न जायते म्रियते वा कदाचि- न्नायं भूत्वा भविता वा न भूयः | अजो नित्यः शाश्वतोऽयं पुराणो न हन्यते हन्यमाने शरीरे ||२०||
na jāyate mriyate vā kadāchin nāyaṁ bhūtvā bhavitā vā na bhūyaḥ ajo nityaḥ śhāśhvato 'yaṁ purāṇo na hanyate hanyamāne śharīre
真我（灵魂）从不生，亦从不死；亦非曾有而不再有。它是无生、永恒、常存、古老的。身体被杀时，它不被杀。
The soul is never born nor does it ever die; nor having once existed, does it cease to be. The soul is unborn, eternal, ever-existing, and primeval. It is not slain when the body is slain.
这是《薄伽梵歌》中最有力的宣告之一。克里希那用六个否定词来描述真我（灵魂）：不生、不死、不灭、无生（ajaḥ）、永恒（nityaḥ）、常存（śhāśhvataḥ）、古老（purāṇaḥ）。最后一句以其简洁性而震撼人心——即使身体被摧毁，真我（灵魂）也丝毫不受影响。
This is one of the most powerful declarations in the Gita. Krishna stacks six negations to describe the soul: not born, not dying, not ceasing, unborn (ajaḥ), eternal (nityaḥ), primeval (purāṇaḥ). The final line is devastating in its simplicity — even when the body is destroyed, the soul remains untouched.