Verset 2.24

अच्छेद्योऽयमदाह्योऽयमक्लेद्योऽशोष्य एव च ।

नित्यः सर्वगतः स्थाणुरचलोऽयं सनातनः ॥

2.24

Translittération

acchedyo'yamadāhyo'yamakledyo'śoṣya eva ca |

nityaḥ sarvagataḥ sthāṇuracalo'yaṃ sanātanaḥ ||

Par Sanskrit System · Brouillon automatique · @indic-transliteration/sanscript 1.3.3

Traduction

This Self cannot be cut, burnt, wetted, nor dried up. It is eternal, all-pervading, stable, immovable and ancient.

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Mot à mot

cannot be cut
this
cannot be burned
this
cannot be wetted
cannot be dried
indeed
and

eternal
all-pervading
stable
unmoving
this
primeval

Par Sanskrit System · Brouillon automatique · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08

Explication

The previous verse is restated as a set of qualities. The self cannot be cut, burnt, wetted or dried, and it is eternal, present everywhere, stable, unmoving and everlasting (sanātana). Repetition is a teaching method here. Arjuna's grief is strong, and Krishna returns to the point from several angles so that it may settle. The word sarvagata, all-pervading, has been read by some as pointing to the one self in all beings and by others as describing the subtle reach of each self.