Chapter 2, Verse 13
Chapter 2 · jnana-yoga
Shloka
देहिनोऽस्मिन्यथा देहे कौमारं यौवनं जरा | तथा देहान्तरप्राप्तिर्धीरस्तत्र न मुह्यति ||२-१३||
dehino.asminyathā dehe kaumāraṃ yauvanaṃ jarā . tathā dehāntaraprāptirdhīrastatra na muhyati ||2-13||
English Meaning
English Meaning
Just as in this body the embodied (soul) passes into childhood, youth and old age, so also does it pass into another body; the firm man does not grieve thereat.
Hindi Meaning
जैसे इस देह में देही जीवात्मा की कुमार, युवा और वृद्धावस्था होती है, वैसे ही उसको अन्य शरीर की प्राप्ति होती है; धीर पुरुष इसमें मोहित नहीं होता है।।
Russian Meaning
Как в этом теле воплощенная (душа) переходит в детство, юность и старость, так и она переходит в другое тело; твердый человек не печалится об этом.
Spanish Meaning
Así como en este cuerpo el alma encarnada pasa a la niñez, a la juventud y a la vejez, así también pasa a otro cuerpo; el hombre firme no se aflige por ello.
Commentary
Just as there is no interruption in the passing of childhood into youth and youth into old age in this body? so also there is no interruption by death in the continuity of the ego. The Self is not dead at the termination of the stage? viz.? childhood. It is certainly not born again at the beginning of the second stage? viz.? youth. Just as the Self passes unchanged from childhood to youth and from yourth to old age? so also the Self passes unchanged from one body into,another. Therefore? the wise man is not at all distressed about it.