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नैनं छिन्दन्ति शस्त्राणि नैनं दहति पावकः। न चैनं क्लेदयन्त्यापो न शोषयति मारुतः।।2.23।।

nainaṁ chhindanti śhastrāṇi nainaṁ dahati pāvakaḥ na chainaṁ kledayantyāpo na śhoṣhayati mārutaḥ

Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 2, Verse 23
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Sanskrit to English Translation

Translator:
Weapons cannot cut it, fire cannot burn it, water cannot wet it, wind cannot dry it.

A Reading - Rantideb

Why: weapons that don't cut it, fire that doesn't burn it, describe something that simply won't answer to force.

In life: some problems, especially emotional or spiritual ones, cannot be solved by pushing harder.

Teaching: notice when you're applying force to something that needs patience or acceptance instead, and stop escalating a method that clearly isn't working.

nanot
enamthis soul
chhindantishred
śhastrāṇiweapons
nanor
enamthis soul
dahatiburns
pāvakaḥfire
nanot
chaand
enamthis soul
kledayantimoisten
āpaḥwater
nanor
śhoṣhayatidry
mārutaḥwind

Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)

Author:
2.23 न not? एनम् this (Self)? छिन्दन्ति cut? शस्त्राणि weapons? न not? एनम् this? दहति burns? पावकः fire? न not?,च and? एनम् this? क्लेदयन्ति wet? आपः waters? न not? शोषयति dries? मारुतः wind.Commentary The Self is indivisible. It has no parts. It is extremely subtle. It is infinite. Therefore? sword cannot cut It fire cannot burn It water cannot wet It wind cannot dry It.