न त्वेवाहं जातु नासं न त्वं नेमे जनाधिपाः न चैव न भविष्याम: सर्वे वयमत: परम्
na tvevāhaṁ jātu nāsaṁ na tvaṁ neme janādhipāḥ na chaiva na bhaviṣhyāmaḥ sarve vayamataḥ param
Recitation · Text 2.12
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Word-for-Word Śabda-Artha (19 words)
Purport Overview & Key Insights
Krishna states that there was never a time he, Arjuna, or these kings did not exist, and none of them will ever cease to exist — the first direct statement of the soul's eternality, the foundation everything else in the chapter builds on.
✨ Devotional Takeaway:Everything else Krishna says in this chapter rests on this one claim: you have always existed and always will.