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Bhagavad Gītā 2.25: No need to grieve
अव्यक्तोऽयमचिन्त्योऽयमविकार्योऽयमुच्यते ।
तस्मादेवं विदित्वैनं नानुशोचितुमर्हसि ॥
avyakto'yamacintyo'yamavikāryo'yamucyate
tasmādevaṃ viditvainaṃ nānuśocitumarhasi
Recitation: NehalDaveND (Wikimedia Commons) · CC BY-SA 4.0, adapted, original recording
Meaning
It is said to be unmanifest, unthinkable and unchangeable; therefore, knowing it as such, you should not grieve. This verse closes the first argument of Kṛṣṇa’s teaching (from 2.11), returning to the grief with which it began.
For children
Krishna says: “The real you can’t be seen with your eyes, and it never changes. When you know this, you don’t have to be so sad.”
Kṛṣṇa ends the first part of his teaching (2.11–2.25) by coming back to where he started: Arjuna need not grieve.
Word by word
अव्यक्तोऽयमचिन्त्योऽयम् — It is unseen, beyond our thinking
- avyakta: unmanifest, not seen
- acintya: beyond thought
अविकार्योऽयमुच्यते — and it is said never to change
- avikārya: unchangeable
- ucyate: is said
तस्मादेवं विदित्वैनं — so, knowing it to be like this
- tasmāt: therefore
- evam: thus
- viditvā: having known
नानुशोचितुमर्हसि — you have no need to grieve
- anuśocitum: to grieve
- arhasi: you should
Kṛṣṇa speaks this verse. The Sanskrit is checked against four editions; meanings and word notes are simple learning aids written for MahaPrabha Gurukul, awaiting review by a Sanskrit teacher.