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BHAGAVAD-GITA 2:30

 

dehi nityam avadhyo 'yam

dehe sarvasya bharata

tasmat sarvani bhutani

na tvam socitum arhasi

 

WORD FOR WORD

 

dehi--the owner of the material body; nityam--eternally;

avadhyah--cannot be killed; ayam--this soul; dehe--in the body;

sarvasya--of everyone; bharata--O descendant of Bharata;

tasmat--therefore; sarvani--all; bhutani--living entities (that are

born); na--never; tvam--you; socitum--to lament; arhasi--deserve.

 

TRANSLATION

 

O descendant of Bharata, he who dwells in the body can never be slain.

Therefore you need not grieve for any living being.

 

PURPORT

 

The Lord now concludes the chapter of instruction on the immutable

spirit soul. In describing the immortal soul in various ways, Lord

Krsna establishes that the soul is immortal and the body is temporary.

Therefore Arjuna as a ksatriya should not abandon his duty out of fear

that his grandfather and teacher--Bhisma and Drona--will die in the

battle. On the authority of Sri Krsna, one has to believe that there

is a soul different from the material body, not that there is no such

thing as soul, or that living symptoms develop at a certain stage of

material maturity resulting from the interaction of chemicals. Though

the soul is immortal, violence is not encouraged, but at the time of

war it is not discouraged when there is actual need for it. That need

must be justified in terms of the sanction of the Lord, and not

capriciously.

 

Copyright 1983 The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International. Used with

permission.

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