Chapter 2 Overview
Verse 2.30
देही नित्यमवध्योऽयं देहे सर्वस्य भारत। तस्मात्सर्वाणि भूतानि न त्वं शोचितुमर्हसि।।2.30।।
dehī nityam avadhyo ’yaṁ dehe sarvasya bhārata tasmāt sarvāṇi bhūtāni na tvaṁ śhochitum arhasi
Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 2, Verse 30
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Sanskrit to English Translation
Translator:
This indweller in the body of everyone is ever indestructible, O Arjuna; therefore, you should not grieve for any creature.
A Reading - Rantideb
Why: saying this indwelling presence is indestructible in every body, not just Arjuna's kin, quietly universalizes the entire argument beyond the battlefield.
In life: the compassion or perspective you extend to people close to you is worth extending to strangers too.
Teaching: notice when your empathy stops at the edge of your own circle, and practice deliberately widening it.
dehīthe soul that dwells within the body
nityamalways
avadhyaḥimmortal
ayamthis soul
dehein the body
sarvasyaof everyone
bhāratadescendant of Bharat, Arjun
tasmāttherefore
sarvāṇifor all
bhūtāniliving entities
nanot
tvamyou
śhochitummourn
arhasishould
Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)
Author:
2.30 देही indweller? नित्यम् always? अवध्यः indestructible? अयम् this? देहे in the body? सर्वस्य of all? भारत O Bharata? तस्मात् therefore? सर्वाणि (for) all? भूतानि creatures? न not? त्वम् thou? शोचितुम् to grieve? अर्हसि (thou) shouldst.Commentary The body of any creature may be destroyed but the Self cannot be killed. Therefore you should not grieve regarding any creature whatever? Bhishma or anybody else.