Chapter 2 · Verse 21 · Sankhya Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 2.21
Sanskrit
वेदाविनाशिनं नित्यं य एनमजमव्ययम्। कथं स पुरुषः पार्थ कं घातयति हन्ति कम्।।2.21।।
Transliteration
vedāvināśhinaṁ nityaṁ ya enam ajam avyayam kathaṁ sa puruṣhaḥ pārtha kaṁ ghātayati hanti kam
In plain words
When you're convinced that loss or death or failure will destroy you—that it's the end of everything—you're believing a lie about what you actually are. Krishna says: there is something in you that cannot be harmed, cannot be killed, cannot be lost, no matter what happens to your body or your circumstances or your life as you know it. That unshakable thing is who you really are, and it's asking you to trust it now.
हिंदी अर्थ
आत्मा को न तो वेद नष्ट कर सकते हैं, न कोई शस्त्र काट सकता है, न आग जला सकती है और न ही पानी भिगो सकता है क्योंकि आत्मा नित्य, अजन्मा और अविनाशी है। हे पार्थ, जब आत्मा को कोई नष्ट नहीं कर सकता तो फिर तुम किसको मारने का भय कर रहे हो?
Word by Word
Krishna reveals the deepest truth of Sankhya Yoga: the Atman—your eternal essence—is imperishable, unborn, and unchanging, beyond all destruction and time. How then can anyone truly kill or be killed when the Self transcends the body's birth and death?
This verse invites you to recognize that beneath your fear of loss and harm lies an immortal witness that no circumstance can touch, transforming how you meet life's greatest challenges.
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Bhagavad Gita 2.21 — BG 2.21
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