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tam uvāca hṛṣīkeśaḥ prahasann iva bhārata senayor ubhayor madhye viṣīdantam idaḿ vacaḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 2.10 O descendant of Bharata, at that time Krishna, smiling, in the midst of both the armies, spoke the...

śrī-bhagavān uvāca aśocyān anvaśocas tvaḿ prajñā-vādāḿś ca bhāṣase gatāsūn agatāsūḿś ca nānuśocanti paṇḍitāḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 2.11 The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: While speaking learned words, you are...

na tv evāhaḿ jātu nāsaḿ na tvaḿ neme janādhipāḥ na caiva na bhaviṣyāmaḥ sarve vayam ataḥ param Translation of Bhagavad Gita 2.12 Never was there a time when I did not exist, nor you, nor all these kings; nor in the future...

dehino ‘smin yathā dehe kaumāraḿ yauvanaḿ jarā tathā dehāntara-prāptir dhīras tatra na muhyati Translation of Bhagavad Gita 2.13 As the embodied soul continuously passes, in this body, from boyhood to youth to old age,...

mātrā-sparśās tu kaunteya śītoṣṇa-sukha-duḥkha-dāḥ āgamāpāyino ‘nityās tāḿs titikṣasva bhārata Translation of Bhagavad Gita 2.14 O son of Kunti, the nonpermanent appearance of happiness and distress, and their...

yam hi na vyathayanty ete purusham purusharsabha sama-duhkha-sukham dhiram so ’mrtatvaya kalpate  Translation of Bhagavad Gita 2.15 O best among men [Arjuna], the person who is not disturbed by happiness and distress and is...

nāsato vidyate bhāvo nābhāvo vidyate sataḥ ubhayor api dṛṣṭo ‘ntas tv anayos tattva-darśibhiḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 2.16 Those who are seers of the truth have concluded that of the nonexistent [the material...

avināśi tu tad viddhi yena sarvam idaḿ tatam vināśam avyayasyāsya na kaścit kartum arhati Translation of Bhagavad Gita 2.17 That which pervades the entire body you should know to be indestructible. No one is able to destroy...

antavanta ime dehā nityasyoktāḥ śarīriṇaḥ anāśino ‘prameyasya tasmād yudhyasva bhārata Translation of Bhagavad Gita 2.18 The material body of the indestructible, immeasurable and eternal living entity is sure to come to...

ya enaḿ vetti hantāraḿ yaś cainaḿ manyate hatam ubhau tau na vijānīto nāyaḿ hanti na hanyate Translation of Bhagavad Gita 2.19 Neither he who thinks the living entity the slayer nor he who thinks it slain is in knowledge,...