18. anthvantha ime dhehaaH nithyasya ukthaaH sareeriNaH
anaaSinaH aprameyasya thasmaath yuDhyasva bhaaratha.
These bodies of the self, which is immortal, indestructible and incomprehensible, have an end , that is, destructible. Hence fight on Arjuna.
This means , whom you think as Bheeshma Dhrona etc. they are mere bodies and the self inside is not destructible. Only the bodies will end and not the self. The self which is immortal, is indestructible. Anticipating the question that, `if I am the self and not the body, why am I not aware of my self and think that I am the body,'
Hence
The delusion of Arjuna regarding the killing of Bheeshma and Dhrona etc. is becaue of his identification with the body, mind and intellect. If he identifies himself with his self which is controlled by the supreme self, he would not have any compunction to do his duty which he would consider as the bidding of the Lord within. This is the transformation brought about by
anthavanthaH- those which have an end,anthem.
Sareerinah- of the self inside the body. Sareeram asya asthi ithi Sareeree, the self which has a body. Thasya, sareerinaH of the self.
Nithyasaya, of the self which is immortal, nithya means ever existing
anaaSinah.- not destructible, na naasinah=anaaSinah
aprameya ? immeasurable or incomprehensible. meya is measurable, here, that which could be understood.
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19. ya enam vetthi hanthaaram yaH cha enam manyathe hatham
ubhou thou na vijaaneethaH na ayam hanthi na hanyathe
One who thinks that this self is the killer , hanthaaram, and one who thinks that this self is killed, hatham, both of them ,ubhou thou do not know the truth, na vijaaneethaH, that this self, ayam, neither gets killed na hanyathe, nor kills, na hanthi.
Continuing the idea of the previous sloka,
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