नासतो विद्यते भावो नाभावो विद्यते सतः | उभयोरपि दृष्टोऽन्तस्त्वनयोस्तत्त्वदर्शिभिः ||२-१६||
nāsato vidyate bhāvo nābhāvo vidyate sataḥ . ubhayorapi dṛṣṭo.antastvanayostattvadarśibhiḥ ||2-16||
- asataḥ
- of the nonexistent
- vidyate
- there is
- bhāvaḥ
- endurance
- na
- never
- abhāvaḥ
- changing quality
- vidyate
- there is
- sataḥ
- of the eternal
- ubhayoḥ
- of the two
- api
- verily
- dṛṣṭaḥ
- observed
- antaḥ
- conclusion
- tu
- indeed
- anayoḥ
- of them
- tattva
- of the truth
- darśibhiḥ
- by the seers
Those who are seers of the truth have concluded that of the nonexistent [the material body] there is no endurance and of the eternal [the soul] there is no change. This they have concluded by studying the nature of both.