Bhagavad Gita 2.21
Chapter 2, verse 21
Meaning
Arjuna, once someone knows the self to be indestructible, eternal, unborn and unchanging, how could that person kill anyone, or have anyone killed?
The Sanskrit
वेदाविनाशिनं नित्यं य एनमजमव्ययम् ।
कथं स पुरुषः पार्थ कं घातयति हन्ति कम् ॥ २१ ॥
vedāvināśinaṃ nityaṃ ya enam ajam avyayam
kathaṃ sa puruṣaḥ pārtha kaṃ ghātayati hanti kam
Say it
vay-daa-vi-naa-shi-num ni-tyum yuh ay-num uh-jum uh-vyuh-yum
kuh-thum suh poo-roo-shuh-h paar-thuh kum ghaa-tuh-yuh-ti hun-ti kum
Word by word
- veda
- knows
- avināśinam nityam
- indestructible, eternal
- yaḥ enam
- whoever (knows) this (self)
- ajam avyayam
- unborn, unchanging
- katham
- how
- saḥ puruṣaḥ
- that person
- pārtha
- son of Pṛthā (Arjuna)
- kam ghātayati
- whom does he cause to be killed
- hanti kam
- whom does he kill
Read it in context: verses 2.21–24Old clothes, new clothesWith the story so far, commentary, and today's lesson: Separate the clothes from the wearer
Another translation and audio recitation: verse 2.21 on holy-bhagavad-gita.org.
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