Bhagavad Gita 2.19
Chapter 2, verse 19
Meaning
Whoever sees the self as a killer, and whoever sees it as killed, has misunderstood. The self does neither.
The Sanskrit
य एनं वेत्ति हन्तारं यश्चैनं मन्यते हतम् ।
उभौ तौ न विजानीतो नायं हन्ति न हन्यते ॥ १९ ॥
ya enaṃ vetti hantāraṃ yaś cainaṃ manyate hatam
ubhau tau na vijānīto nāyaṃ hanti na hanyate
Say it
yuh ay-num vayt-ti hun-taa-rum yush-chai-num mun-yuh-tay huh-tum
oo-bhow tow nuh vi-jaa-nee-to naa-yum hun-ti nuh hun-yuh-tay
Word by word
- yaḥ enam vetti hantāram
- whoever thinks this (self) is a killer
- yaḥ ca enam manyate hatam
- and whoever thinks it is killed
- ubhau tau
- both of them
- na vijānītaḥ
- do not understand
- na ayam hanti
- this one does not kill
- na hanyate
- nor is it killed
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 2.19 on holy-bhagavad-gita.org.
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