Chapter 2 · The Way of Knowledge
Verse 17
Sanskrit Text — Chapter 2, Verse 17
अविनाशि तु तद्विद्धि येन सर्वमिदं ततम्। विनाशमव्ययस्यास्य न कश्चित् कर्तुमर्हति।।2.17।।
Transliteration (IAST)
avināśhi tu tadviddhi yena sarvam idaṁ tatam vināśham avyayasyāsya na kaśhchit kartum arhati
Translation
Know that to be indestructible by which all this is pervaded. No one can cause the destruction of this immutable.— Swami AdidevanandaFeatured
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