अथ चैनं नित्यजातं नित्यं वा मन्यसे मृतम् | तथापि त्वं महाबाहो नैवं शोचितुमर्हसि
atha cainaṃ nityajātaṃ nityaṃ vā manyase mṛtam . tathāpi tvaṃ mahābāho naivaṃ śocitumarhasi
然若汝思此真我不斷出生,或不斷死亡,縱然如此,大臂者啊,汝亦不應如是悲傷。
On the other hand, if you think this One is born continually or dies constantly, even then, O mighty-armed one, you ought not to grieve thus.
主黑天在此處,為辯論之故,採納了普遍的假設。即使假定真我每當身體生成時便不斷出生,每當身體死亡時便不斷死亡,大臂者(阿爾諸那,擁有巨大勇氣和力量者)啊,汝亦不應如此悲傷,因為出生者必然死亡,死亡者必然重生。這是自然界不可避免的法則。
Lord Krishna here? for the sake of argument? takes up the popular supposition. Granting that the Self is again and again born whenever a body comes into being? and again and again dies whenever the body dies? O mightyarmed (O Arjuna of great valour and strength)? thou shouldst not grieve thus? because birth is inevitable to want is dead and death is inevitable to what is born. This is the inexorable or unrelenting Law of Nature.