Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 2.26
Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 2.26 · 2 · Verse 26
Sanskrit Original
।।2.26।। अथ च इति अभ्युपगमार्थः। एनं प्रकृतमात्मानं नित्यजातं लोकप्रसिद्ध्या प्रत्यनेकशरीरोत्पत्ति जातो जात इति मन्यसे तथा प्रतितत्तद्विनाशं नित्यं वा मन्यसे मृतं मृतो मृत इति तथापि तथाभावेऽपि आत्मनि त्वं महाबाहो न एवं शोचितुमर्हसि जन्मवतो नाशो नाशवतो जन्मश्चेत्येताववश्यंभाविनाविति।। तथा च सति
2.26 This (verse), 'On the other hand,' etc., is uttered assuming that the Self is transient. Atha ca, on the other hand, if ( conveys the sense of assumption ); following ordinary experience, manyase, you think; enam, this One, the Self under discussion; is nityajatam, born continually, becomes born with the birth of each of the numerous bodies; va, or; nityam, constantly; mrtam, dies, along with the death of each of these (bodies); tatha api, even then, even if the Self be of that nature; tvam, you; maha-baho, O mighty-armed one; na arhasi, ought not; socitum, to grieve; evam, thus, since that which is subject to birth will die, and that which is subject to death will be born; these two are inevitable.