Chapter 2 · Verse 22
Transcendental Knowledge
वासांसि जीर्णानि यथा विहाय नवानि गृह्णाति नरोऽपराणि। तथा शरीराणि विहाय जीर्णा न्यन्यानि संयाति नवानि देही
vāsānsi jīrṇāni yathā vihāya navāni gṛihṇāti naro ’parāṇi tathā śharīrāṇi vihāya jīrṇānya nyāni sanyāti navāni dehī
Word Meanings
vāsānsi — garments; jīrṇāni — worn-out; yathā — as; vihāya — sheds; navāni — new; gṛihṇāti — accepts; naraḥ — a person; aparāṇi — others; tathā — likewise; śharīrāṇi — bodies; vihāya — casting off; jirṇāni — worn-out; anyāni — other; sanyāti — enters; navāni — new; dehī — the embodied soul
Translation
As a person sheds worn-out garments and puts on new ones, so the embodied soul casts off worn-out bodies and enters new ones.