देही नित्यमवध्योऽयं देहे सर्वस्य भारत ।तस्मात्सर्वाणि भूतानि न त्वं शोचितुमर्हसि ॥
dehī nityam avadhyo 'yaṃ dehe sarvasya bhārata |tasmāt sarvāṇi bhūtāni na tvaṃ śocitum arhasi ||
- देही · dehī
- the embodied one, the dweller
- नित्यम् · nityam
- forever, always
- अवध्यः · avadhyaḥ
- unslayable
- अयम् · ayam
- this
- देहे · dehe
- in the body
- सर्वस्य · sarvasya
- of all, of every being
- भारत · bhārata
- O Bharata (Arjuna)
- तस्मात् · tasmāt
- therefore
- सर्वाणि · sarvāṇi
- for all
- भूतानि · bhūtāni
- beings
- न · na
- not
- त्वम् · tvam
- you
- शोचितुम् · śocitum
- to grieve
- अर्हसि · arhasi
- should
“The dweller in every body is forever unslayable, O Bharata. Therefore you should not grieve for any being.”
— Original plain-language translation
The metaphysical arc closes with 'every body' — the teaching universalizes beyond Arjuna's kin to all beings. Grief itself is not forbidden forever; only grief rooted in mistaking the perishing for the person.
— Reader's notes (original)