Bhagavad Gita 2.13
देहिनोऽस्मिन्यथा देहे कौमारं यौवनं जरा। तथा देहान्तरप्राप्तिर्धीरस्तत्र न मुह्यति।।
dehino ’smin yathā dehe kaumāraṁ yauvanaṁ jarā tathā dehāntara-prāptir dhīras tatra na muhyati
Word-by-Word
| Sanskrit | Transliteration | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| dehinaḥ | dehinaḥ | of the embodied |
| asmin | asmin | in this |
| yathā | yathā | as |
| dehe | dehe | in the body |
| kaumāram | kaumāram | childhood |
| yauvanam | yauvanam | youth |
| jarā | jarā | old age |
| tathā | tathā | similarly |
| deha-antara | deha-antara | another body |
| prāptiḥ | prāptiḥ | achieves |
| dhīraḥ | dhīraḥ | the wise |
| tatra | tatra | thereupon |
| na muhyati | na muhyati | are not deluded |
Just as the embodied soul passes through childhood, youth, and old age in this body, so too does it pass into another body; the steadfast one does not grieve over this.
जैसे इस देह में देही जीवात्मा की कुमार, युवा और वृद्धावस्था होती है, वैसे ही उसको अन्य शरीर की प्राप्ति होती है; धीर पुरुष इसमें मोहित नहीं होता है।।
Topics: Atman, Consciousness