BG - 2.20

न जायते म्रियते वा कदाचि न्नायं भूत्वा भविता वा न भूयः। अजो नित्यः शाश्वतोऽयं पुराणो न हन्यते हन्यमाने शरीरे।।2.20।।

na jāyate mriyate vā kadāchin nāyaṁ bhūtvā bhavitā vā na bhūyaḥ ajo nityaḥ śhāśhvato ’yaṁ purāṇo na hanyate hanyamāne śharīre

• na jāyate - is not born
• mriyate - dies
• vā - or
• kadāchit - at any time
• na - not
• ayam - this
• bhūtvā - having once existed
• bhavitā - will be
• vā - or
• na - not
• bhūyaḥ - further
• ajaḥ - unborn
• nityaḥ - eternal
• śhāśhvataḥ - immortal
• ayam - this
• purāṇaḥ - the ancient
• na hanyate - is not destroyed
• hanyamāne - is destroyed
• śharīre - when the body

Translation

It is not born, nor does it ever die; after having been, it again does not cease to be; unborn, eternal, changeless, and ancient, it is not killed when the body is killed.

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