अथ चैनं नित्यजातं नित्यं वा मन्यसे मृतम् ।
तथापि त्वं महाबाहो नैनं शोचितुमर्हसि ॥ २६ ॥
तथापि त्वं महाबाहो नैनं शोचितुमर्हसि ॥ २६ ॥
atha cainaṃ nityajātaṃ nityaṃ vā manyase mṛtam .
tathāpi tvaṃ mahābāho nainaṃ śocitumarhasi .. 26 ..
But even if thou thinkest of Him as ever being born and ever dying, even then, O mighty-armed, thou oughtst not to grieve thus.
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Granting that the Self—of whom we are speaking—is, according to the popular view, again and again born whenever a body comes into existence, and again and again dead whenever the body dies,—even if the Self were so, as you think,
O mighty-armed, you ought not to grieve thus; for, death is inevitable to what is born; and birth is inevitable to what is dead.