Sankhya Yoga

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21. Whoso knows Him as indestructible, eternal, unborn and inexhaustible - How,

O son of Pritha, and whom does such a man cause to slay and whom does he slay?

 

22. Just as a man casts off worn-out clothes and puts on others which are new,

so the embodied (self) casts off worn-out bodies and enters others which are

new.

 

23. Him weapons cut not, Him fire burns not and Him water wets not; Him wind

dries not.

 

24. He cannot be cut, nor burnt, nor wetted, nor dried up. He is everlasting,

all-pervading stable, firm and eternal.

 

25. He, it is said, is unmanifest, unthinkable and unchangeable. Wherefore,

knowing Him to be such, thou hadst better grieve not.

 

26. But even if thou thinkest of Him as ever being born and ever dying, even

then, O mighty-armed, thou oughtst not to grieve thus.

 

27. To that which is born, death is indeed certain; and to that which is dead,

birth is certain. Therefore, about the unavoidable thing, thou oughtst not to

grieve.

 

28. Beings have their beginning unseen, their middle seen, and their end unseen

again. Why any lamentation regarding them ?

 

29. One sees Him as a wonder; and so also another speaks of Him as a wonder; and

as a wonder another hears of Him; and though hearing, none understands Him at

all.

 

30. He, the embodied (Self) in every one's body, can never be killed, O

descendant of Bharata. Wherefore thou oughtst not to grieve about any creature.

 

to be continued...