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Bhagavad Gita 15.16

Chapter 15: Purushottama Yoga (The Supreme Person) · पुरुषोत्तमयोग

द्वाविमौ पुरुषौ लोके क्षरश्चाक्षर एव च ।क्षरः सर्वाणि भूतानि कूटस्थोऽक्षर उच्यते ॥

dvāvimau puruṣau loke kṣaraścākṣara eva ca |kṣaraḥ sarvāṇi bhūtāni kūṭastho'kṣara ucyate ||

Meaning of Gita 15.16 in English

There are two kinds of beings in the world: the perishable and the imperishable. All created beings are perishable, while the unchanging soul is called imperishable.

गीता 15.16 का हिंदी अर्थ

संसार में दो प्रकार के पुरुष हैं — नाशवान और अविनाशी। सभी प्राणियों के शरीर नाशवान हैं, और जो अटल रहता है वह अविनाशी कहलाता है।

soul and bodyimpermanencewhat is eternal

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The Sanskrit is public domain; the transliteration was generated for Saarthi. Meanings are original plain-language paraphrases, not a scholarly translation.