Verse 2.27

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.27:

जातस्य हि ध्रुवो मृत्युर् ध्रुवं जन्म मृतस्य च ।
तस्माद् अपरिहार्येऽर्थे न त्वं शोचितुम् अर्हसि ॥ २७ ॥

jātasya hi dhruvo mṛtyur dhruvaṃ janma mṛtasya ca |
tasmād aparihārye'rthe na tvaṃ śocitum arhasi || 27 ||

jātasya–for one who is born; hi–because; dhruvaḥ–is certain; mṛtyuḥ–death; dhruvam–is certain; janma–birth; mṛtasya–for one who dies; ca–and; tasmāt–therefore; aparihārye arthe–in this unavoidable situation; na–not; tvam–you; śocitum–grieve; arhasi–should.

For one who is born, death is certain, and for one who has died, birth is certain;therefore, it is not proper for you to grieve for that which is unavoidable.

Commentary: Sārārtha-Varṣiṇī Ṭīkā

(By Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura; the innermost intention of the commentary named ‘the shower of essential meanings’)

When the fruit of a person’s previous actions experienced in his present body (prārabdha-karma) is exhausted, his death is certain. After death, he will inevitably take birth again so that he can experience the results of the actions performed in his previous body. It is not possible for anyone to escape the inevitability of birth and death.