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The state of atman described in the Srimad Bhagavad Gita is a further clarification of the same point.
य एनं विे हारं यौनं मते हतम।् उभौ तौ न िवजानीतो नायं हि न हत॥े
Ya enam vetti hantaaram yashchainam manyate hatam; Ubhau tau na vijaaneeto naayam hanti na hanyate. (2-19)
He who understands him as the slayer, and he who deems him as the slain: both these do not truly know. This One slays not, nor is slain.
नजायते ियते वा कदािच-
ा य ं भ ू ा भ ि व त ा व ा न भ यू ः । अजो िनः शातोऽयं परु ाणो- न ह त े ह म ा न े श र ी र ॥े
Na jaayate mriyate vaa kadaachin
Naayam bhootwaa bhavitaa vaa na bhooyah; Ajo nityah shaashwato’yam puraano
Na hanyate hanyamaane shareere. (2-20)
It is not born, nor does It die at any time: nor, having once ‘been’, is It once again not going to ‘be’. It is unborn, eternal, everlasting and ancient: It is not destroyed when the body comes to be destroyed.
वदे ािवनािशनं िनं य एनमजमयम।्
क थ ं स प ु ष ः प ा थ क ं घ ा त य ि त ह ि क म ॥्