Bhagavad Gita 2.12
Chapter 2, verse 12
Meaning
There was never a time when I did not exist, nor you, nor these kings. And none of us will ever stop existing from now on.
The Sanskrit
न त्वेवाहं जातु नासं न त्वं नेमे जनाधिपाः ।
न चैव न भविष्यामः सर्वे वयमतः परम् ॥ १२ ॥
na tv evāhaṃ jātu nāsaṃ na tvaṃ neme janādhipāḥ
na caiva na bhaviṣyāmaḥ sarve vayam ataḥ param
Say it
nuh tv ay-vaa-hum jaa-too naa-sum nuh tvum nay-may juh-naa-dhi-paah
nuh chai-vuh nuh bhuh-vish-yaa-muh sur-vay vuh-yum uh-tuh puh-rum
Word by word
- na tu eva aham
- but never was I
- jātu na āsam
- at any time not existing
- na tvam
- nor you
- na ime janādhipāḥ
- nor these lords of people / kings
- na ca eva na bhaviṣyāmaḥ
- and nor shall we cease to be
- sarve vayam
- all of us
- ataḥ param
- from this time onward / hereafter
Read it in context: verses 2.9–12“I will not fight”, and Krishna begins to teachWith the story so far, commentary, and today's lesson: Wise-sounding words are not the same as seeing clearly
Another translation and audio recitation: verse 2.12 on holy-bhagavad-gita.org.
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