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जातस्य हि ध्रुवो मृत्युर्ध्रुवं जन्म मृतस्य च। तस्मादपरिहार्येऽर्थे न त्वं शोचितुमर्हसि।।2.27।।

jātasya hi dhruvo mṛityur dhruvaṁ janma mṛitasya cha tasmād aparihārye ’rthe na tvaṁ śhochitum arhasi

Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 2, Verse 27
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Sanskrit to English Translation

Translator:
For the born, death is certain, and for the dead, birth is certain; therefore, you should not grieve over the inevitable.

A Reading - Rantideb

Why: 'death is certain for the born, birth is certain for the dead' is plain almost to the point of being missable, until you notice how rarely we live as if we believed it.

In life: we plan and grieve as though endings are optional, when they're the one guaranteed part of the deal.

Teaching: let the certainty of endings make you more present now, not more afraid later.

jātasyafor one who has been born
hifor
dhruvaḥcertain
mṛityuḥdeath
dhruvamcertain
janmabirth
mṛitasyafor the dead
chaand
tasmāttherefore
aparihārye arthein this inevitable situation
nanot
tvamyou
śhochitumlament
arhasibefitting

Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)

Author:
2.27 जातस्य of the born? हि for? ध्रुवः certain? मृत्युः death? ध्रुवम् certain? जन्म birth? मृतस्य of the dead? च and? तस्मात् therefore? अपरिहार्ये inevritable? अर्थे in matter? न not? त्वम् thou? शोचितुम् to grieve? अर्हसि (thou) oughtest.Commentary Birth is sure to happen to that which is dead death is sure to happen to what which is born. Birth and death are certainly unavoidable. Therefore? you should not grieve over an inevitable matter.