नैनं छिन्दन्ति शस्त्राणि नैनं दहति पावकः।
न चैनं क्लेदयन्त्यापो न शोषयति मारुतः।।2.23।।
अच्छेद्योऽयमदाह्योऽयमक्लेद्योऽशोष्य एव च।
नित्यः सर्वगतः स्थाणुरचलोऽयं सनातनः।।2.24।।
अव्यक्तोऽयमचिन्त्योऽयमविकार्योऽयमुच्यते।
तस्मादेवं विदित्वैनं नानुशोचितुमर्हसि।।2.25।।
Weapons cannot cut It, fire cannot burn It, water cannot moisten It, and air cannot dry It.
It cannot be cut, burned, moistened, or dried up; it is eternal, omnipresent, stationary, unmoving, and unchanging.
It is said that This is unmanifest; This is inconceivable; This is unchangeable. Therefore, having known This thus, you ought not to grieve.
Osho’s Commentary
Weapons cannot cut it, fire cannot burn it, water cannot wet it, wind cannot dry it. It is eternal, all-pervading, unmoving, ancient. It is unmanifest, unthinkable, unchanging. Knowing this, Arjuna, you should not grieve. Krishna is using the most powerful poetic language to describe the nature of the Self. It is beyond all the elements, beyond all change, beyond all thought. The grief of Arjuna is for the perishable. Krishna is trying to lift his vision to the imperishable. When you know your true nature as this eternal, untouched reality, all grief, which is born of attachment to the changing world, simply dissolves.