Bhagavad Gita 2.18
अन्तवन्त इमे देहा नित्यस्योक्ताः शरीरिणः। अनाशिनोऽप्रमेयस्य तस्माद्युध्यस्व भारत।।
antavanta ime dehā nityasyoktāḥ śharīriṇaḥ anāśhino ’prameyasya tasmād yudhyasva bhārata
Word-by-Word
| Sanskrit | Transliteration | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| anta-vantaḥ | anta-vantaḥ | having an end |
| ime | ime | these |
| dehāḥ | dehāḥ | material bodies |
| nityasya | nityasya | eternally |
| uktāḥ | uktāḥ | are said |
| śharīriṇaḥ | śharīriṇaḥ | of the embodied soul |
| anāśhinaḥ | anāśhinaḥ | indestructible |
| aprameyasya | aprameyasya | immeasurable |
| tasmāt | tasmāt | therefore |
| yudhyasva | yudhyasva | fight |
| bhārata | bhārata | descendant of Bharat, Arjun |
These bodies of the embodied Self, which are eternal, indestructible, and immeasurable, are said to have an end. Therefore, fight, O Arjuna.
इस नाशरहित अप्रमेय नित्य देही आत्मा के ये सब शरीर नाशवान् कहे गये हैं। इसलिये हे भारत ! तुम युद्ध करो।।