na jāyate mriyate vā kadācin
nāyaṃ bhūtvā bhavitā vā na bhūyaḥ।
ajo nityaḥ śāśvato’yaṃ purāṇo
na hanyate hanyamāne śarīre॥ 2-20
The soul is never born, it never dies having come into being once, it never ceases to be. Unborn, eternal, abiding and primeval, it is not slain when the body is slain.
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