# Bhagavad Gita 2.26

**Canonical reference:** `gita.2.26`  
**Speaker:** Krishna  
**Corpus version:** gita-1.0.0-rc.1

## Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अथ चैनं नित्यजातं नित्यं वा मन्यसे मृतम्।
तथापि त्वं महाबाहो नैवं शोचितुमर्हसि ॥

## IAST

atha cainaṃ nityajātaṃ nityaṃ vā manyase mṛtam
tathāpi tvaṃ mahābāho naivaṃ śocitumarhasi

## English — Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882

you ought not to grieve But even if you think that it is constantly born and constantly dies still O you of mighty arms! you ought not to grieve thus. For to one that is born

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