Verse 2.17

bg.2.17

Sanskrit

अविनाशि तु तद्विद्धि येन सर्वमिदं ततम्। विनाशमव्ययस्यास्य न कश्चित् कर्तुमर्हति।।2.17।।

Sanskrit (gita/gita data/verse.json)

Transliteration

avināśhi tu tadviddhi yena sarvam idaṁ tatam vināśham avyayasyāsya na kaśhchit kartum arhati

Transliteration (gita/gita data/verse.json)

English

Know that to be indestructible, by which all this is pervaded. No one can cause the destruction of that, the Imperishable.

English — Swami Sivananda (praneshp1org/Bhagavad-Gita-JSON-data translation.json)

Hindi

।।2.17।। अविनाशी तो उसको जान, जिससे यह सम्पूर्ण संसार व्याप्त है। इस अविनाशीका विनाश कोई भी नहीं कर सकता।

Hindi — Swami Ramsukhdas (praneshp1org/Bhagavad-Gita-JSON-data translation.json)

Modern English

avināśhi—indestructible; tu—indeed; tat—that; viddhi—know; yena—by whom; sarvam—entire; idam—this; tatam—pervaded; vināśham—destruction; avyayasya—of the imperishable; asya—of it; na kaśhchit—no one; kartum—to cause; arhati—is able

Word meanings (gita/gita data/verse.json)

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