Verses - Material body

Bhagavad-Gītā 2.13

"As the embodied soul continuously passes, in this body, from boyhood to youth to old age, the soul similarly passes into another body at death. A sober person is not bewildered by such a change." https://vedy.online/en/bg/2/13/

Bhagavad-Gītā 2.16

"Those who are seers of the truth have concluded that of the nonexistent [the material body] there is no endurance and of the eternal [the soul] there is no change. This they have concluded by studying the nature of both." https://vedy.online/en/bg/2/16/

Bhagavad-Gītā 2.17

"That which pervades the entire body you should know to be indestructible. No one is able to destroy that imperishable soul." https://vedy.online/en/bg/2/17/

Bhagavad-Gītā 2.18

"The material body of the indestructible, immeasurable and eternal living entity is sure to come to an end; therefore, fight, O descendant of Bharata." https://vedy.online/en/bg/2/18/

Bhagavad-Gītā 2.20

"For the soul there is neither birth nor death at any time. He has not come into being, does not come into being, and will not come into being. He is unborn, eternal, ever-existing and primeval. He is not slain when the body is slain." https://vedy.online/en/bg/2/20/

Bhagavad-Gītā 2.25

"It is said that the soul is invisible, inconceivable and immutable. Knowing this, you should not grieve for the body." https://vedy.online/en/bg/2/25/

Bhagavad-Gītā 2.26-27

"If, however, you think that the soul [or the symptoms of life] will always be born and die forever, you still have no reason to lament, O mighty-armed." "One who has taken his birth is sure to die, and after death one is sure to take birth again. Therefore, in the unavoidable discharge of your duty, you should not lament." https://vedy.online/en/bg/2/26/ & https://vedy.online/en/bg/2/27/

Bhagavad-Gītā 2.28

"All created beings are unmanifest in their beginning, manifest in their interim state, and unmanifest again when annihilated. So what need is there for lamentation?" https://vedy.online/en/bg/2/28/

Bhagavad-Gītā 13.2-3

"Arjuna said: O my dear Kṛṣṇa, I wish to know about prakṛti [nature], puruṣa [the enjoyer], and the field and the knower of the field, and of knowledge and the object of knowledge. The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: This body, O son of Kuntī, is called the field, and one who knows this body is called the knower of the field." "O scion of Bharata, you should understand that I am also the knower in all bodies, and to understand this body and its knower is called knowledge. That is My opinion." Bhagavad-Gītā 13.2 & https://vedy.online/en/bg/13/3/

Bhagavad-Gītā 13.27 & 30 & 32

"O chief of the Bhāratas, know that whatever you see in existence, both the moving and the nonmoving, is only a combination of the field of activities and the knower of the field." "One who can see that all activities are performed by the body, which is created of material nature, and sees that the self does nothing, actually sees." "Those with the vision of eternity can see that the imperishable soul is transcendental, eternal, and beyond the modes of nature. Despite contact with the material body, O Arjuna, the soul neither does anything nor is entangled." https://vedy.online/en/bg/13/27/ & https://vedy.online/en/bg/13/30/ & https://vedy.online/en/bg/13/32/

Bhagavad-Gītā 13.28

"One who sees the Supersoul accompanying the individual soul in all bodies, and who understands that neither the soul nor the Supersoul within the destructible body is ever destroyed, actually sees." https://vedy.online/en/bg/13/28/

Bhagavad-Gītā 13.33

"The sky, due to its subtle nature, does not mix with anything, although it is all-pervading. Similarly, the soul situated in Brahman vision does not mix with the body, though situated in that body." https://vedy.online/en/bg/13/33/