BG 2.13
देहिनोऽस्मिन्यथा देहे कौमारं यौवनं जरा ।
तथा देहान्तरप्राप्तिर्धीरस्तत्र न मुह्यति ॥
तथा देहान्तरप्राप्तिर्धीरस्तत्र न मुह्यति ॥
dehino ’smin yathā dehe kaumāraṁ yauvanaṁ jarā
tathā dehāntara-prāptir dhīras tatra na muhyati
tathā dehāntara-prāptir dhīras tatra na muhyati
Word-for-word meanings
yathā — just as; kaumāram — childhood; yauvanam — youth; jarā — [and] old age; asmin — pertain to this; dehe — body; dehinaḥ — of the embodied self; tathā — similarly; prāptiḥ — there is attainment; deha-antara — [of] another body [after death]; dhīraḥ — a wise person; na muhyati — is not bewildered; tatra — by this.
Translation
Just as childhood, youth, and old age pertain only to the body of the embodied self, so also the self attains another body [after death]. A wise person is not bewildered by this.