He who thinks of him as the slayer, And he who considers him slain, Both of them do not know; He does not slay, nor is he slain.
He who thinks this self a killer and he who thinks it killed, both fail to understand; it does not kill, nor is it killed.
(19) Who thinks this [self] can be a slayer, who thinks that it can be slain, both these have no [right] knowledge: it does not slay nor is it slain.
2.19 He who thinks of this One as the killer, and he who thinks of this One as the killed -- both of them do not know. This One does not kill, nor is It killed.
2.19 He who deems It (the self) a slayer, and he who thinks of It as slain --- both are ignorant. For, the self neither slays nor is slain.
2.19 He who takes the Self to be the slayer and he who thinks It is slain, neither of them knows. It slays not, nor is It slain.