BG - 2.19

य एनं वेत्ति हन्तारं यश्चैनं मन्यते हतम्। उभौ तौ न विजानीतो नायं हन्ति न हन्यते।।2.19।।

ya enaṁ vetti hantāraṁ yaśh chainaṁ manyate hatam ubhau tau na vijānīto nāyaṁ hanti na hanyate

• yaḥ - one who
• enam - this
• vetti - knows
• hantāram - the slayer
• yaḥ - one who
• cha - and
• enam - this
• manyate - thinks
• hatam - slain
• ubhau - both
• tau - they
• na - not
• vijānītaḥ - in knowledge
• na - neither
• ayam - this
• hanti - slays
• na - nor
• hanyate - is killed

Translation

He who takes the Self to be the slayer and he who thinks it is slain, neither of them knows. It does not slay, nor is it slain.

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