Bhagavad Gita 2.12 meaningWho you really are
In simple wordsSo simple a child gets it
“You, me and everyone here always were — and always will be.”
What it means
“There was never a time when I did not exist, or you, or any of these kings. And none of us will ever stop existing.”
The original Sanskrit
न त्वेवाहं जातु नासं न त्वं नेमे जनाधिपाः । न चैव न भविष्यामः सर्वे वयमतः परम् ॥
na tvevāhaṃ jātu nāsaṃ na tvaṃ neme janādhipāḥ na caiva na bhaviṣyāmaḥ sarve vayamataḥ param
Translations
Literal translation
But certainly (it is) not (a fact) that I did not exist at any time; nor you, nor these rulers of men. And surely it is not that we all shall cease to exist after this.
Swami Gambhirananda
हिंदी अनुवाद
वास्तव में न तो ऐसा ही है कि मैं किसी काल में नहीं था अथवा तुम नहीं थे अथवा ये राजालोग नहीं थे और न ऐसा ही है कि इससे आगे हम सब नहीं रहेंगे।
Swami Tejomayananda
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