अथ चैनं नित्यजातं नित्यं वा मन्यसे मृतम् | तथापि त्वं महाबाहो नैवं शोचितुमर्हसि ||२-२६||
atha cainaṃ nityajātaṃ nityaṃ vā manyase mṛtam . tathāpi tvaṃ mahābāho naivaṃ śocitumarhasi ||2-26||
- atha
- if, however
- ca
- also
- enam
- this soul
- nitya-jātam
- always born
- nityam
- forever
- vā
- either
- manyase
- you so think
- mṛtam
- dead
- tathā api
- still
- tvam
- you
- mahā-bāho
- O mighty-armed one
- na
- never
- enam
- about the soul
- śocitum
- to lament
- arhasi
- deserve
If, however, you think that the soul [or the symptoms of life] will always be born and die forever, you still have no reason to lament, O mighty-armed.