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Bhagavad Gita Chapter 2 Verse 22

Sāṃkhya Yoga · śloka 22

2.22

śloka 22

vāsāṃsi jīrṇāni yathā vihāya

navāni gṛhṇāti naro'parāṇi |

tathā śarīrāṇi vihāya jīrṇā-

nyanyāni saṃyāti navāni dehī ||2-22||

Translation

Just as a person casts off worn-out garments and puts on new ones, so does the embodied soul cast off worn-out bodies and enter into new ones.

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