BG - 2.13

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

dehino ’smin yathā dehe kaumāraṁ yauvanaṁ jarā tathā dehāntara-prāptir dhīras tatra na muhyati

• dehinaḥ - 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

Translation

Just as the embodied soul passes through childhood, youth, and old age in this body, so too does it pass into another body; the steadfast one does not grieve over this.

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