It is never born, nor does it ever die; having once existed, it never ceases to be. Unborn, eternal, everlasting, and ancient, it is not killed when the body is killed.
न जायते म्रियते वा कदाचिन् नायं भूत्वा भविता वा न भूयः | अजो नित्यः शाश्वतोऽयं पुराणो न हन्यते हन्यमाने शरीरे ||२-२०||