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Bhagavad Gita 2.20
Something in you is untouched by what happens to you — deeper than any loss or label.
Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 2, Verse 20
न जायते म्रियते वा कदाचि-
न्नायं भूत्वा भविता वा न भूयः।
अजो नित्यः शाश्वतोऽयं पुराणो
न हन्यते हन्यमाने शरीरे॥
na jāyate mriyate vā kadācin
nāyaṁ bhūtvā bhavitā vā na bhūyaḥ
ajo nityaḥ śāśvato 'yaṁ purāṇo
na hanyate hanyamāne śarīre
Translation
The self is never born, nor does it ever die. It did not come into being, nor will it cease to be. Unborn, eternal, everlasting and ancient, it is not destroyed when the body is destroyed.
हिन्दी भावार्थ
आत्मा न कभी जन्म लेती है, न कभी मरती है। यह न पहले उत्पन्न हुई, न आगे उत्पन्न होगी। यह अजन्मा, नित्य, शाश्वत और पुरातन है; शरीर के नष्ट होने पर भी यह नष्ट नहीं होती।
In simple words Interpretation
Something in you is untouched by what happens to you — deeper than any loss or label.
Context
One of the Gita's central statements on the nature of the self (ātman), spoken as Arjuna grieves the losses a war would bring.
When this may help
When grieving, or when you feel diminished by what has happened to you.
Reflection question
If you weren't defined by what you've lost, how would you describe yourself?
A small practice
Write one sentence about someone you miss — not about their absence, but about what of them still lives in you.
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