Chapter 2, Verse 30
देही नित्यमवध्योऽयं देहे सर्वस्य भारत। तस्मात्सर्वाणि भूतानि न त्वं शोचितुमर्हसि।।2.30।।
dehī nityamavadhyo'yaṃ dehe sarvasya bhārata. tasmātsarvāṇi bhūtāni na tvaṃ śocitumarhasi.2.30.
Word by word
- dehī
- the embodied soul (possessor of the body)
- nityam
- eternal, always
- avadhyaḥ
- indestructible, cannot be slain
- ayam
- this
- dehe
- in the body
- sarvasya
- of all (beings)
- bhārata
- O descendant of Bharata (Arjuna)
- tasmāt
- therefore
- sarvāṇi
- all
- bhūtāni
- beings/creatures
- na
- not
- tvam
- you
- śocitum
- to grieve
- arhasi
- you ought/should
Commentary
30. He, the embodied (Self) in every one's body, can never be killed, O descendant of Bharata. Wherefore thou oughtst not to grieve about any creature.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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- dehī
- nityam
- avadhyaḥ
- ayam
- dehe
- sarvasya
- bhārata
- tasmāt
- sarvāṇi
- bhūtāni
- na
- tvam
- śocitum
- arhasi
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