Bhagavad Gita 2.22
Chapter 2: Sankhya Yoga (The Yoga of Knowledge) · सांख्ययोग
वासांसि जीर्णानि यथा विहायनवानि गृह्णाति नरोऽपराणि ।तथा शरीराणि विहाय जीर्णान्यन्यानि संयाति नवानि देही ॥
vāsāṃsi jīrṇāni yathā vihāyanavāni gṛhṇāti naro'parāṇi |tathā śarīrāṇi vihāya jīrṇānyanyāni saṃyāti navāni dehī ||
Meaning of Gita 2.22 in English
Just as a person sets aside worn-out clothes and puts on new ones, the soul leaves a worn-out body and takes on a new one.
गीता 2.22 का हिंदी अर्थ
जैसे मनुष्य पुराने वस्त्र उतारकर नए वस्त्र धारण करता है, वैसे ही आत्मा पुराने शरीर को छोड़कर नया शरीर धारण करती है।
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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.