क्षरः सर्वाणि भूतानि कूटस्थोऽक्षर उच्यते ॥
इस संसारमें क्षर नाशवान् और अक्षर अविनाशी ये दो प्रकारके पुरुष हैं । सम्पूर्ण प्राणियोंके शरीर नाशवान् और कूटस्थ जीवात्मा अविनाशी कहा जाता है ॥
एक मूल शिक्षा · विराट भाव · गहरे अर्थ वाला
“What changes is not the whole of you.”
इस संसारमें क्षर नाशवान् और अक्षर अविनाशी ये दो प्रकारके पुरुष हैं । सम्पूर्ण प्राणियोंके शरीर नाशवान् और कूटस्थ जीवात्मा अविनाशी कहा जाता है ॥
श्लोक क्रम में — हर संस्कृत शब्द और नीचे उसका अर्थ। किसी शब्द पर जाकर उसे देखें।
शब्दशःtwo · these · beings · in the world · perishable · and · imperishable · indeed · and · perishable · all · beings · steadfast · imperishable · is called
There are two kinds of existence here: what changes and what does not. Bodies pass away, but the unchanging reality within remains.
यह श्लोक Krishna द्वारा कहा गया है, कुरुक्षेत्र की भूमि पर, अध्याय "पुरुषोत्तम योग" में।
श्लोक 16 भगवद् गीता के 15वें अध्याय में है — पुरुषोत्तम योग। इस अध्याय में कुल 20 श्लोक हैं।
You watch a loved one age in a hospital room and feel time stripping everything away. This verse reminds you that what changes is not the deepest reality of a person.
Did you like this verse?
It shifts the mind from identifying with the changing body to recognising the unchanging witness.
इस श्लोक का अर्थ
There are two kinds of existence here: what changes and what does not. Bodies pass away, but the unchanging reality within remains.
संदर्भ और टिप्पणी
On the battlefield, Arjuna is frozen between duty and grief. Krishna widens the frame beyond the war: all bodies are temporary, but the steady reality within them is not. This verse prepares Arjuna to act without mistaking the body for the whole person.
आज के जीवन में महत्व
You watch a loved one age in a hospital room and feel time stripping everything away. This verse reminds you that what changes is not the deepest reality of a person.
“You can stop clinging to what fades and rest in what does not.”
संबंधित विषय: akshara (12 श्लोक)