2.17 Know that indestructible Krishna speaks
अविनाशि तु तद्विद्धि येन सर्वमिदं ततम्
विनाशमव्ययस्यास्य न कश्चित् कर्तुमर्हति
avināśhi tu tadviddhi yena sarvam idaṁ tatam
vināśham avyayasyāsya na kaśhchit kartum arhati
Know that indestructible, by which all this is pervaded. No one can bring about the destruction of the imperishable.
Explanation
Know that indestructible.
By which all this is pervaded — and no one can bring about the destruction of the imperishable.
The argument is turning toward the practical question. If nothing can destroy it, then whatever Arjuna is about to do, destroying it is not among the options.
Word by word
- 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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