य एनं वेत्ति हन्तारं यश्चैनं मन्यते हतम् | उभौ तौ न विजानीतो नायं हन्ति न हन्यते ||२-१९||
ya enaṃ vetti hantāraṃ yaścainaṃ manyate hatam ubhau tau na vijānīto nāyaṃ hanti na hanyate ||2-19||
- enam
- this
- vetti
- knows
- hantāram
- the killer
- yaḥ
- anyone who
- ca
- also
- enam
- this
- manyate
- thinks
- hatam
- killed
- ubhau
- both
- tau
- they
- na
- never
- vijānītaḥ
- are in knowledge
- na
- never
- ayam
- this
- hanti
- kills
- na
- nor
- hanyate
- is killed
Neither he who thinks the living entity the slayer nor he who thinks it slain is in knowledge, for the self slays not nor is slain.