Bhagavad Gita 2.18
अन्तवन्त इमे देहा नित्यस्योक्ताः शरीरिणः। अनाशिनोऽप्रमेयस्य तस्माद्युध्यस्व भारत॥
antavanta ime dehā nityasyoktāḥ śharīriṇaḥ anāśhino ’prameyasya tasmād yudhyasva bhārata
Translation
These bodies of the embodied One, who is eternal, indestructible and immeasurable, are known as finite. Therefore fight, O Bhârata.
What it means
Bodies have an end; the embodied Self is eternal, indestructible, immeasurable: therefore fight, O Bharata. Sastri is careful here: the verse establishes the Self's immortality and only on that ground dismisses grief; the call to fight is Arjuna's duty in this context, not a universal command to violence.
Try this today
Krishna's reasoning applied: if the essence is untouched, the body's end is not the tragedy it appears - so do your duty.
Something to reflect on
If the essential cannot be destroyed, what duty am I still avoiding out of grief?
Read it in Yathora