वासांसि जीर्णानि यथा विहाय नवानि गृह्णाति नरोऽपराणि तथा शरीराणि विहाय जीर्णा न्यन्यानि संयाति नवानि देही
vāsānsi jīrṇāni yathā vihāya navāni gṛihṇāti naro ’parāṇi tathā śharīrāṇi vihāya jīrṇānya nyāni sanyāti navāni dehī
Recitation · Text 2.22
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Word-for-Word Śabda-Artha (16 words)
Purport Overview & Key Insights
Krishna offers the famous image directly: as a person casts off worn-out garments and puts on new ones, the embodied soul casts off worn-out bodies and enters others. It's presented as simple observation, not a claim requiring proof.
✨ Devotional Takeaway:The garment analogy works because it describes something ordinary — changing clothes — to make something extraordinary feel simple.