Bhagavad Gita 2.13 meaningUnderstanding life and death
In simple wordsSo simple a child gets it
“You were a baby, then a child, then grown up — but still you. After this body, you go on.”
What it means
“Just as you move through childhood, youth and old age in this body, you move on to another body. A wise person isn't shaken by this.”
The original Sanskrit · known as “Dehino Smin Yatha Dehe”
देहिनोऽस्मिन्यथा देहे कौमारं यौवनं जरा । तथा देहान्तरप्राप्तिर्धीरस्तत्र न मुह्यति ॥
dehino.asminyathā dehe kaumāraṃ yauvanaṃ jarā tathā dehāntaraprāptirdhīrastatra na muhyati
Translations
Literal translation
As are boyhood, youth and decrepitude to an embodied being in this (present) body, similar is the acquisition of another body. This being so, an intelligent person does not get deluded.
Swami Gambhirananda
हिंदी अनुवाद
जैसे इस देह में देही जीवात्मा की कुमार, युवा और वृद्धावस्था होती है, वैसे ही उसको अन्य शरीर की प्राप्ति होती है; धीर पुरुष इसमें मोहित नहीं होता है।
Swami Tejomayananda
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