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Verse 2.23

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नैनं छिन्दन्ति शस्त्राणि नैनं दहति पावकः |
न चैनं क्लेदयन्त्यापो न शोषयति मारुतः ||२-२३||

nainaṃ chindanti śastrāṇi nainaṃ dahati pāvakaḥ .
na cainaṃ kledayantyāpo na śoṣayati mārutaḥ ||2-23||

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Hindi Translation

।।2.23।। इस आत्मा को शस्त्र काट नहीं सकते और न अग्नि इसे जला सकती है ; जल इसे गीला नहीं कर सकता और वायु इसे सुखा नहीं सकती।।

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English Translation

"2.23 Weapons cut It not, fire burns It not, water wets It not, wind dries It not."

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Word Meanings

2.23 न not? एनम् this (Self)? छिन्दन्ति cut? शस्त्राणि weapons? न not? एनम् this? दहति burns? पावकः fire? न not?,च and? एनम् this? क्लेदयन्ति wet? आपः waters? न not? शोषयति dries? मारुतः wind.Commentary The Self is indivisible. It has no parts. It is extremely subtle. It is infinite. Therefore? sword cannot cut It fire cannot burn It water cannot wet It wind cannot dry It.

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Source

Srimad Bhagavad Gita

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Sankhya Yoga

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Verse

2.23