Bhagavad Gita 2.21 meaningWho you really are
In simple wordsSo simple a child gets it
“If you know you can never be destroyed, what is there to fear?”
What it means
“Once you know the self is indestructible and eternal, how can you think of it as killing or being killed?”
The original Sanskrit
वेदाविनाशिनं नित्यं य एनमजमव्ययम् । कथं स पुरुषः पार्थ कं घातयति हन्ति कम् ॥
vedāvināśinaṃ nityaṃ ya enamajamavyayam kathaṃ sa puruṣaḥ pārtha kaṃ ghātayati hanti kam
Translations
Literal translation
O Partha, he who knows this One as indestructible, eternal, birthless and undecaying, how and whom does that person kill, or whom does he cause to be killed!
Swami Gambhirananda
हिंदी अनुवाद
हे पार्थ ! जो पुरुष इस आत्मा को अविनाशी, नित्य और अव्ययस्वरूप जानता है, वह कैसे किसको मरवायेगा और कैसे किसको मारेगा?
Swami Tejomayananda
Go deeper
Commentaries
How great teachers across 1,200 years have explained this verse.
Loading commentaries…
Keep reading · 2.22“As a person puts on new clothes and throws away old ones, the self leaves worn-out bodies and takes on new ones.”