Bhagavad Gita Chapter 2 Verse 13
भगवद् गीता अध्याय 2 श्लोक 13

देहिनोऽस्मिन्यथा देहे कौमारं यौवनं जरा।
तथा देहान्तरप्राप्तिर्धीरस्तत्र न मुह्यति।।2.13।।



English Translation - Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
2.13. Just as the boyhood,  youth and old age come to the embodied Soul in this body, in the same manner is the attaining of another body;  the wise man is not deluded at that.


English Translation of Commentary  - Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
2.12-13 Na hi etc. Dehinah etc Never indeed did I not exist, but I did exist [always].  Likewise are you and these kings.  If there can be lamentability for one, on attaining change in physical form then why is one not lamented over when one attains the youth from the boyhood ?  He, who is wise, does not lament.  But, wisdom is easily attainable for him whose concern is not even for this [present] body.  Therefore you must seek wisdom.


Transliteration Bhagavad Gita 2.13Dehino’smin yathaa dehe kaumaaram yauvanam jaraa;
Tathaa dehaantara praaptir dheeras tatra na muhyati.


Word Meanings Bhagavad Gita 2.13dehinaḥ—of the embodied; asmin—in this; yathā—as; dehe—in the body; kaumāram—childhood; yauvanam—youth; jarā—old age; tathā—similarly; deha-antara—another body; prāptiḥ—achieves; dhīraḥ—the wise; tatra—thereupon; na muhyati—are not deluded