Bhagavad Gita 2.25
Chapter 2, verse 25
Meaning
The self is said to be invisible to the senses, beyond the reach of thought, and not subject to change. Once you understand it this way, you have no reason to grieve.
The Sanskrit
अव्यक्तोऽयमचिन्त्योऽयमविकार्योऽयमुच्यते ।
तस्मादेवं विदित्वैनं नानुशोचितुमर्हसि ॥ २५ ॥
avyakto 'yam acintyo 'yam avikāryo 'yam ucyate
tasmād evaṃ viditvainaṃ nānuśocitum arhasi
Say it
uv-yuk-to 'yum uh-chin-tyo 'yum uh-vi-kaar-yo 'yum uch-yuh-tay
tus-maa-day-vum vi-di-tvai-num naa-noo-sho-chi-toom ur-huh-si
Word by word
- avyaktaḥ ayam
- this (self) is unmanifest, not visible to the senses
- acintyaḥ ayam
- this is beyond thought
- avikāryaḥ ayam
- this does not change
- ucyate
- it is said
- tasmāt
- therefore
- evam viditvā enam
- knowing it to be so
- na anuśocitum arhasi
- you should not grieve
Read it in context: verses 2.25–28Unseen before, unseen afterWith the story so far, commentary, and today's lesson: Grieve the loss, not the pattern
Another translation and audio recitation: verse 2.25 on holy-bhagavad-gita.org.
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