वासांसि जीर्णानि यथा विहाय नवानि गृह्णाति नरोऽपराणि | तथा शरीराणि विहाय जीर्णा- न्यन्यानि संयाति नवानि देही ||२-२२||
vāsāṃsi jīrṇāni yathā vihāya navāni gṛhṇāti naro.aparāṇi . tathā śarīrāṇi vihāya jīrṇāni anyāni saṃyāti navāni dehī ||2-22||
- vāsāṁsi
- garments
- jīrṇāni
- old and worn out
- yathā
- just as
- vihāya
- giving up
- navāni
- new garments
- gṛhṇāti
- does accept
- naraḥ
- a man
- aparāṇi
- others
- tathā
- in the same way
- śarīrāṇi
- bodies
- vihāya
- giving up
- jirṇāni
- old and useless
- anyāni
- different
- saṁyāti
- verily accepts
- navāni
- new sets
- dehī
- the embodied
As a person puts on new garments, giving up old ones, the soul similarly accepts new material bodies, giving up the old and useless ones.