[ BHAGAVAD GITA · 2.19 · spoken by Krishna ]
It cannot kill. It cannot be killed.
One who thinks the self is the killer, and one who thinks it is killed — both are ignorant. The self neither kills nor is killed.
SANSKRIT
य एनं वेत्ति हन्तारं यश्चैनं मन्यते हतम् । उभौ तौ न विजानीतो नायं हन्ति न हन्यते ॥२-१९॥
KRISHNA’S LINE
“The sword passes through the Self the way wind passes through sky. Nothing is touched.”
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