Verse 2.13

देहिनोऽस्मिन्यथा देहे कौमारं यौवनं जरा ।

तथा देहान्तरप्राप्तिर्धीरस्तत्र न मुह्यति ॥

2.13

Transliteration

dehino'sminyathā dehe kaumāraṃ yauvanaṃ jarā |

tathā dehāntaraprāptirdhīrastatra na muhyati ||

By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · @indic-transliteration/sanscript 1.3.3

Translation

Just as in this body the embodied (soul) passes into childhood, youth and old age, so also does it pass into another body; the firm man does not grieve thereat.

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Word by word

of the embodied
in this
just as
in body
childhood
youth
old age

so
attaining another body
the steady one
there
not
is deluded

By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08

Explanation

The verse offers a familiar analogy. In one lifetime the embodied one (dehin) passes through childhood, youth and old age, and no one mourns the child who became an adult. Passing to another body at death is presented as a change of the same kind. The steady person (dhīra) is not confused by it. The verse introduces the idea of rebirth that runs through the Gita, and also the distinction between the one who lives in the body and the body that changes around it.