Which Bhagavad Gītā verses comfort us in grief?

chapter 2 especially — 2.13, 2.20, 2.22 and 2.27 speak of the undying self and the naturalness of death.

The Gītā begins with a man overwhelmed by grief, so it speaks directly to mourners. In 2.13 Kṛṣṇa says that just as the embodied self passes through childhood, youth and old age, it passes into another body; the wise are not confused by this. In 2.20 He says the self is never born and never dies; it is not slain when the body is slain. In 2.22, the most quoted: as a person discards worn-out clothes and puts on new ones, the self leaves worn-out bodies and takes new ones. In 2.27: for one who is born, death is certain, and for one who dies, birth is certain — so do not grieve over the unavoidable.

These verses do not ask us to stop loving. They offer a wider view: the one we love has not been destroyed.

Many families read them aloud each evening during mourning, or write one on a card beside the photo.

Source: Bhagavad Gītā 2.13, 2.20, 2.22, 2.27

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