देही नित्यमवध्योऽयं देहे सर्वस्य भारत ।
तस्मात्सर्वाणि भूतानि न त्वं शोचितुमर्हसि ॥ ३० ॥
तस्मात्सर्वाणि भूतानि न त्वं शोचितुमर्हसि ॥ ३० ॥
dehī nityamavadhyo’yaṃ dehe sarvasya bhārata .
tasmātsarvāṇi bhūtāni na tvaṃ śocitumarhasi .. 30 ..
He, the embodied (Self) in every one’s body, can never be killed, O descendant of Bharata. Wherefore thou oughtst not to grieve about any creature.
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Though the body of any creature whatever is killed, the Self cannot be killed; wherefore, you ought not to grieve regarding any creature whatever, Bhīṣma or anybody else.
A warrior should fight.
Here (in ii. 30) it has been shown that from the standpoint of absolute truth there is no occasion for grief and attachment. Not only from the standpoint of absolute truth, but also,