।।2.21।।एवम् अविनाशित्वेन अजत्वेन व्ययानर्हत्वेन च नित्यम् एनम् आत्मानं यः पुरुषो वेद स पुरुषो देवमनुष्यतिर्यक्स्थावरशरीरावस्थितेषु आत्मसु कम् अपि आत्मानं कथं घातयति कं वा कथं हन्ति कथं नाशयति कथं वा तत्प्रयोजको भवति इत्यर्थः। एतान् आत्मनो घातयामि हन्मि इति अनुशोचनम् आत्मस्वरूपयाथात्म्याज्ञानमूलम् एव इत्यभिप्रायः।यद्यपि नित्यानाम् आत्मनां शरीरविश्लेषमात्रं क्रियते तथापि रमणीयभोगसाधनेषु शरीरेषु नश्यत्सु तद्वियोगरूपं शोकनिमित्तिम् अस्ति एव इति अत आह।
2.21 He who knows the self to be eternal, as It is indestructible, unborn and changeless - how can that person be said to cause the death of the self, be it of the self existing in the bodies of gods or animals or immovables? Whom does he kill? The meaning is - how can he destroy any one or cause anyone to slay? How does he become an instrument for slaying? The meaning is this: the feeling of sorrow: 'I cause the slaying of these selves, I slay these,' has its basis solely in ignorance about the true nature of the self.
Let it be granted that what is done is only separation of the bodies from the eternal selves. Even then, when the bodies, which are instruments for the experience of agreeable pleasures, perish, there still exists reason for sorrow in their separation from the bodies. To this (Sri Krsna) replies:
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