Bhagavad Gita 2.20
न जायते म्रियते वा कदाचि न्नायं भूत्वा भविता वा न भूयः। अजो नित्यः शाश्वतोऽयं पुराणो न हन्यते हन्यमाने शरीरे।।2.20।।
na jāyate mriyate vā kadāci nnāyaṃ bhūtvā bhavitā vā na bhūyaḥ। ajo nityaḥ śāśvato'yaṃ purāṇo na hanyate hanyamāne śarīre॥2.20॥
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- न
- not
- जायते
- is born
- म्रियते
- dies
- वा
- or
- कदाचित्
- at any time / ever
- न
- not
- अयम्
- this (self)
- भूत्वा
- having come into being
- भविता
- will come to be (again)
- वा
- or
- न
- not
- भूयः
- again / anymore
- अजः
- unborn
- नित्यः
- eternal
- शाश्वतः
- everlasting / permanent
- अयम्
- this (self)
- पुराणः
- ancient / primeval
- न
- not
- हन्यते
- is killed
- हन्यमाने
- when being killed
- शरीरे
- the body (locative)
Commentary
20. He is not born, nor does He ever die ; after having been, He again ceases not to be ; nor the reverse. Unborn, eternal, unchangeable and primeval, He is not slain when the body is slain.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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न
जायते
म्रियते
वा
कदाचित्
न
अयम्
भूत्वा
भविता
वा
न
भूयः
अजः
नित्यः
शाश्वतः
अयम्
पुराणः
न
हन्यते
हन्यमाने
शरीरे
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