BG - 15.16

द्वाविमौ पुरुषौ लोके क्षरश्चाक्षर एव च।क्षरः सर्वाणि भूतानि कूटस्थोऽक्षर उच्यते।।15.16।।

dvāv imau puruṣhau loke kṣharaśh chākṣhara eva cha kṣharaḥ sarvāṇi bhūtāni kūṭa-stho ’kṣhara uchyate

• dvau - two
• imau - these
• puruṣhau - beings
• loke - in creation
• kṣharaḥ - the perishable
• cha - and
• akṣharaḥ - the imperishable
• eva - even
• cha - and
• kṣharaḥ - the perishable
• sarvāṇi - all
• bhūtāni - beings
• kūṭa-sthaḥ - the liberated
• akṣharaḥ - the imperishable
• uchyate - is said

Translation

Two Purushas there are in this world: the perishable and the imperishable. All beings are perishable, and the Kutastha—the unchanging—is called the imperishable.

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