BG - 2.16

नासतो विद्यते भावो नाभावो विद्यते सतः। उभयोरपि दृष्टोऽन्तस्त्वनयोस्तत्त्वदर्शिभिः।।2.16।।

nāsato vidyate bhāvo nābhāvo vidyate sataḥ ubhayorapi dṛiṣhṭo ’nta stvanayos tattva-darśhibhiḥ

• na - no
• asataḥ - of the temporary
• vidyate - there is
• bhāvaḥ - is
• na - no
• abhāvaḥ - cessation
• vidyate - is
• sataḥ - of the eternal
• ubhayoḥ - of the two
• api - also
• dṛiṣhṭaḥ - observed
• antaḥ - conclusion
• tu - verily
• anayoḥ - of these
• tattva - of the truth
• darśhibhiḥ - by the seers

Translation

The unreal has no being; there is no non-being of the real; the truth about both has been seen by the knowers of the truth (or the seers of the essence).

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