वासांसि जीर्णानि यथा विहाय नवानि गृह्णाति नरोऽपराणि | तथा शरीराणि विहाय जीर्णा- न्यन्यानि संयाति नवानि देही
vāsāṃsi jīrṇāni yathā vihāya navāni gṛhṇāti naro.aparāṇi . tathā śarīrāṇi vihāya jīrṇāni anyāni saṃyāti navāni dehī
人が古びた衣服を捨てて、他の新しい衣服を身につけるように、肉体に宿る者(アートマン)もまた、古びた肉体を捨てて、他の新しい肉体へと移りゆく。
As after rejecting wornout clothes a man takes up other new ones, likewise after rejecting wornout bodies the embodied one unites with other new ones.
魂は、人が古くなった服を脱ぎ捨てて新しい服に着替えるように、古い肉体を捨てて新しい肉体へと移り変わります。これは肉体の無常さと魂の連続性を例証しています。
. Just as rejecting the tattered garments, a man takes other new ones, in the same way, rejecting the decayed bodies, the embodied (Self) rightly proceeds to other new ones.