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Bhagavad Gita 2.25

अव्यक्तोऽयमचिन्त्योऽयमविकार्योऽयमुच्यते। तस्मादेवं विदित्वैनं नानुशोचितुमर्हसि।।

avyakto ’yam achintyo ’yam avikāryo ’yam uchyate tasmādevaṁ viditvainaṁ nānuśhochitum arhasi

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
avyaktaḥavyaktaḥunmanifested
ayamayamthis soul
achintyaḥachintyaḥinconceivable
ayamayamthis soul
avikāryaḥavikāryaḥunchangeable
ayamayamthis soul
uchyateuchyateis said
tasmāttasmāttherefore
evamevamthus
viditvāviditvāhaving known
enamenamthis soul
nananot
anuśhochitumanuśhochitumto grieve
arhasiarhasibefitting

This Self is said to be unmanifested, unthinkable, and unchangeable. Therefore, knowing this to be so, you should not grieve.

यह आत्मा अव्यक्त,  अचिन्त्य और अविकारी कहा जाता है;  इसलिए इसको इस प्रकार जानकर तुमको शोक करना उचित नहीं है।।