Bhagavad Gita Chapter 2 - Samkhya Yoga - Sloka 20

The entire content of this mail is from Swami Chidbhavananda's translation of  The Bhagavad Gita, published by Ramakrishna Mission.

The Real and the Unreal Sloka 16-20

1 Gita Sloka every day - Chapter 2 - Samkhya Yoga - Sloka 20

Na jayate mriyate va kadachit na ayam bhutva bhavita va na bhuyah I

Ajah nityah shashvatah ayam puranah na hanyate hanyamane sharire II sloka 20

न जायते म्रियते वा कदाचित् न अयं भूत्वा भविता वा न भूयः ।

अजः नित्यः शाश्वतः अयं पुराणः न हन्यते हन्यमाने शरीरे ।। श्लोक २० 

The atman is neither born nor does it die. Coming into being and ceasing to be donot take place in It. Unborn, eternal, constant and ancient, It is not killed when the body is slain.

 To be born, to exist, to grow, to change, to decay, to perish - these are 6 kinds of modifications undergone by the body constituted of the elements. But the Atman remains unaffected by these changes.