Chapter 2: Sankhya Yoga, verse 23
नैनं छिन्दन्ति शस्त्राणि नैनं दहति पावकः।
न चैनं क्लेदयन्त्यापो न शोषयति मारुतः ॥
Say itnainaṁ chhindanti śhastrāṇi nainaṁ dahati pāvakaḥ
na chainaṁ kledayantyāpo na śhoṣhayati mārutaḥ
Translation
Weapons cannot cut it, fire cannot burn it, water cannot wet it, wind cannot dry it.
Swami Sivananda
Weapons cannot cut It, fire cannot burn It, water cannot moisten It, and air cannot dry It.
Swami Gambirananda
Follows the commentary of Shankara (Advaita).
Weapons cannot cleave It, fire cannot burn It, waters cannot wet It, and wind cannot dry It.
Swami Adidevananda
Follows the commentary of Ramanuja (Vishishtadvaita).
Weapons cannot cut This; fire cannot burn This; water cannot make This wet; and the wind cannot make This dry.
Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
Follows the commentary of Abhinavagupta (Kashmir Shaivism).
Weapons cannot cleave it, fire cannot burn it, water cannot drench it, and wind cannot dry it.
Shri Purohit Swami
शस्त्र इस शरीरीको काट नहीं सकते, अग्नि इसको जला नहीं सकती, जल इसको गीला नहीं कर सकता और वायु इसको सुखा नहीं सकती।
Swami Ramsukhdas
इस आत्मा को शस्त्र काट नहीं सकते और न अग्नि इसे जला सकती है ; जल इसे गीला नहीं कर सकता और वायु इसे सुखा नहीं सकती।
Swami Tejomayananda
Classical commentariesFor deeper study. Most are in the original Sanskrit.
Advaita
Non-dual: the self and the absolute are one.
Vishishtadvaita
Qualified non-dual: souls are real parts of the divine.
Dvaita
Dual: the soul and God are eternally distinct.
Shuddhadvaita
Pure non-dual, centred on grace and devotion.
Kashmir Shaivism
The Gita read through Trika Shaiva philosophy.
Modern teachers
20th-century teachers writing for today's readers.