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#gitarthavisesha #FirstShadanga #Adhyaya2 #Shloka26 #Shloka27 #Shloka28

अथ चैनं नित्यजातं नित्यं वा मन्यसे मृतम् ।
तथापि त्वं महाबाहो नैवं शोचितुमर्हसि ।।

atha cainaṃ nityajātaṃ nityaṃ vā manyase mṛtam ।
tathāpi tvaṃ mahābāho naivaṃ śocitumarhasi ।।

जातस्य हि ध्रुवो मृत्युर्ध्रुवं जन्म मृतस्य च ।
तस्मादपरिहार्येऽर्थे न त्वं शोचितुमर्हसि ।।

jātasya hi dhruvo mṛtyurdhruvaṃ janma mṛtasya ca ।
tasmādaparihārye'rthe na tvaṃ śocitumarhasi ।।

अव्यक्तादीनि भूतानि व्यक्तमध्यानि भारत ।
अव्यक्तनिधनान्येव तत्र का परिदेवना ।।

avyaktādīni bhūtāni vyaktamadhyāni bhārata ।
avyaktanidhanānyeva tatra kā paridevanā ।।

अथ - now on, एनं - this Atma, नित्यजातं - eternally produced, नित्यं मृतम् वा - eternal sharIra, मन्यसे च​ - if you think, तथापि - even then, महाबाहो - man of huge shoulders, त्वं - you, एवं - likewise, शोचितुम् - to grieve, न अर्हसि - don’t deserve

जातस्य - that which is produced, मृत्यु: - death, ध्रुव: हि - can't be avoided, मृतस्य च - after destruction, जन्म - to be born, ध्रुवं - cannot be avoided, तस्मात् - hence, अपरिहार्ये अर्थे - in this inseparable matter, त्वं - you, शोचितुम् - to grieve, न अर्हसि - don’t deserve

भूतानि - deva/manushya sharIras, अव्यक्तादीनि - prior non-existence, व्यक्तमध्यानि - visible existence, अव्यक्तनिधनानि एव​ - posterior non-existence, तत्र - when it is like this, का परिदेवना - why do you need to worry?

(V)
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Krishna now impresses upon Arjuna that if he thinks deha & atma are one and the same, even then there's no need to worry

That which is created will be destroyed & vice-versa. A person born, dies (along with perishable atma) & takes rebirth. There's no need to worry

Lets take the case of a mud-pot. Did not it exist before? It did, but not in pot shape, but just as mud. There's no difference in substance but only in Akruti (form). Same way, when pot is destroyed, only form is destroyed & not it's substance.

If you break the pot down, it may take kapala (shards) form. Further breaking, will result in mud-grains & finally as atoms..

The advise here is to stop worrying about things that get created, undergo changes & then get destroyed in an endless cycle

Further, in cases of mud-pot etc.., the changes are visible to naked eye. But in the case of Atma, it is not!

Since we don't know how body/atma looked like before we were born or after we die, there is surely no need to worry about it

(A)
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That which is born needs to die & vice-versa.

pancha-bhutas (elementals) which make up our body can't be seen before we are born. It can't also be seen after we die. They are visible only when we live. Why do you worry about it needlessly?

(D)
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Same as (V) & (A)