BG 2.26

अथ चैनं नित्यजातं नित्यं वा मन्यसे मृतम् ।
तथापि त्वं महाबाहो नैनं शोचितुमर्हसि ॥
atha cainaṁ nitya-jātaṁ nityaṁ vā manyase mṛtam
tathāpi tvaṁ mahā-bāho nainaṁ śocitum arhasi

Word-for-word meanings

atha ca — but even if;  mahā-bāho — O mighty-armed one;  manyase — you consider;  enam — this [the self];  nitya-jātam — to be subject to constant birth;  vā — or;  nityam — to repeated;  mṛtam — death;  tathā api — even then;  tvam — you;  na arhasi — do not deserve;  śocitum — to grieve;  enam — on this account.

Translation

But, O mighty-armed one, if you consider the self to be subject to constant birth and death, even then, you should not grieve on this account.

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