न जायते म्रियते वा कदाचिन् नायं भूत्वा भविता वा न भूयः | अजो नित्यः शाश्वतोऽयं पुराणो न हन्यते हन्यमाने शरीरे ||२-२०||
na jāyate mriyate vā kadācin nāyaṃ bhūtvā bhavitā vā na bhūyaḥ . ajo nityaḥ śāśvato.ayaṃ purāṇo na hanyate hanyamāne śarīre ||2-20||
- na
- never
- jāyate
- takes birth
- mriyate
- dies
- vā
- either
- kadācit
- at any time (past, present or future)
- na
- never
- ayam
- this
- bhūtvā
- having come into being
- bhavitā
- will come to be
- vā
- or
- na
- not
- bhūyaḥ
- or is again coming to be
- ajaḥ
- unborn
- nityaḥ
- eternal
- śāśvataḥ
- permanent
- ayam
- this
- purāṇaḥ
- the oldest
- na
- never
- hanyate
- is killed
- hanyamāne
- being killed
- śarīre
- the body
For the soul there is neither birth nor death at any time. He has not come into being, does not come into being, and will not come into being. He is unborn, eternal, ever-existing and primeval. He is not slain when the body is slain.