Chapter 2, Verse 27

जातस्य हि ध्रुवो मृत्युर्ध्रुवं जन्म मृतस्य च। तस्मादपरिहार्येऽर्थे न त्वं शोचितुमर्हसि৷৷

jātasya hi dhruvō mṛtyurdhruvaṅ janma mṛtasya ca. tasmādaparihāryē.rthē na tvaṅ śōcitumarhasi৷৷

Translation

For death is as sure for that which is born, as birth is for that which is dead. Therefore grieve not for what is inevitable.

Translation — Purohit Swami

Commentary

जातस्य of the born, हि for, ध्रुवः certain, मृत्युः death, ध्रुवम् certain, जन्म birth, मृतस्य of the dead, च and, तस्मात् therefore, अपरिहार्ये inevritable, अर्थे in matter, न not, त्वम् thou, शोचितुम् to grieve, अर्हसि (thou) oughtest. Commentary: Birth is sure to happen to that which is dead death is sure to happen to what which is born. Birth and death are certainly unavoidable. Therefore, you should not grieve over an inevitable matter.

Commentary — Swami Sivananda

Sanskrit and transliteration of the Bhagavad Gita. Corpus compiled from the vedabase and the IIT Kanpur Gita Supersite.