Bhagavad Gita 2.24
Chapter 2, verse 24
Meaning
It cannot be cut, burned, soaked or dried out. It is eternal, present everywhere, steady and unmoving, and it has always been.
The Sanskrit
अच्छेद्योऽयमदाह्योऽयमक्लेद्योऽशोष्य एव च ।
नित्यः सर्वगतः स्थाणुरचलोऽयं सनातनः ॥ २४ ॥
acchedyo 'yam adāhyo 'yam akledyo 'śoṣya eva ca
nityaḥ sarvagataḥ sthāṇur acalo 'yaṃ sanātanaḥ
Say it
uch-chay-dyo 'yum uh-daa-hyo 'yum uh-klay-dyo 'sho-shyuh ay-vuh chuh
ni-tyuh-h sur-vuh-guh-tuh-h sthaa-noo-ruh-chuh-lo 'yum suh-naa-tuh-nuh-h
Word by word
- acchedyaḥ ayam
- this one cannot be cut
- adāhyaḥ ayam
- this one cannot be burned
- akledyaḥ
- cannot be soaked
- aśoṣyaḥ eva ca
- and cannot be dried out, indeed
- nityaḥ
- eternal
- sarvagataḥ
- present everywhere
- sthāṇuḥ
- firm, steady as a pillar
- acalaḥ ayam
- this one is unmoving
- sanātanaḥ
- everlasting, primeval
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 2.24 on holy-bhagavad-gita.org.
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