BG 2.25

This soul is said to be unchanging and inconceivable. Therefore, knowing this, you have no reason to grieve.

अव्यक्तोऽयमचिन्त्योऽयमविकार्योऽयमुच्यते
तस्मादेवं विदित्वैनं नानुशोचितुमर्हसि

avyakto — unmanifested
avyaktaḥ
’yam — this (soul)
achintyo — inconceivable
achintyaḥ
’yam — this
avikāryo — unchangeable
avikāryaḥ
’yam — this
uchyate — is said
tasmādevaṁ — therefore thus
- tasmāt — therefore
- evam — thus
viditvainaṁ — having known this soul
- viditvā — having known
- enam — this soul
nānuśhochitum — not grieving
- na — not
- anuśhochitum — to grieve
arhasi — befitting

As one would cast off worn-out garments and put on new ones, the soul casts off its worn-out bodies and enters new ones.

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The soul cannot be cut by weapons, burned by fire, drenched by water or dried by the wind.

[23]

This soul cannot be broken, burned, drowned, or dried. It is eternal, all-pervasive, and unchanging.

[24]

This soul is said to be unchanging and inconceivable. Therefore, knowing this, you have no reason to grieve.

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