Chapter 2 · Sankhya Yoga - The Yoga of KnowledgeKrishna
Verse 13
श्रीमद्भगवद्गीता अध्याय 2, श्लोक 13
Sanskrit Shloka (श्लोक)
देहिनोऽस्मिन्यथा देहे कौमारं यौवनं जरा।
तथा देहान्तरप्राप्तिर्धीरस्तत्र न मुह्यति॥१३॥
Transliteration
Dehino'smin Yatha Dehe Kaumaram Yauvanam Jara.
Tatha Deha-Antara-Praptir-Dhiras-Tatra Na Muhyati.||13||
Word-by-Word Meaning (अन्वय)
देहिनःdehinahof the embodied soul
अस्मिन्asminin this
देहेdehebody
कौमारम्kaumaramchildhood
यौवनम्yauvanamyouth
जराjaraold age
तथाtathasimilarly
देहान्तरप्राप्तिःdeha-antara-praptihattaining another body
धीरःdhirahthe wise person
न मुह्यतिna muhyatiis not deluded
Hindi Translation (हिन्दी अर्थ)
जैसे इस देह में देही (आत्मा) को बाल्यावस्था, यौवन और वृद्धावस्था प्राप्त होती है, वैसे ही अन्य देह की प्राप्ति होती है। धीर पुरुष इसमें मोहित नहीं होता।
English Translation
Just as the embodied soul passes through childhood, youth, and old age in this body, so too does it pass into another body. The wise person is not deluded by this.
Commentary (टीका)
Krishna uses a brilliant analogy — if we don't grieve as our body changes from child to youth to old age (though the body at each stage is entirely different), why grieve when the soul changes to an entirely new body at death? The transition called 'death' is simply the next change, like growing from youth to old age.