Geetanjali

Bhagavad Geeta 2.22

Sanskrit

वासांसि जीर्णानि यथा विहाय नवानि गृह्णाति नरोऽपराणि। तथा शरीराणि विहाय जीर्णा न्यन्यानि संयाति नवानि देही।।2.22।।

vāsānsi jīrṇāni yathā vihāya navāni gṛihṇāti naro ’parāṇi tathā śharīrāṇi vihāya jīrṇānya nyāni sanyāti navāni dehī

Meaning

Let go of outdated strategies and beliefs. Continuous renewal and adaptation, not attachment to the past, drive sustainable success and growth.

Translation

As after rejecting worn-out clothes, a man takes up other new ones, likewise, after rejecting worn-out bodies, the embodied one unites with other new ones.

Related Topics

This verse relates to the following principles from the Bhagavad Geeta: