न जायते म्रियते वा कदाचि- न्नायं भूत्वा भविता वा न भूयः ।
अजो नित्यः शाश्वतोऽयं पुराणो न हन्यते हन्यमाने शरीरे ॥
२-२१ ॥
na jāyate mriyate vā kadāci- nnāyaṃ bhūtvā bhavitā vā na bhūyaḥ |
ajo nityaḥ śāśvato'yaṃ purāṇo na hanyate hanyamāne śarīre ||
2-21 ||
It is never born, nor does it die; nor, having once been, will it again cease to be; unborn, eternal, everlasting, and primeval, it is not slain when the body is slain.