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VerseThe Experiential Architecture

Verse 2·5

The body dies but the Self endures forever

TopicsĀtman & the Self

Verse

गुरूनहत्वा हि महानुभावान्श्रेयो भोक्तुं भैक्ष्यमपीह लोके ।हत्वार्थकामांस्तु गुरूनिहैवभुञ्जीय भोगान् रुधिरप्रदिग्धान् ॥

Better in this world to live even on alms than to slay these high-souled Gurus. Slaying these Gurus, I should taste of blood-stained enjoyments even in this world.

Gītā 2·5

From The Experiential Architecture · After Sri Aurobindo’s Essays on the Gita · incarnateword.in