Bhagavad Gita
· Sankhya Yoga 2
· Verse 20
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न जायते म्रियते वा कदाचि-
न्नायं भूत्वा भविता वा न भूयः
अजो नित्यः शाश्वतोऽयं पुराणो
न हन्यते हन्यमाने शरीरे
ന ജായതേ മ്രിയതേ വാ കദാചിദ് നായം ഭൂത്വാ ഭവിതാ വാ ന ഭൂയഃ അജോ നിത്യഃ ശാശ്വതോഽയം പുരാണോ ന ഹന്യതേ ഹന്യമാനേ ശരീരേ
na jāyate mriyate vā kadāchin nāyaṁ bhūtvā bhavitā vā na bhūyaḥ ajo nityaḥ śhāśhvato 'yaṁ purāṇo na hanyate hanyamāne śharīre
English Translation
The soul is never born nor does it ever die; nor having once existed, does it cease to be. The soul is unborn, eternal, ever-existing, and primeval. It is not slain when the body is slain.
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Explanation · English
This is one of the most powerful declarations in the Gita. Krishna stacks six negations to describe the soul: not born, not dying, not ceasing, unborn (ajaḥ), eternal (nityaḥ), primeval (purāṇaḥ). The final line is devastating in its simplicity — even when the body is destroyed, the soul remains untouched.