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Bhagavad Gita 2.21

वेदाविनाशिनं नित्यं य एनमजमव्ययम्। कथं स पुरुषः पार्थ कं घातयति हन्ति कम्।।

vedāvināśhinaṁ nityaṁ ya enam ajam avyayam kathaṁ sa puruṣhaḥ pārtha kaṁ ghātayati hanti kam

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
vedavedaknows
avināśhinamavināśhinamimperishable
nityamnityameternal
yaḥyaḥwho
enamenamthis
ajamajamunborn
avyayamavyayamimmutable
kathamkathamhow
saḥsaḥthat
puruṣhaḥpuruṣhaḥperson
pārthapārthaParth
kamkamwhom
ghātayatighātayaticauses to be killed
hantihantikills
kamkamwhom

Whoever knows it to be indestructible, eternal, unborn, and inexhaustible, how can that person slay, O Arjuna, or cause to be slain?

हे पार्थ ! जो पुरुष इस आत्मा को अविनाशी,  नित्य और अव्ययस्वरूप जानता है,  वह कैसे किसको मरवायेगा और कैसे किसको मारेगा?