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2.30Krishna
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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
· 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.

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