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na jāyate mriyate vā kadācin nāyaḿ bhūtvā bhavitā vā na bhūyaḥ ajo nityaḥ śāśvato ‘yaḿ purāṇo na hanyate hanyamāne śarīre Translation of Bhagavad Gita 2.20 For the soul there is neither birth nor death at any time. He...

vedāvināśinaḿ nityaḿ ya enam ajam avyayam kathaḿ sa puruṣaḥ pārtha kaḿ ghātayati hanti kam Translation of Bhagavad Gita 2.21 O Partha, how can a person who knows that the soul is indestructible, eternal, unborn and...

vasamsi jirnani yatha vihaya navani grhnati naro ’parani tatha sarirani vihaya jirnany anyani samyati navani dehi Translation of Bhagavad Gita 2.22 As a person puts on new garments, giving up old ones, the soul similarly accepts...

nainaḿ chindanti śastrāṇi nainaḿ dahati pāvakaḥ na cainaḿ kledayanty āpo na śoṣayati mārutaḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 2.23 The soul can never be cut to pieces by any weapon, nor burned by fire, nor moistened by water,...

acchedyo ‘yam adāhyo ‘yam akledyo ‘śoṣya eva ca nityaḥ sarva-gataḥ sthāṇur acalo ‘yaḿ sanātanaḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 2.24 This individual soul is unbreakable and insoluble, and can be...

avyakto ‘yam acintyo ‘yam avikāryo ‘yam ucyate tasmād evaḿ viditvainaḿ nānuśocitum arhasi Translation of Bhagavad Gita 2.25 It is said that the soul is invisible, inconceivable and immutable. Knowing this,...

atha cainaḿ nitya-jātaḿ nityaḿ vā manyase mṛtam tathāpi tvaḿ mahā-bāho nainaḿ śocitum arhasi Translation of Bhagavad Gita 2.26 If, however, you think that the soul [or the symptoms of life] is always born and dies forever,...

jātasya hi dhruvo mṛtyur dhruvaḿ janma mṛtasya ca tasmād aparihārye ‘rthe na tvaḿ śocitum arhasi Translation of Bhagavad Gita 2.27 One who has taken his birth is sure to die, and after death one is sure to take birth...

avyaktādīni bhūtāni vyakta-madhyāni bhārata avyakta-nidhanāny eva tatra kā paridevanā Translation of Bhagavad Gita 2.28 All created beings are unmanifest in their beginning, manifest in their interim state, and unmanifest again...

āścarya-vat paśyati kaścid enam āścarya-vad vadati tathaiva cānyaḥ āścarya-vac cainam anyaḥ śṛṇoti śrutvāpy enaḿ veda na caiva kaścit Translation of Bhagavad Gita 2.29 Some look on the soul as amazing, some describe him as...