न जायते म्रियते वा विपश्चिन् नायं कुतश्चिन्न बभूव कश्चित् । अजो नित्यः शाश्वतोऽयं पुराणो न हन्यते हन्यमाने शरीरे ॥ १८॥

na jāyate mriyate vā vipaścin nāyaṃ kutaścinna babhūva kaścit । ajo nityaḥ śāśvato'yaṃ purāṇo na hanyate hanyamāne śarīre ॥ 18॥

vipaścin = the cognising one; na jāyate = is not born, is not produced; mriyate vā = nor does it die; ayaṁ = this one; na kutaścit = did not orginate from anything, did not arise from any other cause; na kaścit babhūva = and does not originate anything else, does not cause new staes of being; ajaḥ = unborn; nityaḥ = eternal; śaśvataḥ = not subject to decay; ayam = this is; purāṇaḥ = ancient, always new; na hanyate = it is not killed or injured; hanyamāne śarīre = when the body is killed.