Bhagavad Gita 2.22
वासांसि जीर्णानि यथा विहाय नवानि गृह्णाति नरोऽपराणि। तथा शरीराणि विहाय जीर्णान्यन्यानि संयाति नवानि देही॥
vāsāṁsi jīrṇāni yathā vihāya navāni gṛhṇāti naro 'parāṇi | tathā śarīrāṇi vihāya jīrṇāny anyāni saṁyāti navāni dehī ||
“As a person sheds worn-out garments and puts on new ones, so the embodied Self casts off worn-out bodies and enters new ones.”- grief
- death
- impermanence
What this verse is about
This verse speaks to grief and the ache of losing what we love, death and what, if anything, is untouched by it, and impermanence — that nothing stays quite the same.
✦ Contemplation
Some habits and stories about yourself no longer fit. You can put them down.
✦ A small practice
Name one thing you have outgrown. Just name it. You don't have to change it today.
Chapter 2
The Yoga of KnowledgeSāṅkhya Yoga
Krishna introduces the deathless Self, the duty of action, and the ideal of a mind that stays steady through pleasure and pain.
Sit with this verse a little longer.
Ask Dharma how this verse might land in your own life — and receive a calm, verse-grounded reflection.
Ask Dharma about 2.22