Word meanings
- vāsānsi
- garments
- jīrṇāni
- worn-out
- yathā
- as
- vihāya
- sheds
- navāni
- new
- gṛhṇāti
- accepts
- naraḥ
- a person
- aparāṇi
- others
- tathā
- likewise
- śarīrāṇi
- bodies
- vihāya
- casting off
- jirṇāni
- worn-out
- anyāni
- other
- sanyāti
- enters
- navāni
- new
- dehī
- the embodied soul
Translations
Just as a man casts off worn-out clothes and puts on new ones, so too the embodied Self casts off worn-out bodies and enters others that are new.
As a man discards his threadbare robes and puts on new ones, so the Spirit throws off its worn-out bodies and takes on fresh ones.
As after rejecting worn-out clothes, a man takes up other new ones, likewise, after rejecting worn-out bodies, the embodied one unites with other new ones.
मनुष्य जैसे पुराने कपड़ोंको छोड़कर दूसरे नये कपड़े धारण कर लेता है, ऐसे ही देही पुराने शरीरोंको छोड़कर दूसरे नये शरीरोंमें चला जाता है।