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उभौ तौ न विजानीतो नायं हन्ति न हन्यते।।2.19।।

English Commentary By Swami Sivananda

2.19 यः he who, एनम् this (Self), वेत्ति knows, हन्तारम् slayer, यः he who, च and, एनम् this, मन्यते thinks, हतम् slain, उभौ both, तौ those, न not, विजानीतः know, न not, अयम् this, हन्ति slays, न not, हन्यते is slain.

Commentary:
-- The Self is nondoer (Akarta) and as It is immutable, It is neither the agent nor the object of the act of slaying. He who thinks I slay or I am slain with the body or the Ahamkara (ego), he does not really comprehend the true nature of the Self. The Self is indestructible. It exists in the three periods of time. It is Sat (Existence). When the body is destroyed, the Self is not destroyed. The body has to undergo change in any case. It is inevitable. But the Self is not at all affected by it. Verses 19, 20, 21, 23 and 24 speak of the immortality of the Self or Atman. (Cf.XVIII.17)

Hindi Translation Of Sri Shankaracharya's Sanskrit Commentary By Sri Harikrishnadas Goenka

।।2.19।।जो तू मानता है कि मेरेद्वारा युद्धमें भीष्मादि मारे जायँगे मैं ही उनका मारनेवाला हूँ यह तेरी बुद्धि ( भावना ) सर्वथा मिथ्या है। कैसे

जिसका वर्णन ऊपरसे आ रहा है इस आत्माको जो मारनेवाला समझता है अर्थात् हननक्रियाका कर्ता

मानता है और जो दूसरा ( कोई ) इस आत्माको देहके नाशसे मैं नष्ट हो गया ऐसे नष्ट हुआ मानता है अर्थात् हननक्रियाका कर्म मानता है।
वे दोनों ही अहंप्रत्ययके विषयभूत आत्माको अविवेकके कारण नहीं जानते।
अभिप्राय यह कि जो शरीरके मरनेसे आत्माको मैं मारनेवाला हूँ मैं मारा गया हूँ इस प्रकार जानते हैं वे दोनों ही आत्मस्वरूपसे अनभिज्ञ हैं।
क्योंकि यह आत्मा विकाररहित होनेके कारण न तो किसीको मारता है और न मारा जाता है अर्थात् न तो हननक्रियाका कर्ता होता है और न कर्म होता है।

English Translation By Swami Adidevananda

2.19 He who deems It (the self) a slayer, and he who thinks of It as slain - both are ignorant. For, the self neither slays nor is slain.

English Translation By Swami Sivananda

2.19 He who takes the Self to be the slayer and he who thinks It is slain, neither of them ï1knowsï1. It slays not, nor is It slain.

English Translation By Swami Gambirananda

2.19 He who thinks of this One as the killer, and he who thinks of this One as the killed both of them do not know. This One does not kill, nor is It killed.