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Bhagavad Gita 2.16

Chapter 2: Sankhya Yoga (The Yoga of Knowledge) · सांख्ययोग

नासतो विद्यते भावो नाभावो विद्यते सतः ।उभयोरपि दृष्टोऽन्तस्त्वनयोस्तत्त्वदर्शिभिः ॥

nāsato vidyate bhāvo nābhāvo vidyate sataḥ |ubhayorapi dṛṣṭo'ntastvanayostattvadarśibhiḥ ||

Meaning of Gita 2.16 in English

What is unreal has no lasting existence, and what is real never stops existing. Those who see the truth understand the difference between the two.

गीता 2.16 का हिंदी अर्थ

जो असत् है उसका कोई स्थायी अस्तित्व नहीं, और जो सत् है उसका कभी अभाव नहीं होता। तत्त्व को जानने वाले इन दोनों का भेद समझते हैं।

truthrealityimpermanence

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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.