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BG 2.27 — 2.27 For certain is death for the born, and certain is birth for the dead; therefore, over the inevitable thou shouldst not grieve. | Live Gita
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जातस्य हि ध्रुवो मृत्युर्ध्रुवं जन्म मृतस्य च |
तस्मादपरिहार्येऽर्थे न त्वं शोचितुमर्हसि ||२-२७||

jātasya hi dhruvo mṛtyurdhruvaṃ janma mṛtasya ca . tasmādaparihārye.arthe na tvaṃ śocitumarhasi ||2-27||


।।2.27।। जन्मने वाले की मृत्यु निश्चित है और मरने वाले का जन्म निश्चित है;  इसलिए जो अटल है अपरिहार्य - है उसके विषय में तुमको शोक नहीं करना चाहिये।।

Word-by-word meanings

2.27 जातस्य of the born? हि for? ध्रुवः certain? मृत्युः death? ध्रुवम् certain? जन्म birth? मृतस्य of the dead? च and? तस्मात् therefore? अपरिहार्ये inevritable? अर्थे in matter? न not? त्वम् thou? शोचितुम् to grieve? अर्हसि (thou) oughtest.Commentary Birth is sure to happen to that which is dead death is sure to happen to what which is born. Birth and death are certainly unavoidable. Therefore? you should not grieve over an inevitable matter.

Commentaries

Non-dualism. The individual self and Brahman are one. The world is appearance (maya). Liberation through knowledge.

Sri Shankaracharya

।।2.27।।ऐसा होनेसे जिसने जन्म लिया है उसका मरण ध्रुव निश्चित है और जो मर गया है उसका जन्म ध्रुव निश्चित है इसलिये यह जन्ममरणरूप भाव अपरिहार्य है अर्थात् किसी प्रकार भी इसका प्रतिकार नहीं किया जा सकता इस अपरिहार्य विषयके निमित्त तुझे शोक करना उचित नहीं।

Swami Gambirananda

2.27 For death of anyone born is certain, and of the dead (re-) birth is a certainly. Therefore you ought not to grieve over an inevitable fact.

This interpretation draws on the Advaita tradition and may not represent the view of any single school. For authoritative guidance within a specific tradition, seek a qualified teacher.

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