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Bhagavad Gita 2.22
Endings can also be a kind of renewal — the old giving way so something new can begin.
Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 2, Verse 22
वासांसि जीर्णानि यथा विहाय
नवानि गृह्णाति नरोऽपराणि।
तथा शरीराणि विहाय जीर्णा-
न्यन्यानि संयाति नवानि देही॥
vāsāṁsi jīrṇāni yathā vihāya
navāni gṛhṇāti naro 'parāṇi
tathā śarīrāṇi vihāya jīrṇāny
anyāni saṁyāti navāni dehī
Translation
As a person sets aside worn-out clothes and puts on new ones, so the embodied self sets aside worn-out bodies and takes on new ones.
हिन्दी भावार्थ
जैसे मनुष्य पुराने वस्त्र त्यागकर नए वस्त्र धारण करता है, वैसे ही आत्मा पुराने शरीर त्यागकर नए शरीर धारण करती है।
In simple words Interpretation
Endings can also be a kind of renewal — the old giving way so something new can begin.
Context
Krishna offers Arjuna a gentle, everyday image for one of life's hardest truths.
When this may help
When something in your life has ended — a role, a relationship, a phase — and you're unsure what comes next.
Reflection question
What might you be ready to set down, like an old garment that no longer fits?
A small practice
Clear one small space today — a drawer, a desk corner. Notice how it feels to make room.
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