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Pradyumna: [leads chanting of verse] [Prabhupāda and devotees repeat]

antavanta ime dehā nityasyoktāḥ śarīriṇaḥ anāśino 'prameyasya tasmād yudhyasva bhārata

[Bg. 2.18]

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Translation = "Only the material body of the indestructible, immeasurable and eternal living entity is subject to destruction; therefore fight, …

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