[ BHAGAVAD GITA · 2.12 · spoken by Krishna ]
You, me, every king — none of us began.
Never was there a time when I did not exist, nor you, nor these rulers of men. Nor will there ever be a time when all of us shall cease to exist.
SANSKRIT
न त्वेवाहं जातु नासं न त्वं नेमे जनाधिपाः । न चैव न भविष्यामः सर्वे वयमतः परम् ॥२-१२॥
KRISHNA’S LINE
“You were never born. You will never die. Everything in between is just a costume change.”
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