[ BHAGAVAD GITA · 2.17 · spoken by Krishna ]
No weapon cuts it. No fire burns it.
Know that to be indestructible which pervades all this. None can destroy that imperishable reality.
SANSKRIT
अविनाशि तु तद्विद्धि येन सर्वमिदं ततम् । विनाशमव्ययस्यास्य न कश्चित्कर्तुमर्हति ॥२-१७॥
KRISHNA’S LINE
“You are not the thing that breaks. You are the thing that remains after everything breaks.”
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