BG 2.22
वासांसि जीर्णानि यथा विहाय नवानि गृह्णाति नरोऽपराणि ।
तथा शरीराणि विहाय जीर्णान्यन्यानि संयाति नवानि देही ॥
तथा शरीराणि विहाय जीर्णान्यन्यानि संयाति नवानि देही ॥
vāsāṁsi jīrṇāni yathā vihāya navāni gṛhṇāti naro ’parāṇi
tathā śarīrāṇi vihāya jīrṇāny anyāni saṁyāti navāni dehī
tathā śarīrāṇi vihāya jīrṇāny anyāni saṁyāti navāni dehī
Word-for-word meanings
yathā — just as; naraḥ — a man; vihāya — giving up; jīrṇāni — worn-out; vāsāṁsi — garments; gṛhṇāti — puts on; aparāṇi — other; navāni — new [garments]; tathā — in the same way; dehī — the embodied self; vihāya — casting off; jirṇāni — worn-out; śarīrāṇi — bodies; saṁyāti — enters; anyāni — other; navāni — new [bodies].
Translation
As a person giving up worn-out garments puts on new ones, so the embodied self, casting off worn-out bodies, enters into other new bodies.