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Chapter 2 · Knowledge of the Self

Bhagavad Gita 2.23

Weapons cannot cut it, fire cannot burn it.

Shri Bhagavan

नैनं छिन्दन्ति शस्त्राणि नैनं दहति पावकः ।
न चैनं क्लेदयन्त्यापो न शोषयति मारुतः ॥

nainaṁ chindanti śastrāṇi nainaṁ dahati pāvakaḥ / na cainaṁ kledayantyāpo na śoṣayati mārutaḥ

Weapons do not cut it. Fire does not burn it. Water does not wet it. Wind does not dry it.

हिंदी · इसे शस्त्र नहीं काटते, अग्नि नहीं जलाती, जल नहीं भिगोता, और वायु नहीं सुखाती।

What it means

Weapons cannot cut it, fire cannot burn it.

Weapons do not cut it, fire does not burn it, water does not wet it, wind does not dry it.

This is the Trust’s own reading, written for this site. The verse above it is the text.

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