Bhagavad Gita 2.22
वासांसि जीर्णानि यथा विहाय नवानि गृह्णाति नरोऽपराणि। तथा शरीराणि विहाय जीर्णा न्यन्यानि संयाति नवानि देही।।
vāsānsi jīrṇāni yathā vihāya navāni gṛihṇāti naro ’parāṇi tathā śharīrāṇi vihāya jīrṇānya nyāni sanyāti navāni dehī
Word-by-Word
| Sanskrit | Transliteration | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| vāsānsi | vāsānsi | garments |
| jīrṇāni | jīrṇāni | worn-out |
| yathā | yathā | as |
| vihāya | vihāya | sheds |
| navāni | navāni | new |
| gṛihṇāti | gṛihṇāti | accepts |
| naraḥ | naraḥ | a person |
| aparāṇi | aparāṇi | others |
| tathā | tathā | likewise |
| śharīrāṇi | śharīrāṇi | bodies |
| vihāya | vihāya | casting off |
| jirṇāni | jirṇāni | worn-out |
| anyāni | anyāni | other |
| sanyāti | sanyāti | enters |
| navāni | navāni | new |
| dehī | dehī | the embodied soul |
Just as a man casts off worn-out clothes and puts on new ones, so too the embodied Self casts off worn-out bodies and enters others that are new.
जैसे मनुष्य जीर्ण वस्त्रों को त्यागकर दूसरे नये वस्त्रों को धारण करता है, वैसे ही देही जीवात्मा पुराने शरीरों को त्याग कर दूसरे नए शरीरों को प्राप्त होता है।।