Word meanings
- na jāyate
- is not born
- mriyate
- dies
- vā
- or
- kadācit
- at any time
- na
- not
- ayam
- this
- bhūtvā
- having once existed
- bhavitā
- will be
- vā
- or
- na
- not
- bhūyaḥ
- further
- ajaḥ
- unborn
- nityaḥ
- eternal
- śāśvataḥ
- immortal
- ayam
- this
- purāṇaḥ
- the ancient
- na hanyate
- is not destroyed
- hanyamāne
- is destroyed
- śarīre
- when the body
Translations
It is not born, nor does it ever die; after having been, it again does not cease to be; unborn, eternal, changeless, and ancient, it is not killed when the body is killed.
It was not born; it will never die, nor, once having been, can it cease to exist. Unborn, eternal, ever-enduring, yet most ancient, the spirit does not die when the body is dead.
Never is this One born, nor does It ever die; nor, having come into existence, does It cease to be. This One is birthless, eternal, undecaying, and ancient; It is not killed when the body is killed.
यह शरीरी न कभी जन्मता है और न मरता है तथा यह उत्पन्न होकर फिर होनेवाला नहीं है। यह जन्मरहित, नित्य-निरन्तर रहनेवाला, शाश्वत और पुराण (अनादि) है। शरीरके मारे जानेपर भी यह नहीं मारा जाता।Commentary
This Self (Atman) is destitute of the six types of transformation or Bhava-Vikaras such as birth, existence, growth, transformation, decline and death. As It is indivisible (Akhanda). It does not diminish in size. It neither grows nor does It decline. It is ever the same. Birth and death are for the physical body only. Birth and death cannot touch the immortal, allpervading Self.