Chapter 2 Verse 20 of 72

• na jāyate mriyate vā kadācin
• nāyaḿ bhūtvā bhavitā vā na bhūyaḥ
• ajo nityaḥ śāśvato 'yaḿ purāṇo
• na hanyate hanyamāne śarīre

Translation

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.

Synonyms

• 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.

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