Thursday, June 5, 2014

Nainam cchindanti shastraani - Selected Verses of Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 02, Verse 23

'Selected Verses of Bhagavad Gita' recounts only selected verses of The Gita, which Krishna has said as it is.

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 02, Verse 23
English:
Nainam cchindanti shastraani nainam dahati paavakah
Na chainam kledayantyaapo na shoshayati maarutah
Sanskrit: 
नैनम छिन्दन्ति शस्त्राणि नैनम दहति पावकः
न चैनम क्लेदयन्तापो न शोषोयति मारूतः
Oriya: 
ନୟିନଂ ଛିନ୍ଦନ୍ତି ଶସ୍ତ୍ରାଣୀ ନୟିନଂ ଦହତି ପାବକଃ
ନ ଚୟିନଂ କ୍ଲେଦୟନ୍ତାପୋ ନ ଶୋଷୟତି ମାରୁତଃ

Selected word meaning:
na - never, enam - this soul, cchindanti - cut to pieces, shastraani - weapons, dahati - burns, paavakah - fire, na - never, cha - also, enam - unto this soul, kledayanti - make wet, aapah - water, na - never, shosayati - dries, maarutah - wind

Translation:
Weapons cannot cut It (the soul), fire cannot burn It, water cannot wet It and wind cannot dry It up.

Sources:
Sermons of Gita in Mahavarat by Sri B. R. Chopra
Sermons of Gita in Sri Krishna by Sri Ramanand Sagar
Bhagavad Gita by Sri Swami Sivananda of Divine Life Society
Bhagavad Gita As it Is by Sri Swami Prabhupada of ISKCON

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