# Bhagavad Gita 2.23

**Canonical reference:** `gita.2.23`  
**Speaker:** Krishna  
**Corpus version:** gita-1.0.0-rc.1

## Sanskrit (Devanagari)

नैनं छिन्दन्ति शस्त्राणि नैनं दहति पावकः।
न चैनं क्लेदयन्त्यापो न शोषयति मारुतः ॥

## IAST

nainaṃ chindanti śastrāṇi nainaṃ dahati pāvakaḥ
na cainaṃ kledayantyāpo na śoṣayati mārutaḥ

## English — Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882

Weapons do not divide it (into pieces) fire does not burn it, waters do not moisten it the wind does not dry it up. It is not divisible it is not combustible it is not to be moistened

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