Bhagavad-gītā As it Is — Bhagavad-gītā Como Ele É EM PROCESSO << 2 - Contents of the Gītā Summarized >> << 2 - Resumo do Conteúdo do Gītā >> << VERSE 19 — VERSO 19 >> य एनं वेत्ति हन्तारं यश चैनं मन्यते हतम उभौ तौ न विजानीतॊ नायं हन्ति न हन्यते ya enaṁ vetti hantāraṁ yaś cainaṁ manyate hatam ubhau tau na vijānīto nāyaṁ hanti na hanyate WORD BY WORD — PALAVRA POR PALAVRA yaḥ anyone who enam this vetti knows hantāram the killer yaḥ anyone who ca also enam this manyate thinks hatam killed ubhau both tau they na never vijānītaḥ are in knowledge na never ayam this hanti kills na nor hanyate is killed TRANSLATION — TRADUÇÃO Neither he who thinks the living entity the slayer nor he who thinks it slain is in knowledge, for the self slays not nor is slain. Aquele que pensa que a entidade viva é o matador e aquele que pensa que ela é morta não estão em conhecimento, pois o eu não mata nem é morto. PURPORT — SIGNIFICADO When an embodied living entity is hurt by fatal weapons, it is to be known that the living entity within the body is not killed. The spirit soul is so small that it is impossible to kill him by any material weapon, as will be evident from subsequent verses. Nor is the living entity killable, because of his spiritual constitution. What is killed, or is supposed to be killed, is the body only. This, however, does not at all encourage killing of the body. The Vedic injunction is mā hiṁsyāt sarvā bhūtāni: never commit violence to anyone. Nor does understanding that the living entity is not killed encourage animal slaughter. Killing the body of anyone without authority is abominable and is punishable by the law of the state as well as by the law of the Lord. Arjuna, however, is being engaged in killing for the principle of religion, and not whimsically. << Previous Verso — Verso anterior | Next Verse — Próximo >>

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