[ BHAGAVAD GITA · 2.25 · spoken by Krishna ]
Unseen, unthinkable, unchanging — so stop grieving.
This Self is said to be unmanifest, unthinkable, and unchanging. Therefore, knowing it to be so, you should not grieve.
SANSKRIT
अव्यक्तोऽयमचिन्त्योऽयमविकार्योऽयमुच्यते । तस्मादेवं विदित्वैनं नानुशोचितुमर्हसि ॥२-२५॥
KRISHNA’S LINE
“It can't be seen. It can't be imagined. It can't be changed. So lay your grief down.”
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