BG 2.21
वेदाविनाशिनं नित्यं य एनमजमव्ययम् ।
कथं स पुरुषः पार्थ कं घातयति हन्ति कम् ॥
कथं स पुरुषः पार्थ कं घातयति हन्ति कम् ॥
vedāvināśinaṁ nityaṁ ya enam ajam avyayam
kathaṁ sa puruṣaḥ pārtha kaṁ ghātayati hanti kam
kathaṁ sa puruṣaḥ pārtha kaṁ ghātayati hanti kam
Word-for-word meanings
pārtha — O Pārtha (Arjuna); katham — how; saḥ — [can] that; puruṣaḥ — person; yaḥ — who; veda — knows; enam — this [the self]; avināśinam — as imperishable; nityam — eternal; ajam — birthless; avyayam — [and] immutable; kam ghātayati — cause anyone to be slain; hanti — [or] slay; kam — whom.
Translation
O Arjuna, how can a person who knows the self to be imperishable, eternal, birthless, and immutable, cause anyone to be slain or kill anyone?