Verse 2.27

जातस्य हि ध्रुवो मृत्युर्ध्रुवं जन्म मृतस्य च ।

तस्मादपरिहार्येऽर्थे न त्वं शोचितुमर्हसि ॥

2.27

Transliteration

jātasya hi dhruvo mṛtyurdhruvaṃ janma mṛtasya ca |

tasmādaparihārye'rthe na tvaṃ śocitumarhasi ||

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

Translation

For certain is death for the born, and certain is birth for the dead; therefore, over the inevitable thou shouldst not grieve.

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Word by word

of the born
for
certain
death
certain
birth
of the dead
and

therefore
unavoidable
matter
not
you
to grieve
you should

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

Explanation

The reasoning is simple and universal. Death is certain for everything born, and birth is certain for whatever dies, within the round of becoming. What cannot be avoided is not a fitting object of grief. The verse does not deny the sorrow of loss; it asks Arjuna to see that his despair treats a natural law as a personal catastrophe. This point holds whether or not one accepts rebirth, which makes it a bridge between the metaphysical and the practical parts of Krishna's reply.