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Bhagavad Gita 2.19

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

य एनं वेत्ति हन्तारं यश्चैनं मन्यते हतम् ।उभौ तौ न विजानीतो नायं हन्ति न हन्यते ॥

ya enaṃ vetti hantāraṃ yaścainaṃ manyate hatam |ubhau tau na vijānīto nāyaṃ hanti na hanyate ||

Meaning of Gita 2.19 in English

Anyone who thinks the soul kills, or thinks the soul is killed, does not understand. The soul neither kills nor is killed.

गीता 2.19 का हिंदी अर्थ

जो आत्मा को मारने वाला समझता है या मरा हुआ मानता है, वे दोनों नहीं जानते। आत्मा न मारती है, न मारी जाती है।

eternal souldeathgrief

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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.