Bhagavad Gita Bhasya (Gambhirananada)

2.18 These destructible bodies are said to belong to
the everlasting, indestructible, indeterminable,
embodied One. Therefore, O descendant of
Bharata, join the battle.
English Translation of Sri Sankaracharya's Sanskrit
Commentary - Swami Gambhirananda
2.18 Ime, these; antavantah, destructible; dehah,
bodies -- as the idea of reality which continues with
regard to water in a mirage, etc. gets eliminated
when examined with the means of knowledge, and
that is its end, so are these bodies and they have an
end like bodies etc. in dream and magic --; uktah,
are said, by discriminating people; to belong
nityasya, to the everlasting; anasinah, the
indestructible; aprameyasya, the indeterminable;
sarirnah, embodied One, the Self. This is the
meaning. The two words 'everlasting' and
'indestructible' are not repetitive, because in
common usage everlastingness and destructibility
are of two kinds. As for instance, a body which is
reduced to ashes and has disappeared is said to
have been destoryed. (And) even while existing,
when it becomes transfigured by being afflicted
with diseases etc. it is said to be 'destroyed'. [Here
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