Bhagavad Gita 2.26
Chapter 2, verse 26
Meaning
And even if you take the other view, that the self is born again and again and dies again and again along with the body, mighty-armed Arjuna, you still should not grieve like this.
The Sanskrit
अथ चैनं नित्यजातं नित्यं वा मन्यसे मृतम् ।
तथापि त्वं महाबाहो नैवं शोचितुमर्हसि ॥ २६ ॥
atha cainaṃ nityajātaṃ nityaṃ vā manyase mṛtam
tathāpi tvaṃ mahābāho naivaṃ śocitum arhasi
Say it
uh-thuh chai-num ni-tyuh-jaa-tum ni-tyum vaa mun-yuh-say mri-tum
tuh-thaa-pi tvum muh-haa-baa-ho nai-vum sho-chi-toom ur-huh-si
Word by word
- atha ca
- and suppose instead
- enam
- this (self)
- nityajātam
- constantly being born
- nityam vā manyase mṛtam
- or you think it constantly dies
- tathā api
- even so
- tvam mahābāho
- you, mighty-armed one
- na evam śocitum arhasi
- should not grieve like this
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 2.26 on holy-bhagavad-gita.org.
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