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Bhagavad Gita Chapter 2, Verse 30 (2.30) means: The self within every body can never be killed, Arjuna. So you have no reason to grieve for any living being.
देही नित्यमवध्योऽयं देहे सर्वस्य भारत। तस्मात्सर्वाणि भूतानि न त्वं शोचितुमर्हसि।।2.30।।
dehī nityam avadhyo ’yaṁ dehe sarvasya bhārata tasmāt sarvāṇi bhūtāni na tvaṁ śhochitum arhasi
The self within every body can never be killed, Arjuna. So you have no reason to grieve for any living being.
अर्जुन, हर शरीर के भीतर बसी आत्मा कभी मारी नहीं जा सकती। इसलिए किसी भी प्राणी के लिए तुम्हें शोक करने का कोई कारण नहीं।
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It is verse 30 of Chapter 2 of the Bhagavad Gita, which has 72 verses in total.
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