Chapter 2, Verse 27
Text
जातस्य हि ध्रुवो मृत्युर्ध्रुवं जन्म मृतस्य च | तस्मादपरिहार्येऽर्थे न त्वं शोचितुमर्हसि ||२-२७||
Transliteration
jātasya hi dhruvo mṛtyurdhruvaṃ janma mṛtasya ca . tasmādaparihārye.arthe na tvaṃ śocitumarhasi ||2-27||
Translations
In English by Swami Sivananda
2.27 For certain is death for the born, and certain is birth for the dead; therefore, over the inevitable thou shouldst not grieve.
In English by Swami Sivananda
2.27 जातस्य of the born, हि for, ध्रुवः certain, मृत्युः death, ध्रुवम् certain, जन्म birth, मृतस्य of the dead, च and, तस्मात् therefore, अपरिहार्ये inevritable, अर्थे in matter, न not, त्वम् thou, शोचितुम् to grieve, अर्हसि (thou) oughtest.Commentary Birth is sure to happen to that which is dead death is sure to happen to what which is born. Birth and death are certainly unavoidable. Therefore, you should not grieve over an inevitable matter.