अच्छेद्योऽयमदाह्योऽयमक्लेद्योऽशोष्य एव च | नित्यः सर्वगतः स्थाणुरचलोऽयं सनातनः
acchedyo.ayamadāhyo.ayamakledyo.aśoṣya eva ca . nityaḥ sarvagataḥ sthāṇuracalo.ayaṃ sanātanaḥ
此真我不可斬斷，不可焚燒，不可沾濕，亦不可乾枯。祂是永恆的，遍佈一切的，穩固的，不動的，亙古不變的。
It cannot be cut, It cannot be burnt, cannot be moistened, and surely cannot be dried up. It is eternal, omnipresent, stationary, unmoving and changeless.
真我極其精微，超越言語和心智所能及。理解這精微的真我極為困難，因此主黑天以多種方式、插圖和例子來闡釋不朽真我的本質，以便人們能夠領會。刀劍無法斬斷真我，祂是永恆的。因為祂永恆，所以遍佈一切。因為祂遍佈一切，所以穩固如雕像。因為祂穩固，所以不動。祂是亙古的，因此並非由任何因緣所生，非新近之物，而是古老的存在。
The Self is very subtle. It is beyond the reach of speech and mind. It is very difficult to understand this subtle Self. So Lord Krishna explains the nature of the immortal Self in a variety of ways with various illustrations and examples? so that It can be grasped by the people.Sword cannot cut this Self. It is eternal. Because It is eternal? It is allpervading. Because It is allpervading? It is stable like a stature. Because It is stable? It is immovable. It is everlasting. Therefore? It is not produced out of any cause. It is not new. It is ancient.