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Bhagavad Gita · Bhagavad Gita 2.20

न जायते म्रियते वा कदाचित्

na jāyate mriyate vā kadācit

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“The self is never born, nor does it ever die.”

मूल Original
न जायते म्रियते वा कदाचित्

Sanskrit, in its own script.

उच्चारण How it sounds
na jāyate mriyate vā kadācit

Read it aloud — IAST transliteration.

अर्थ What it means
The self is never born, nor does it ever die.

A thought about self.

स्रोत Where it comes from
Vyasa (Bhagavad Gita 2.20)

Krishna's counsel to Arjuna on a battlefield — on duty, action and the self.

Public domain · Ancient / pre-1960 text
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