Bhagavad Gita
· Sankhya Yoga 2
· Verse 21
Verified original
वेदाविनाशिनं नित्यं य एनमजमव्ययम्
कथं स पुरुषः पार्थ कं घातयति हन्ति कम्
വേദാവിനാശിനം നിത്യം യ ഏനമജമവ്യയം കഥം സ പുരുഷഃ പാര്ഥ കം ഘാതയതി ഹന്തി കം
vedāvināśinaṃ nityaṃ ya enamajamavyayam kathaṃ sa puruṣaḥ pārtha kaṃ ghātayati hanti kam
English Translation
O Partha, he who knows this One as indestructible, eternal, birthless and undecaying, how and whom does that person kill, or whom does he cause to be killed! [This is not a estion but only an emphatic denial.-Tr.]
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Explanation · English
The enlightened sage who knows the immutable and indestructible Self through direct cognition or spiritual Anubhava (experience) cannot do the act of slaying. He cannot cause another to slay also.