Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 2, Verse 17

Sanskrit Verse

अविनाशि तु तद्विद्धि येन सर्वमिदं ततम्।

विनाशमव्ययस्यास्य न कश्चित् कर्तुमर्हति।।2.17।।

Transliteration

avināśhi tu tadviddhi yena sarvam idaṁ tatam

vināśham avyayasyāsya na kaśhchit kartum arhati

Word meanings

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

Swami Sivananda's translation

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

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