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# Bhagavadgita 2.23

Bhagavadgītā 2.23

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita.2.23)

nainaṃ chindanti śastrāṇi nainaṃ dahati pāvakaḥ  
na cainaṃ kledayanty āpo na śoṣayati mārutaḥ

> This (Self), weapons cut not; This, fire burns not; This, water wets not; and This, wind dries not.  
> — Swami Swarupananda 1909, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita

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## Translations (3)

- [Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita~en-swarupananda.2.23) — Swami Swarupananda 1909, English
- [The Bhagavadgîtâ (Sacred Books of the East, vol. 8)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita~en-telang.2.p5.2) — Kashinath Trimbak Telang 1882, English
- [The Song Celestial](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita~en-arnold.2.p5) — Edwin Arnold 1885, English

## Commentaries (13)

- [Bhagavadgītābhāṣya (Śāṅkarabhāṣya)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita!sankara.2.89) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit
- [Jñāneśvarī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.marathi.jnanesvara.jnanesvari.2.145) — Jñāneśvara, Marathi
- [Subodhinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita!sridhara.55.1) — Śrīdhara Svāmin, Sanskrit
- [Bhagavadgītāvīraśaivabhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita!bhagavadgitavirasaivabhasya.2.314) — Sanskrit
- [Bhagavadgītāvivaraṇa (Sarvatobhadra)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita!bhagavadgitavivarana-sarvatobhadra.1.249) — Sanskrit
- [Bhagavadāśayānusaraṇabhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita!bhaskara.110.6) — Bhāskara (Vedāntin), Sanskrit
- [Gītābhāṣya (of Rāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita!ramanuja.2.23) — Rāmānuja, Sanskrit
- [Gūḍhārthadīpikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita!madhusudana.2.22) — Madhusūdana Sarasvatī 1570, Sanskrit
- [Tātparyabodhinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita!samkarananda.4.24) — Śaṅkarānanda, Sanskrit
- [Sārārthavarṣiṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita!visvanatha.2.23) — Viśvanātha Cakravartin 1680, Sanskrit
- [Bālabodhinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita!g-s-pathak.2.22) — G.S. Pathak 1825, Sanskrit
- [Arthaprakāśikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita!upanisadbrahmayogin.3.23) — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin 1715, Sanskrit
- [Vaṃśī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita!vamsidhara-misra.5.25) — Vaṃśīdhara 1675, Sanskrit

## Other recensions (1)

- [Vulgate (700 verses)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita*vulgate.2.23) — Sanskrit

## Linked texts (1)

- [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.24.23) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit

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