But if you think of him as constantly born, Or as constantly dying, Even then, O Great-armed one (Mahābāho), You ought not to grieve thus.
If you think of its birth and death as ever-recurring, then too, Great Warrior, you have no cause to grieve!
(26) And even if you think that it is constantly [re-]born and constantly [re-]dies, even so you grieve for it in vain.
2.26 On the other hand, if you think this One is born continually or dies constantly, even then, O mighty-armed one, you ought not to grieve thus.
2.26 Or if you hold this self as being constantly born and as constantly dying, even then, O mighty-armed one, it does not become you to feel grief.
2.26 But even if thou thinkest of It as being constantly born and constantly dying, even then, O mighty-armed, thou shouldst not grieve.