Bhagavad Gita 2.30
Chapter 2, verse 30
Meaning
The one who lives in every body can never be killed, Arjuna. So you have no reason to grieve for any living being.
The Sanskrit
देही नित्यमवध्योऽयं देहे सर्वस्य भारत ।
तस्मात्सर्वाणि भूतानि न त्वं शोचितुमर्हसि ॥ ३० ॥
dehī nityam avadhyo 'yaṃ dehe sarvasya bhārata
tasmāt sarvāṇi bhūtāni na tvaṃ śocitum arhasi
Say it
day-hee ni-tyum uh-vudh-yo 'yum day-hay sur-vuss-yuh bhaa-ruh-tuh
tus-maat sur-vaa-ni bhoo-taa-ni nuh tvum sho-chi-toom ur-huh-si
Word by word
- dehī
- the one who dwells in the body, the embodied self
- nityam avadhyaḥ ayam
- this is always beyond killing
- dehe sarvasya
- in the body of everyone
- bhārata
- descendant of Bharata (Arjuna)
- tasmāt sarvāṇi bhūtāni
- so, for any being at all
- na tvam śocitum arhasi
- you should not grieve
Read it in context: verses 2.29–32A wonder, then a dutyWith the story so far, commentary, and today's lesson: When big questions stall you, look at your role
Another translation and audio recitation: verse 2.30 on holy-bhagavad-gita.org.
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