[ BHAGAVAD GITA · 2.20 · spoken by Krishna ]
Never born. Never dies. Never destroyed.
The self is never born, nor does it ever die. Having come into being once, it never ceases to be. It is unborn, eternal, permanent, and ancient — it is not killed when the body is killed.
SANSKRIT
न जायते म्रियते वा कदाचिन् नायं भूत्वा भविता वा न भूयः । अजो नित्यः शाश्वतोऽयं पुराणो न हन्यते हन्यमाने शरीरे ॥२-२०॥
KRISHNA’S LINE
“You didn't start at birth. You won't end at death. Everything between is one scene in an infinite story.”
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