Bhagavad Gita 2.16
नासतो विद्यते भावो नाभावो विद्यते सतः। उभयोरपि दृष्टोऽन्तस्त्वनयोस्तत्त्वदर्शिभिः।।
nāsato vidyate bhāvo nābhāvo vidyate sataḥ ubhayorapi dṛiṣhṭo ’nta stvanayos tattva-darśhibhiḥ
Word-by-Word
| Sanskrit | Transliteration | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| na | na | no |
| asataḥ | asataḥ | of the temporary |
| vidyate | vidyate | there is |
| bhāvaḥ | bhāvaḥ | is |
| na | na | no |
| abhāvaḥ | abhāvaḥ | cessation |
| vidyate | vidyate | is |
| sataḥ | sataḥ | of the eternal |
| ubhayoḥ | ubhayoḥ | of the two |
| api | api | also |
| dṛiṣhṭaḥ | dṛiṣhṭaḥ | observed |
| antaḥ | antaḥ | conclusion |
| tu | tu | verily |
| anayoḥ | anayoḥ | of these |
| tattva | tattva | of the truth |
| darśhibhiḥ | darśhibhiḥ | by the seers |
The unreal has no being; there is no non-being of the real; the truth about both has been seen by the knowers of the truth (or the seers of the essence).
असत् वस्तु का तो अस्तित्व नहीं है और सत् का कभी अभाव नहीं है। इस प्रकार इन दोनों का ही तत्त्व, तत्त्वदर्शी ज्ञानी पुरुषों के द्वारा देखा गया है।।