Bhagavad Gita Chapter 2 Verse 20
भगवद् गीता अध्याय 2 श्लोक 20

न जायते म्रियते वा कदाचि
न्नायं भूत्वा भविता वा न भूयः।
अजो नित्यः शाश्वतोऽयं पुराणो
न हन्यते हन्यमाने शरीरे।।2.20।।



English Translation - Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
2.20. This is neither born; nor ever dies; nor, having not been at one time, will This come to be again.  This is unborn, destructionless,  eternal and ancient and is not slain [even]  when the body is slain.


English Translation of Commentary  - Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
2.20  Na jayate etc.  Having not been at one time, This etc. :  this Self will come to be, having not been at any time non-existent, but only having been  existent.  Therefore This is not born, This does not die too.  For, having been [at one time], This will never be non-existent [at another time];  but certainly This will be [always] existent.


Transliteration Bhagavad Gita 2.20Na jaayate mriyate vaa kadaachinNaayam bhootwaa bhavitaa vaa na bhooyah;
Ajo nityah shaashwato’yam puraanoNa hanyate hanyamaane shareere.


Word Meanings Bhagavad Gita 2.20na jāyate—is not born; mriyate—dies; vā—or; kadāchit—at any time; na—not; ayam—this; bhūtvā—having once existed; bhavitā—will be; vā—or; na—not; bhūyaḥ—further; ajaḥ—unborn; nityaḥ—eternal; śhāśhvataḥ—immortal; ayam—this; purāṇaḥ—the ancient; na hanyate—is not destroyed; hanyamāne—is destroyed; śharīre—when the body