# Vasamsi Jirnani Yatha Vihaya (वासांसि जीर्णानि यथा विहाय)

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- Type: Shloka
- Scripture: Bhagavad Gita 2.22
- Language: sa
- Source: Bhagavad Gita 2 Sanskrit checked against SanskritDocuments, Bhagavad Gita 2.14–2.71: https://www.sanskritdocuments.org/doc_giitaa/bhagvadnew.html ; meanings checked against IIT Kanpur Gita Supersite and Vedabase chapter 2: https://www.gitasupersite.iitk.ac.in/srimad?field_chapter_value=2&field_nsutra_value=22&language=dv ; https://vedabase.net/bg/2/index.htm

## Summary

Bhagavad Gita 2.22 teaches a devotional principle from Krishna’s dialogue with Arjuna.

## Verses

### Bhagavad Gita 2.22

> वासांसि जीर्णानि यथा विहाय
> नवानि गृह्णाति नरोऽपराणि ।
> तथा शरीराणि विहाय जीर्णा-
> न्यन्यानि संयाति नवानि देही ॥

Meaning (Hindi): जैसे मनुष्य पुराने वस्त्र छोड़कर नए वस्त्र धारण करता है, वैसे ही देही पुराने शरीर छोड़कर नए शरीर प्राप्त करता है।

Meaning (English): As a person leaves worn garments and takes new ones, the embodied self leaves worn bodies and enters new ones.