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Bhagavad Gīta Tātparya

B.G 2.19

य एनं वेत्ति हन्तारं यश्चैनं मन्यते हतम् । उभौ तौ न विजानीतो नायं हन्ति न हन्यते॥१९ ॥

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”.

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.

बहुचित्रजगद्बहुधाकरणात् परशक्तिरनन्तगुणः परमः ।
सुखरूपममुष्य पदं परमं स्मरतस्तु भविष्यति तत्सततम् ॥
"The one who has created this variegated vast universe with varied forms has infinite power and is of infinite auspicious qualities. He certainly bestows the highest state of bliss to those who meditate on his ever happy essence." -Dwādasha stōtra 4.3

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