जातस्य हि ध्रुवो मृत्युर्ध्रुवं जन्म मृतस्य च | तस्मादपरिहार्येऽर्थे न त्वं शोचितुमर्हसि ||२-२७||
jātasya hi dhruvo mṛtyurdhruvaṃ janma mṛtasya ca . tasmādaparihārye.arthe na tvaṃ śocitumarhasi ||2-27||
- jātasya
- of one who has taken his birth
- hi
- certainly
- dhruvaḥ
- a fact
- mṛtyuḥ
- death
- dhruvam
- it is also a fact
- janma
- birth
- mṛtasya
- of the dead
- ca
- also
- tasmāt
- therefore
- aparihārye
- of that which is unavoidable
- arthe
- in the matter
- na
- do not
- tvam
- you
- śocitum
- to lament
- arhasi
- deserve
One who has taken his birth is sure to die, and after death one is sure to take birth again. Therefore, in the unavoidable discharge of your duty, you should not lament.