BG 2.11
श्रीभगवानुवाच
अशोच्यानन्वशोचस्त्वं प्रज्ञावादांश्च भाषसे ।
गतासूनगतासूंश्च नानुशोचन्ति पण्डिताः ॥
अशोच्यानन्वशोचस्त्वं प्रज्ञावादांश्च भाषसे ।
गतासूनगतासूंश्च नानुशोचन्ति पण्डिताः ॥
śrī-bhagavān uvāca
aśocyān anvaśocas tvaṁ prajñā-vādāṁś ca bhāṣase
gatāsūn agatāsūṁś ca nānuśocanti paṇḍitāḥ
aśocyān anvaśocas tvaṁ prajñā-vādāṁś ca bhāṣase
gatāsūn agatāsūṁś ca nānuśocanti paṇḍitāḥ
Word-for-word meanings
śrī-bhagavān uvāca — Śrī Bhagavān said; tvam — you; anvaśocaḥ — are grieving; aśocyān — for those not worthy of grief; ca — and yet; bhāṣase — speaking; prajñā-vādān — as though learned; paṇḍitāḥ — the wise; na anuśocanti — do not lament; gatāsūn — for those devoid of life air, the dead; ca — and; agatāsūn — for those having life air, the living.
Translation
Śrī Bhagavān said: You are grieving for those who are unworthy of grief, and yet speaking as though learned. Those who are truly wise lament neither for the dead nor for the living.