Chapter 2 · The Way of Knowledge
Verse 16
Sanskrit Text — Chapter 2, Verse 16
नासतो विद्यते भावो नाभावो विद्यते सतः। उभयोरपि दृष्टोऽन्तस्त्वनयोस्तत्त्वदर्शिभिः।।2.16।।
Transliteration (IAST)
nāsato vidyate bhāvo nābhāvo vidyate sataḥ ubhayorapi dṛiṣhṭo ’nta stvanayos tattva-darśhibhiḥ
Translation
The unreal never comes into being, the real never ceases to be. The truth about these two is seen by the seers.— Swami AdidevanandaFeatured
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