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न जायते म्रियते वा कदाचि न्नायं भूत्वा भविता वा न भूयः। अजो नित्यः शाश्वतोऽयं पुराणो न हन्यते हन्यमाने शरीरे।।2.20।।

na jāyate mriyate vā kadāchin nāyaṁ bhūtvā bhavitā vā na bhūyaḥ ajo nityaḥ śhāśhvato ’yaṁ purāṇo na hanyate hanyamāne śharīre

Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 2, Verse 20
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Sanskrit to English Translation

Translator:
It is not born, nor does it ever die; after having been, it again does not cease to be; unborn, eternal, changeless, and ancient, it is not killed when the body is killed.

A Reading - Rantideb

Why: 'unborn, eternal, ancient, it is not slain when the body is slain' reads like a line built to be repeated under your breath in a moment of panic.

In life: we all need short, memorable anchors for the moments we're too overwhelmed to reason clearly.

Teaching: pick one line from this chapter that actually steadies you, and use it the way it's built to be used, as a repeatable anchor, not just a quote.

na jāyateis not born
mriyatedies
vāor
kadāchitat any time
nanot
ayamthis
bhūtvāhaving once existed
bhavitāwill be
vāor
nanot
bhūyaḥfurther
ajaḥunborn
nityaḥeternal
śhāśhvataḥimmortal
ayamthis
purāṇaḥthe ancient
na hanyateis not destroyed
hanyamāneis destroyed
śharīrewhen the body

Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)

Author:
2.20 न not? जायते is born? म्रियते dies? वा or? कदाचित् at any time? न not? अयम् this (Self)? भूत्वा having been? भविता will be? वा or? न not? भूयः (any) more? अजः unborn? नित्यः eternal? शाश्वतः changeless? अयम् this? पुराणः ancient? न not? हन्यते is killed? हन्यमाने being killed? शरीरे in body.Commentary This Self (Atman) is destitute of the six types of transformation or BhavaVikaras such as birth? existence? growth? transformation? decline and death. As It is indivisible (Akhanda). It does not diminish in size. It neither grows nor does It decline. It is ever the same. Birth and death are for the physical body only. Birth and death cannot touch the immortal? allpervading Self.