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| Principles
and Practice of Hindu Religion |
| Study
of Hinduism - Part III |
The
Essence of the Upanishads |
Sri
Krishna's discourse to Sri Arjuna,
As
the message of the Vedas |
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Chapter
: II Jeeva-atma
(Soul) is eternal and indestructable | Companion Part
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na
jaayate' mriyate' vaa kadaachin naayam bhuthva bhavithaa na bhooyah: | ajo
nithyah saasvato'yam puraano na hanyate' hanyamaane' sareere' ||
-II-20 || Chapter
II - 20 --
Never is he ( Soul
) born, nor does he die at any time, he has never
been brought
into being, nor shall come hereafter; unborn, eternal, permanant
and ancient ( primeval ). When the body is slain, he is not slain.
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ved'aavinaasinam
nithyam ya e'nam ajam avyayam | katham
sa purushah paartha kam ghaathayathi hanthi kam || -II-21
|| Chapter
II - 21
--
O' Arjunaa, know this soul to be eternal, undecaying, birthless and indestructible.
A
person who knows him to be so -- whom can he slay or cause another to slay.
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vaasaamsi
jeernaani yathaa vihaaya navaani gr.hnaathi naro' paraani | thathaa
sareeraani vihaaya jeernany-anyaani samyaathi navaani de'hi
|| -II-22 ||
Chapter II
- 22 --
As a man casts off worn-out garments and puts on new ones, so
the embodied soul casts off the worn-out body and enters other new ones.
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nainam
chindhanthi sasthraani nainan dhahathi paavakah | na
ch'ainam kle'dhayanthy aapo' na so'sayathi maarutah" ||
-II-23 || Chapter
II -23 --
No weapon can cleave him; nor the fire burn him, no
waters can make him wet, nor the wind dry him up.
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acche'dyo'
yam adhaahyo' yam akle'dhyo' sya eva cha | nithyah
sarva-gathah sthaanoor achalo' yam sanaathanah:
|| -II-24 || Chapter
II -24
--
Uncleaveable is he; he is not burnt; nor be wetted and neither be dried;
Eternal, all-pervading, stable and immovable is he from everlasting time.
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avyaktho'
yam achinthyo' yam avikaaryo' yam uchyate' | thamaad
e'vam vidhithvainam naanusochitum-arhasi ||
-II-25 || Chapter
II -25
--
He is spoken as invisible, unthinkable and immutable;
therefore, you ought not to grieve comprhending as such.
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jaathasya
hi dhruvo mr.thyur dhr.uvam janma mr.thasya cha | thasmaad
aparihaarye'rthe' na thvam sochithum-arhasi
|| -II-27 || Chapter
II -27 --
For death is certain to one who is born; to one who is dead, birth
is certain; therefore,
thou shalt not grieve for what is unavoidable.
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