2. Transcendental Knowledge

Sānkhya Yog

BG 2.21

One who knows the soul to be indestructible and eternal - how does such a person cause anyone to be killed, and who do they kill?

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

  • vedāvināśhinaṁ — knows imperishable

    • veda — knows

    • avināśhinam — imperishable

  • nityaṁ — eternal

  • ya — who

  • enam — this

  • ajam — unborn

  • avyayam — immutable

  • kathaṁ — how

  • sa — that

  • puruṣhaḥ — person

  • pārtha — Parth

  • kaṁ — whom

  • ghātayati — causes to be killed

  • hanti — kills

  • kam — whom

...2.18

One who considers themself the slayer, and another who considers themself slain, are both wrong. The soul can neither kill nor be killed.

[19]

It is never born, and it never dies. Having come into existence, it never ceases to exist. It is immortal, and does not die when the body dies.

[20]

One who knows the soul to be indestructible and eternal - how does such a person cause anyone to be killed, and who do they kill?

[21]

2.22...

Similar verses

Chapter 2, Verse 21