Meaning
Supreme God Krishna spoke
Just as the soul transitions from infancy to youth to old age in this body, it similarly enters another body after death. The wise are not deluded by these transitions. (2:13)
Sanskrit
श्रीभगवान् उवाच
देहिनोऽस्मिन्यथा देहे कौमारं यौवनं जरा ।
तथा देहान्तरप्राप्तिर्धीरस्तत्र न मुह्यति ॥
Word-by-word
देहिनः अस्मिन् यथा देहे कौमारम्, यौवनम्, जरा,
तथा देह-अन्तर-प्राप्तिः धीरः तत्र, न मुह्यति।
Commentary
This verse addresses Arjuna's sorrow over the potential loss of lives in the war.