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Chapter 2, Slok 16

🗣 Speaker: zrIbhagavAnBG 2.16

Original Verse

nAsato vidyate bhAvo nAbhAvo vidyate sataH | ubhayorapi dRSTo'ntastvanayostattvadarzibhiH ||2-16||

Transliteration

nāsato vidyate bhāvo nābhāvo vidyate sataḥ . ubhayorapi dṛṣṭo.antastvanayostattvadarśibhiḥ ||2-16||

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Commentaries

Swami Adidevananda

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Translation

2.16 The unreal can never come into being, the real never ceases to be. The conclusion about these two is seen by the seers of truth.