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Bhagavad Gita Chapter 2, Verse 13

The Eternal Self and Selfless Action

देहिनोऽस्मिन्यथा देहे कौमारं यौवनं जरा। तथा देहान्तरप्राप्तिर्धीरस्तत्र न मुह्यति

dehino ’smin yathā dehe kaumāraṁ yauvanaṁ jarā tathā dehāntara-prāptir dhīras tatra na muhyati

What does Bhagavad Gita 2.13 mean?

As the soul experiences infancy, youth, and old age in this body, so finally it passes into another; the wise have no delusion about this.

Word-by-word meaning

dehinaḥ—of the embodied · asmin—in this · yathā—as · dehe—in the body · kaumāram—childhood · yauvanam—youth · jarā—old age · tathā—similarly · deha-antara—another body · prāptiḥ—achieves · dhīraḥ—the wise · tatra—thereupon · na muhyati—are not deluded

souldeathconfusionbodytimeignorance

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