Bhagavad Gita Chapter 2 Verse 13 (2.13)

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Bhagavad Gita Chapter 2 Verse 13 (2.13)

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देहिनोऽस्मिन्यथा देहे कौमारं यौवनं जरा । तथा देहान्तरप्राप्तिर्धीरस्तत्र न मुह्यति | | २-१३ | |

dehino’sminyathā dehe kaumāraṁ yauvanaṁ jarā tathā dehāntaraprāptirdhīrastatra na muhyati

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Line 1:

• देहिनः (Dehinah) — देही का(of the embodied self)
• अस्मिन् (asmin) — इस शरीर में(in this body)
• यत् (yat) — जो कि(that which)
• a joined in dehino’sminyathā
• देहे (dehe) — इस शरीर में(in this body)
• कौमारम् (kaumaram) — बाल्यावस्था(childhood)
• यौवनम् (yauvanam) — यौवन(youth)
• जरा (jara) — वृद्धावस्था(old age)

Line 2:

• तथा (tatha) — ज्ञानी(likewise)
• de joined in dehāntaraprāptirdhīrastatra
• अहम् (aham) — मैं(I)
• tar joined in dehāntaraprāptirdhīrastatra
• अपि (api) — भी(also)
• r joined in dehāntaraprāptirdhīrastatra
• अपि (api) — भी(also)
• tir joined in dehāntaraprāptirdhīrastatra
• धीरः (dhirah) — ज्ञानी(the wise steady person)
• t joined in dehāntaraprāptirdhīrastatra
• अत्र (atra) — यहाँ(here)
• न (na) — मोहित नहीं होता(is not confused)
• मुह्यति (muhyati) — मोहित नहीं होता(is not confused)

English: Just as the living self passes through childhood, youth, and old age, it passes into another body.

💡 Commentary Note

Krishna compares bodily change to childhood, youth, old age, and death. Just as the person remains through earlier changes, the self continues beyond the body's final change.

The wise person is not confused by this process. The verse helps us see change as aspect of embodied life, not as the destruction of the true self.

Learnings from Shloka 13:

• Change is already familiar:: We have already moved from childhood to youth and toward old age while still feeling "I am."
• The body changes, the self witnesses:: Krishna uses ordinary life as the first example of a deeper spiritual truth.
• Wisdom brings steadiness:: The wise person is not confused by change because they know change is aspect of embodied life.

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