Bhagavad Gita 2.22 meaningChanging of bodies
In simple wordsSo simple a child gets it
“Like changing old clothes for new ones, the soul moves to a new body.”
What it means
“As a person puts on new clothes and throws away old ones, the self leaves worn-out bodies and takes on new ones.”
The original Sanskrit · known as “Vasamsi Jirnani Yatha Vihaya”
वासांसि जीर्णानि यथा विहाय नवानि गृह्णाति नरोऽपराणि । तथा शरीराणि विहाय जीर्णा- न्यन्यानि संयाति नवानि देही ॥
vāsāṃsi jīrṇāni yathā vihāya navāni gṛhṇāti naro.aparāṇi tathā śarīrāṇi vihāya jīrṇāni anyāni saṃyāti navāni dehī
Translations
Literal translation
As after rejecting wornout clothes a man takes up other new ones, likewise after rejecting wornout bodies the embodied one unites with other new ones.
Swami Gambhirananda
हिंदी अनुवाद
जैसे मनुष्य जीर्ण वस्त्रों को त्यागकर दूसरे नये वस्त्रों को धारण करता है, वैसे ही देही जीवात्मा पुराने शरीरों को त्याग कर दूसरे नए शरीरों को प्राप्त होता है।
Swami Tejomayananda
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