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4 verses from the Bhagavad Gita on eternal. Explore teachings across 2 chapters.

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Dehino'smin yatha dehe kaumaram yauvanam jara, tatha dehantara-praptir dhiras tatra na muhyati

As the embodied soul continuously passes through childhood, youth, and old age, the soul similarly passes into another body at death. A sober person is not bewildered by such a change.

  • The soul is eternal and unchanging
  • Physical changes don't affect the soul
  • Death is merely a transition
Mamaivamsho jiva-loke jiva-bhutah sanatanah, manah-shashthanindriyani prakrti-sthani karshati

The living entities in this conditioned world are My eternal fragmental parts. Due to conditioned life, they are struggling very hard with the six senses, which include the mind.

  • All souls are divine sparks
  • We are eternally connected to the source
  • The material struggle is temporary
Vasamsi jirnani yatha vihaya navani grhnati naro 'parani, tatha sharirani vihaya jirnany anyani samyati navani dehi

As a person sheds worn-out garments and wears new ones, likewise, at the time of death, the soul casts off its worn-out body and enters a new one.

  • The soul is eternal, bodies are temporary
  • Death is merely a transition
  • Fear of death stems from ignorance