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
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