Bhagavad Gita 2.16
Chapter 2, verse 16
Meaning
What is unreal has no true existence, and what is real never stops existing. People who see things as they really are have understood the truth about both.
The Sanskrit
नासतो विद्यते भावो नाभावो विद्यते सतः ।
उभयोरपि दृष्टोऽन्तस्त्वनयोस्तत्त्वदर्शिभिः ॥ १६ ॥
nāsato vidyate bhāvo nābhāvo vidyate sataḥ
ubhayor api dṛṣṭo 'ntas tv anayos tattvadarśibhiḥ
Say it
naa-suh-to vid-yuh-tay bhaa-vo naa-bhaa-vo vid-yuh-tay suh-tuh-h
oo-bhuh-yor uh-pi drish-to 'ntus tvuh-nuh-yos tut-tvuh-dur-shi-bhi-h
Word by word
- na asataḥ vidyate bhāvaḥ
- the unreal has no being
- na abhāvaḥ vidyate sataḥ
- the real never ceases to be
- ubhayoḥ api
- of both of these
- dṛṣṭaḥ antaḥ
- the final truth has been seen
- tu anayoḥ
- indeed, of these two
- tattva-darśibhiḥ
- by those who see things as they are
Read it in context: verses 2.13–16Childhood, youth, old age, and what staysWith the story so far, commentary, and today's lesson: Feelings are weather; you are the one standing in it
Another translation and audio recitation: verse 2.16 on holy-bhagavad-gita.org.
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