Vaasaamsi jeernaani yathaa vihaaya - Selected Verses of Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 02, Verse 22

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

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 02, Verse 22

English:

Vaasaamsi jeernaani yathaa vihaaya
Navaani grihnaati naro’paraani
Tathaa shareeraani vihaaya jeernaani
Anyaani samyaati navaani dehee

Sanskrit: 

वासंसि जिर्णानि यथा विहाय
नवानि गृह्णाति नरोपराणि
तथा शरीराणि विहाय जिर्णानि
अन्यानि संयाति नवानि देही

Oriya: 

ବାସାଂସି ଜିର୍ଣାନି ୟଥା ବିହାୟ
ନବାନି ଗୃହ୍ଣାତି ନରୋପରାଣି
ତଥା ଶରୀରାଣି ବିହାୟ ଜିର୍ଣାନି
ଅନ୍ୟାନି ସମୟାତି ନବାନି ଦେହୀ

Selected word meaning:
vaasaamsi - garments, jirnaani - old and worn out, yathaa - just as, vihaaya - giving up, navaani - new garments, grhnaati - accepts, narah - a man, aparaani - other, tathaa - in the same way, shareeraani - bodies, vihaaya - giving up, jirnaani - old and useless, anyaani - different, samyaati - verily accepts, navaani - new, dehee - the embodied soul

Translation:
Just as a man giving up worn-out clothes and puts on new ones, in the same way the embodied Self (Soul) casts off worn-out bodies and verily accepts new bodies.

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