Madhusudana, shall I fight with arrows in battle against Bhishma and Drona, who are worthy of worship, O slayer of enemies?
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क्लैब्यं मा स्म गमः पार्थ नैतत्त्वय्युपपद्यते | क्षुद्रं हृदयदौर्बल्यं त्यक्त्वोत्तिष्ठ परन्तप || 2-3 ||
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Yield not to this unmanliness, O son of Prithā! It does not befit you. Shake off this petty faint-heartedness and arise, O scorcher of foes!
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क्लैब्यं मा स्म गमः पार्थ नैतत्त्वय्युपपद्यते | क्षुद्रं हृदयदौर्बल्यं त्यक्त्वोत्तिष्ठ परन्तप || 2-3 ||
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Yield not to this unmanliness, O son of Prithā! It does not befit you. Shake off this petty faint-heartedness and arise, O scorcher of foes!
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श्रीभगवानुवाच | कुतस्त्वा कश्मलमिदं विषमे समुपस्थितम् | अनार्यजुष्टमस्वर्ग्यमकीर्तिकरमर्जुन || 2-2 ||
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The Blessed Lord said: Whence has come to you this dejection, this stain of cowardice, this un-Aryalike behavior, this heaven-barring and disgraceful weakness,...
श्रीभगवानुवाच | कुतस्त्वा कश्मलमिदं विषमे समुपस्थितम् | अनार्यजुष्टमस्वर्ग्यमकीर्तिकरमर्जुन || 2-2 ||
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The Blessed Lord said: Whence has come to you this dejection, this stain of cowardice, this un-Aryalike behavior, this heaven-barring and disgraceful weakness,...
सञ्जय उवाच | तं तथा कृपयाविष्टमश्रुपूर्णाकुलेक्षणम् | विषीदन्तमिदं वाक्यमुवाच मधुसूदनः || 2-1 ||
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Sanjaya said: To him who was thus overcome with compassion, whose eyes were filled with tears and troubled, and who was much depressed in mind, Madhusudana (Krishna...
सञ्जय उवाच | तं तथा कृपयाविष्टमश्रुपूर्णाकुलेक्षणम् | विषीदन्तमिदं वाक्यमुवाच मधुसूदनः || 2-1 ||
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Sanjaya said: To him who was thus overcome with compassion, whose eyes were filled with tears and troubled, and who was much depressed in mind, Madhusudana (Krishna...
कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते मा फलेषु कदाचन | मा कर्मफलहेतुर्भूर्मा ते सङ्गोऽस्त्वकर्मणि || 2-47 ||
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You have a right to perform your prescribed duties, but you are not entitled to the fruits of your actions. Never consider yourself the cause of the results of your acti...
कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते मा फलेषु कदाचन | मा कर्मफलहेतुर्भूर्मा ते सङ्गोऽस्त्वकर्मणि || 2-47 ||
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You have a right to perform your prescribed duties, but you are not entitled to the fruits of your actions. Never consider yourself the cause of the results of your acti...
यावानर्थ उदपाने सर्वतः सम्प्लुतोदके | तावान्सर्वेषु वेदेषु ब्राह्मणस्य विजानतः || 2-46 ||
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All purposes served by a small well can at once be served by a great reservoir of water. Similarly, one who understands the Absolute Truth fulfills all the purposes of th...
यावानर्थ उदपाने सर्वतः सम्प्लुतोदके | तावान्सर्वेषु वेदेषु ब्राह्मणस्य विजानतः || 2-46 ||
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All purposes served by a small well can at once be served by a great reservoir of water. Similarly, one who understands the Absolute Truth fulfills all the purposes of th...
त्रैगुण्यविषया वेदा निस्त्रैगुण्यो भवार्जुन | निर्द्वन्द्वो नित्यसत्त्वस्थो निर्योगक्षेम आत्मवान् || 2-45 ||
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The Vedas mainly deal with the subject of the three modes of material nature. Rise above these modes, O Arjuna. Be free from all dualities and from all...
त्रैगुण्यविषया वेदा निस्त्रैगुण्यो भवार्जुन | निर्द्वन्द्वो नित्यसत्त्वस्थो निर्योगक्षेम आत्मवान् || 2-45 ||
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The Vedas mainly deal with the subject of the three modes of material nature. Rise above these modes, O Arjuna. Be free from all dualities and from all...
भोगैश्वर्यप्रसक्तानां तयापहृतचेतसाम् | व्यवसायात्मिका बुद्धिः समाधौ न विधीयते || 2-44 ||
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The minds of those who are attached to sense enjoyment and opulence are bewildered by such things, and they cannot have determined intelligence for meditation on the Supre...
भोगैश्वर्यप्रसक्तानां तयापहृतचेतसाम् | व्यवसायात्मिका बुद्धिः समाधौ न विधीयते || 2-44 ||
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The minds of those who are attached to sense enjoyment and opulence are bewildered by such things, and they cannot have determined intelligence for meditation on the Supre...