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Bhagavad Gita 2.13
You have already changed many times and remained yourself. Change is not the end of you.
Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 2, Verse 13
देहिनोऽस्मिन्यथा देहे कौमारं यौवनं जरा।
तथा देहान्तरप्राप्तिर्धीरस्तत्र न मुह्यति॥
dehino 'smin yathā dehe kaumāraṁ yauvanaṁ jarā
tathā dehāntara-prāptir dhīras tatra na muhyati
Translation
Just as the embodied self passes through childhood, youth and old age in this body, so too it passes into another body. The wise are not bewildered by this.
हिन्दी भावार्थ
जैसे इस शरीर में आत्मा बचपन, जवानी और बुढ़ापे से गुज़रती है, वैसे ही वह दूसरा शरीर प्राप्त करती है। धीर व्यक्ति इससे मोहित नहीं होता।
In simple words Interpretation
You have already changed many times and remained yourself. Change is not the end of you.
Context
Krishna addresses Arjuna's grief about loss by pointing to the continuity of the self through every stage of life.
When this may help
When you are facing a big change, a goodbye, or grief for someone or something you've lost.
Reflection question
Which version of you, from years ago, would be surprised by who you are now?
A small practice
Look at an old photo of yourself. Notice what changed — and what didn't.
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