Chapter 2 · Verse 22 · Sankhya Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 2.22
Sanskrit
वासांसि जीर्णानि यथा विहाय नवानि गृह्णाति नरोऽपराणि। तथा शरीराणि विहाय जीर्णा न्यन्यानि संयाति नवानि देही।।2.22।।
Transliteration
vāsānsi jīrṇāni yathā vihāya navāni gṛihṇāti naro ’parāṇi tathā śharīrāṇi vihāya jīrṇānya nyāni sanyāti navāni dehī
हिंदी अर्थ
जैसे एक आदमी पुराने कपड़ों को उतारकर नए कपड़े पहन लेता है, वैसे ही आत्मा पुराने शरीर को छोड़कर नए शरीर को धारण करती है।
Word by Word
Just as a person discards worn garments and naturally puts on fresh clothes, the eternal Self within you sheds exhausted bodies and enters new ones—this is the rhythm of existence itself, not something to fear but to understand. The soul is the unchanging witness to all these temporary forms; your true nature transcends every body you've ever inhabited or ever will.
In this understanding lies freedom from the desperate clinging that makes us suffer when bodies age, sicken, or pass away. When you truly recognize yourself as the deathless consciousness observing the costume changes of life, you stop resisting change and start flowing with reality as it actually is.
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Bhagavad Gita 2.22 — BG 2.22
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