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Bhagavad Gita

Translation by His Divine Grace Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupad

Chapter Two : Contents of the Gita summarized Verses 21 to 24

vedavinasinam nityam ya enam ajam avyayam katham sa purusah partha kam ghatayati hanti kam	O Partha, how can a person who knows that the soul is indestructible, eternal, unborn and immutable kill anyone or cause anyone to kill?
vasamsi jirnani yatha vihaaya navani grhnati naro 'parani tatha sarirani vihaaya jirnany anyani samyati navani dehi	As a person puts on new garments, giving up old ones, the soul similarly accepts new material bodies, giving up the old and useless ones.
nainam chindanti sastrani nainam dahati pavakah na cainam kledayanty apo na sosayati marutah	The soul can never be cut to pieces by any weapon, nor burned by fire, nor moistened by water, nor withered by the wind.
acchedyo 'yam adahyo 'yam akledyo 'sosya eva ca nityah sarva-gatah sthanur acalo 'yam sanatanah	This individual soul is unbreakable and insoluble, and can be neither burned nor dried. He is everlasting, present everywhere, unchangeable, immovable and eternally the same.