Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 2, Verse 12

न त्वेवाहं जातु नासं न त्वं नेमे जनाधिपाः। न चैव न भविष्यामः सर्वे वयमतः परम्।।2.12।।

na tvevāhaṁ jātu nāsaṁ na tvaṁ neme janādhipāḥ na chaiva na bhaviṣhyāmaḥ sarve vayamataḥ param

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Word Meanings

na—never
tu—however
eva—certainly
aham—I
jātu—at any time
na—nor
āsam—exist
na—nor
tvam—you
na—nor
ime—these
jana-adhipāḥ—kings
na—never
cha—also
eva—indeed
na bhaviṣhyāmaḥ—shall not exist
sarve vayam—all of us
ataḥ—from now
param—after
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Translation

Nor, at any time, was I not, nor thou, nor these rulers of men; nor, verily, shall we ever cease to be hereafter.

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Commentary

2.12 न not? तु indeed? एव also? अहम् I? जातु at any time? न not? आसम् was? न not? त्वम् thou? न not? इमे these? जनाधिपाः rulers of men? न not? च and? एव also? न not? भविष्यामः shall be? सर्वे all? वयम् we? अतः from this time? परम् after.Commentary -- Lord Krishna speaks here of the immortality of the Soul or the imperishable nature of the Self (Atman). The Soul exists in the three periods of time (past? present and future). Man continues to exist even after the death of the physical body. There is life beyond.

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