Bhagavad Gita Chapter 2 Verse 22
भगवद् गीता अध्याय 2 श्लोक 22

वासांसि जीर्णानि यथा विहाय
नवानि गृह्णाति नरोऽपराणि।
तथा शरीराणि विहाय जीर्णा
न्यन्यानि संयाति नवानि देही।।2.22।।



English Translation - Swami Sivananda
2.22 Just as a man casts off worn-out clothes and puts on new ones, so also the embodied Self casts off worn-out bodies and enters others which are new.


English Translation of Sanskrit Commentary By Sri Shankaracharya's
2.22 Yatha, as in the world; vihaya, after rejecting jirnani, wornout; vasamsi, clothes; narah, a man grhnati, takes up; aparani, other; navani, new ones; tatha, likewise, in that very manner; vihaya, after rejecting; jirnani, wornout; sarirani, bodies; dehi, the embodied one, the Self which is surely unchanging like the man (in the example); samyati, unites with; anyani, other; navani, new ones. This is meaning.


Transliteration Bhagavad Gita 2.22Vaasaamsi jeernaani yathaa vihaayaNavaani grihnaati naro’paraani;
Tathaa shareeraani vihaaya jeernaaNyanyaani samyaati navaani dehee.


Word Meanings Bhagavad Gita 2.22vāsānsi—garments; jīrṇāni—worn-out; yathā—as; vihāya—sheds; navāni—new; gṛihṇāti—accepts; naraḥ—a person; aparāṇi—others; tathā—likewise; śharīrāṇi—bodies; vihāya—casting off; jirṇāni—worn-out; anyāni—other; sanyāti—enters; navāni—new; dehī—the embodied soul