Bhagavad Gita 2.17 meaningWho you really are
In simple wordsSo simple a child gets it
“The life inside everything can never be destroyed.”
What it means
“Know that what fills and supports everything cannot be destroyed. Nothing can ever end it.”
The original Sanskrit
अविनाशि तु तद्विद्धि येन सर्वमिदं ततम् । विनाशमव्ययस्यास्य न कश्चित्कर्तुमर्हति ॥
avināśi tu tadviddhi yena sarvamidaṃ tatam vināśamavyayasyāsya na kaścitkartumarhati
Translations
Literal translation
But know That to be indestructible by which all this is pervaded. None can bring about the destruction of this Immutable.
Swami Gambhirananda
हिंदी अनुवाद
उस वस्तु को तुम अविनाशी जानों, जिससे यह सम्पूर्ण जगत् व्याप्त है। इस अव्यय का नाश करने में कोई भी समर्थ नहीं है।
Swami Tejomayananda
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