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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,...

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,...