Sanskrit · Devanagari
वासांसि जीर्णानि यथा विहाय नवानि गृह्णाति नरोऽपराणि। तथा शरीराणि विहाय जीर्णा- न्यन्यानि संयाति नवानि देही ॥
Sanskrit · IAST
vāsāṃsi jīrṇāni yathā vihāya navāni gṛhṇāti naro.aparāṇi tathā śarīrāṇi vihāya jīrṇāni anyāni saṃyāti navāni dehī
English witness
Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882casting off old clothes puts on others and new ones so the embodied (self) casting off old bodies goes to others and new ones.
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Śaṅkarācārya
।।2.22।। वासांसि वस्त्राणि जीर्णानि दुर्बलतां गतानि यथा लोके विहाय परित्यज्य नवानि अभिनवानि गृह्णाति उपादत्ते नरः पुरुषः अपराणि अन्यानि तथा तद्वदेव शरीराणि विहाय जीर्णानि अन्यानि संयाति संगच्छति नवानि देही आत्मा पुरुषवत् अविक्रिय एवेत्यर्थः।।कस्मात् अविक्रिय एवेति आह
34cf3ab13eed…Rāmānuja
2.22 That those who give up their bodies in a righteous war get more beauteous bodies than before, is known through the scriptures. Casting off worn-out garments and taking new and beautiful ones, can be only a cause of joy, as seen here in the world in the case of new garments. Once again Sri Krsna emphasises for easy understanding the indestructibility of the self, taught before: 'Know that to be indestructible by which all this is pervaded' (II.17) and confirms it thus:
6e76c02beb69…Swami Sivananda
2.22 वासांसि clothes? जीर्णानि worn out? यथा as? विहाय having cast away? नवानि new? गृह्णाति takes? नरः man? अपराणि others? तथा so? शरीराणि bodies? विहाय having cast away? जीर्णानि wornout? अन्यानि others? संयाति enters? नवानि new? देही the embodied (one).No commentary.
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