BG 2.12

न त्वेवाहं जातु नासं न त्वं नेमे जनाधिपाः ।
न चैव न भविष्यामः सर्वे वयमतः परम् ॥
na tv evāhaṁ jātu nāsaṁ na tvaṁ neme janādhipāḥ
na caiva na bhaviṣyāmaḥ sarve vayam ataḥ param

Word-for-word meanings

tu — but;  na eva — it is not at all the case;  jātu — [that] at any time whatsoever;  aham — I;  na āsam — did not exist;  na — nor;  tvam — you;  na — nor;  ime — these;  jana-adhipāḥ — kings;  na ca eva — and neither indeed is it the case;  ataḥ param — that hereafter;  sarve vayam — all of us;  na bhaviṣyāmaḥ — shall not exist.

Translation

There was never a time when I did not exist, nor you, nor any of these kings. Nor in the future shall any of us cease to exist.

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