# Bhagavad Gita 2.16

**Canonical reference:** `gita.2.16`  
**Speaker:** Krishna  
**Corpus version:** gita-1.0.0-rc.1

## Sanskrit (Devanagari)

नासतो विद्यते भावो नाभावो विद्यते सतः।
उभयोरपि दृष्टोऽन्तस्त्वनयोस्तत्त्वदर्शिभिः ॥

## IAST

nāsato vidyate bhāvo nābhāvo vidyate sataḥ
ubhayorapi dṛṣṭo.antastvanayostattvadarśibhiḥ

## English — Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882

There is no existence for that which is unreal there is no non-existence for that which is real. And the (correct) conclusion about both is perceived by those who perceive the truth.

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