Chapter 2 · Verse 19 · Sankhya Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 2.19
Sanskrit
य एनं वेत्ति हन्तारं यश्चैनं मन्यते हतम्। उभौ तौ न विजानीतो नायं हन्ति न हन्यते।।2.19।।
Transliteration
ya enaṁ vetti hantāraṁ yaśh chainaṁ manyate hatam ubhau tau na vijānīto nāyaṁ hanti na hanyate
In plain words
You may feel like harm has been done to you, or like you've done irreparable harm to another—that something essential has been destroyed and cannot be recovered. But Krishna says: the part of you that matters, the part of them that matters, cannot actually be touched or broken by what happened. Your eternal nature and theirs stands untouched, waiting for you to remember it, and from that remembering, real healing begins.
हिंदी अर्थ
जो यह सोचता है कि आत्मा को मारा जा सकता है और जो सोचता है कि आत्मा मर गई, दोनों ही गलत हैं क्योंकि आत्मा को कोई मार नहीं सकता और न ही वह मरती है।
Word by Word
This verse cuts through the deepest illusion—that the Self can be slain or can slay. The Atman, eternal and unchanging, stands beyond all weapons, beyond all acts of killing and death.
When we perceive ourselves or others as mere bodies that can be destroyed, we live in ignorance; when we know the imperishable Self within, all fear dissolves. In your own being, recognize that what you truly are cannot be harmed, and what you fear to harm in another is equally protected by its own eternal nature.
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Bhagavad Gita 2.19 — BG 2.19
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