In the same manner, the soul remains unchanged, when it discards its worn-out body and takes birth in a new body elsewhere. When cloths or garments become torn and useless after getting old, we discard them in favor of new ones, but in doing so we do not change ourselves. In this verse or shloka, Shree Krishna reiterates the concept of rebirth, comparing it to an everyday life activity. Meaning : As a person sheds worn-out garments and wears new ones, likewise, at the time of death, the soul casts off its worn-out body and enters a new one. The self awareness that you are soul is one of the important step towards spiritual journey. These are transformations of the human body, not of the self (soul). The soul neither born nor die.Įxistence in the womb, birth, growth, procreation, diminution, and death. Identify yourself as pure and peaceful eternal soul not as your materialistic physical body. Death is solely the destruction of the materialistic physical body. We all know that one day we are going to die. Be fearless and live the life at the fullest. The soul is birth less, eternal, immortal and ageless It is not destroyed when the body is destroyed. Meaning : The soul is neither born, nor does it ever die nor is it that having come to exist, It will ever cease to be. Nothing is of permanent nature in this world. Have patience, learn to tolerate them without being affected by them. Ups and downs, tough times and difficult situations will come and go away in life. Similarly, pain and pleasure are impermanent and will come and go away. Like whether changes with time, it come and go away. Winters and summers are temporary in nature. This shloka or verse from Bhagavad Gita communicates a very powerful and important message that nothing is permanent in this life.

O descendent of Bharat, one must learn to tolerate them without being disturbed. These are non-permanent, and come and go like the winter and summer seasons. Meaning : O son of Kunti, the contact between the senses and the sense objects gives rise to fleeting perceptions of happiness and distress. Āgamāpāyino ’nityās tans-titikṣhasva bhārata Mātrā-sparśhās tu kaunteya śhītoṣhṇa-sukha-duḥkha-dāḥ Actually, what we term as “death” in worldly parlance is merely the soul discarding its old dysfunctional body, and what we call “birth” is the soul taking on a new body elsewhere. Similarly, at the time of death, it passes into another body. Since the body is constantly changing, in one lifetime itself, the soul passes through many bodies. That is because we are not the material body, but the spiritual soul seated within. And yet, despite the continual change of the body, we perceive that we are the same person. Scientifically, in one year’s time, about ninety-eight percent of our bodily molecules change. Further, the molecules within the cells change even more rapidly. It is estimated that within seven years, practically all the cells of the body change. In fact, modern science informs us that cells within the body undergo regeneration-old cells die away and new ones take their place. He explains that in one lifetime itself, we change bodies from childhood to youth to maturity and then to old age. In this Bhagavad Gita sloka, Shree Krishna establishes the principle of transmigration of the soul from lifetime to lifetime. Meaning : Just as the man in this body passes through the various stages of boyhood, youth, and old age, like so, he passes into another body after death. Tathā dehāntaraprāptirdhīrastatra na muhyati Their eternal soul having neither birth or death, they should not be grieved for. Same is true for Arjuna and others kings too.

He was there in present in the battle of Kurukshetra and will exist in the future also. Krishna says there was not any time in the past when he did not exist. This verse explains the non lasting existence of everyone (soul). And surely it is not that we all shall cease to exist after this. Meaning : But certainly, there was not any time in the past when I did not exist nor you, nor these rulers of men.

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