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2.12 There was never a time Krishna speaks

न त्वेवाहं जातु नासं न त्वं नेमे जनाधिपाः
न चैव न भविष्यामः सर्वे वयमतः परम्

na tvevāhaṁ jātu nāsaṁ na tvaṁ neme janādhipāḥ
na chaiva na bhaviṣhyāmaḥ sarve vayamataḥ param

There was never a time when I did not exist, nor you, nor these kings; and there will never be a time when any of us cease to be.

Explanation

There was never a time when I did not exist.

Nor you, nor these kings — and there will never be a time when any of us cease to be.

Note who is included. Not just Arjuna and Krishna: these kings, the men in both armies. The consolation, if it is one, covers the people he is afraid of killing.

Word by word

na
never
tu
however
eva
certainly
aham
I
jātu
at any time
na
nor
āsam
exist
na
nor
tvam
you
na
nor
ime
these
jana-adhipāḥ
kings
na
never
cha
also
eva
indeed
na bhaviṣhyāmaḥ
shall not exist
sarve vayam
all of us
ataḥ
from now
param
after