Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 2.30
Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 2.30 · 2 · Verse 30
Sanskrit Original
।।2.30।। देही शरीरी नित्यं सर्वदा सर्वावस्थासु अवध्यः निरवयवत्वान्नित्यत्वाच्च तत्र अवध्योऽयं देहे शरीरे सर्वस्य सर्वगतत्वात्स्थावरादिषु स्थितोऽपि सर्वस्य प्राणिजातस्य देहे वध्यमानेऽपि अयं देही न वध्यः यस्मात् तस्मात् भीष्मादीनि सर्वाणि भूतानि उद्दिश्य न त्वं शोचितुमर्हसि।। इह परमार्थतत्त्वापेक्षायां शोको मोहो वा न संभवतीत्युक्तम्। न केवलं परमार्थतत्त्वापेक्षायामेव। किं तु
2.30 Because of being partless and eternal, ayam, this dehi, embodied Self; nityam avadhyah, can never be killed, under any condition. That being so, although existing sarvasya dehe, in all bodies, in trees etc., this One cannot be killed on account of Its being allpervasive. Since the indewelling One cannot be killed although the body of everyone of the living beings be killed, tasmat, therefore; tvam, you; na arhasi, ought not; socitum, to grieve; for sarvani bhutani, all (these) beings, for Bhisma and others. Here [i.e. in the earlier verse.] it has been said that, from the standpoint of the supreme Reality, there is no occasion for sorrow or delusion. (This is so) not merely from the standpoint of the supreme Reality, but