Chapter 2, Verse 12
Text
न त्वेवाहं जातु नासं न त्वं नेमे जनाधिपाः | न चैव न भविष्यामः सर्वे वयमतः परम् ||२-१२||
Transliteration
na tvevāhaṃ jātu nāsaṃ na tvaṃ neme janādhipāḥ . na caiva na bhaviṣyāmaḥ sarve vayamataḥ param ||2-12||
Translations
In English by Swami Sivananda
2.12 Nor at any time indeed was I not, nor thou, nor these rulers of men, nor verily shall we ever cease to be hereafter.
In English by Swami Sivananda
2.12 न not, तु indeed, एव also, अहम् I, जातु at any time, न not, आसम् was, न not, त्वम् thou, न not, इमे these, जनाधिपाः rulers of men, न not, च and, एव also, न not, भविष्यामः shall be, सर्वे all, वयम् we, अतः from this time, परम् after.Commentary -- Lord Krishna speaks here of the immortality of the Soul or the imperishable nature of the Self (Atman). The Soul exists in the three periods of time (past, present and future). Man continues to exist even after the death of the physical body. There is life beyond.