Bhagavad Gita 2.17
Chapter 2, verse 17
Meaning
Understand that what runs through this whole world cannot be destroyed. Nobody has the power to bring an end to something that never wears down or runs out.
The Sanskrit
अविनाशि तु तद्विद्धि येन सर्वमिदं ततम् ।
विनाशमव्ययस्यास्य न कश्चित्कर्तुमर्हति ॥ १७ ॥
avināśi tu tad viddhi yena sarvam idaṃ tatam
vināśam avyayasyāsya na kaś cit kartum arhati
Say it
uh-vi-naa-shi too tud vid-dhi yay-nuh sur-vum i-dum tuh-tum
vi-naa-shum uh-vyuh-yuh-syaa-syuh nuh kush-chit kur-toom ur-huh-ti
Word by word
- avināśi
- indestructible
- tu tat viddhi
- know that, indeed
- yena
- by which
- sarvam idam tatam
- all this is pervaded, spread through
- vināśam
- destruction
- avyayasya asya
- of this unchanging, undiminishing one
- na kaścit
- no one at all
- kartum arhati
- is able to bring about
Read it in context: verses 2.17–20What no weapon can touchWith the story so far, commentary, and today's lesson: Not every ending is the end of you
Another translation and audio recitation: verse 2.17 on holy-bhagavad-gita.org.
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