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Bhagavad Gita 2.21

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

वेदाविनाशिनं नित्यं य एनमजमव्ययम् ।कथं स पुरुषः पार्थ कं घातयति हन्ति कम् ॥

vedāvināśinaṃ nityaṃ ya enamajamavyayam |kathaṃ sa puruṣaḥ pārtha kaṃ ghātayati hanti kam ||

Meaning of Gita 2.21 in English

Krishna asks: if someone knows the soul to be indestructible, eternal, unborn and unchanging, how can that person kill anyone, or cause anyone to be killed?

गीता 2.21 का हिंदी अर्थ

श्रीकृष्ण पूछते हैं: जो आत्मा को अविनाशी, नित्य, अजन्मा और अव्यय जानता है, वह किसी को कैसे मार सकता है या किसी को मरवा सकता है?

eternal souldeathunderstanding the self

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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.