Chapter 2, Verse 21
वेदाविनाशिनं नित्यं य एनमजमव्ययम्। कथं स पुरुषः पार्थ कं घातयति हन्ति कम्।।2.21।।
vedāvināśinaṃ nityaṃ ya enamajamavyayam. kathaṃ sa puruṣaḥ pārtha kaṃ ghātayati hanti kam.2.21.
Word by word
- वेद
- knows
- अविनाशिनम्
- the indestructible (one)
- नित्यम्
- eternal
- यः
- who
- एनम्
- this (self)
- अजम्
- unborn
- अव्ययम्
- immutable
- कथम्
- how
- सः
- that
- पुरुषः
- person
- पार्थ
- O son of Pritha (Arjuna)
- कम्
- whom
- घातयति
- causes to be killed
- हन्ति
- kills
- कम्
- whom
Commentary
21. Whoso knows Him as indestructible 5 eternal, unborn and inexhaustible, — How, O son of Pntha., and whom does such a man cause to slay, and whom does he slay ?
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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Sanskrit (in order)
- वेद
- अविनाशिनम्
- नित्यम्
- यः
- एनम्
- अजम्
- अव्ययम्
- कथम्
- सः
- पुरुषः
- पार्थ
- कम्
- घातयति
- हन्ति
- कम्
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