Chapter II · Śloka 27
जातस्य हि ध्रुवो मृत्युर्ध्रुवं जन्म मृतस्य च |
तस्मादपरिहार्येऽर्थे न त्वं शोचितुमर्हसि ||
तस्मादपरिहार्येऽर्थे न त्वं शोचितुमर्हसि ||
jātasya hi dhruvo mṛtyur dhruvaṃ janma mṛtasya ca |
tasmād aparihārye 'rthe na tvaṃ śocitum arhasi ||
tasmād aparihārye 'rthe na tvaṃ śocitum arhasi ||
One who has taken birth is certain to die, and after death one is certain to be born again. Therefore, in this inevitable duty, you should not lament.
Birth and death are not tragedies but certainties woven into embodied existence. What is inevitable need not be mourned — it must simply be faced. The Gita invites Arjuna to move from resistance to acceptance, and from acceptance to clarity.