BG 2.24

अच्छेद्योऽयमदाह्योऽयमक्लेद्योऽशोष्य एव च ।
नित्यः सर्वगतः स्थाणुरचलोऽयं सनातनः ॥
acchedyo ’yam adāhyo ’yam akledyo ’śoṣya eva ca
nityaḥ sarva-gataḥ sthāṇur acalo ’yaṁ sanātanaḥ

Word-for-word meanings

ayam — this [the self];  acchedyaḥ — cannot be cut;  adāhyaḥ — [and] cannot be burnt;  ayam — this [the self];  akledyaḥ — cannot be moistened;  ca — and;  eva — certainly;  aśoṣyaḥ — cannot be dried;  ayam — this [the self];  nityaḥ — [is] indestructible;  sarva-gataḥ — omnipresent;  sthāṇuḥ — stable;  acalaḥ — immovable;  sanātanaḥ — [and] eternal.

Translation

The self cannot be cut or burnt; it cannot be moistened or dried. It is indestructible, omnipresent, stable, immovable, and eternal.

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