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Bhagavad Gītā 2.17

BG 2.17

अविनाशि तु तद्विद्धि येन सर्वमिदं ततम्। विनाशमव्ययस्यास्य न कश्चित् कर्तुमर्हति

avināśhi tu tadviddhi yena sarvam idaṁ tatam vināśham avyayasyāsya na kaśhchit kartum arhati

The Spirit, which pervades all that is seen, is imperishable. Nothing can destroy it.

Translated by Shri Purohit Swami

Know that to be indestructible, by which all this is pervaded. No one can cause the destruction of that, the Imperishable.

Translated by Swami Sivananda

Word meanings (from the gita/gita dataset)

avināśhi—indestructible; tu—indeed; tat—that; viddhi—know; yena—by whom; sarvam—entire; idam—this; tatam—pervaded; vināśham—destruction; avyayasya—of the imperishable; asya—of it; na kaśhchit—no one; kartum—to cause; arhati—is able

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Cite as: Bhagavad Gītā 2.17, in HREEM (hreem.cc/library/BG/2.17), after https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/gita/gita@main (gita/gita on GitHub, Unlicense).

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