भुवि भौमानि भूतानि यथा यान्त्यपयान्ति च । नायमात्मा तथैतेषु विपर्येति यथैव भू: ॥ १९ ॥
bhuvi bhaumāni bhūtāni yathā yānty apayānti ca nāyam ātmā tathaiteṣu viparyeti yathaiva bhūḥ
- bhuvi
- on the surface of the world
- bhaumāni
- all material products from earth, such as pots
- bhūtāni
- which are produced
- yathā
- as
- yānti
- appear (in form)
- apayānti
- disappear (broken or mixed with the earth)
- ca
- and
- na
- not
- ayam ātmā
- the soul or spiritual identity
- tathā
- similarly
- eteṣu
- among all these (products of material elements)
- viparyeti
- is changed or broken
- yathā
- as
- eva
- certainly
- bhūḥ
- the earth
In this world, we can see that pots, dolls and other products of the earth appear, break and then disappear, mixing with the earth. Similarly, the bodies of all conditioned living entities are annihilated, but the living entities, like the earth itself, are unchanging and never annihilated [na hanyate hanyamāne śarīre].