B.G 2.19
ya ēnaṁ vētti hantāraṁ yaścainaṁ manyatē hatam। ubhau tau na vijānītō nāyaṁ hanti na hanyatē ॥19॥
He who thinks a person to be a killer, and he who thinks another person as killed - both of them are ignorant. He does not kill nor does the other get killed.
Gīta Tātparya 2.19
Jīva is not an independent agent. The above verse is not to show a person does not get killed, as it contradicts with later verse 11.34, which states - “kill those whom I have already killed”.
yaḥ ēnaṁ jīvaṁ vētti hantāraṁ svātantryēṇa। anyathā ‘mayā hatāṁstvaṁ jahi’ ityādivirōdhaḥ । cētanaṁ prati ya ēnamiti paramātmanōpi samam ॥19॥
One who thinks the person as a killer is ignorant, as he is attributing independent agency to a killer. Interpreting the verse to mean the person does not get killed contradicts the statement–“Kill those whom I have already killed [11.34]”. Ignorant people think that a person can be killed. They fail to understand that Jiva is similar to Paramatman and thus cannot be killed.
