Atman
The Immutable Self
अणोरणीयान्महतो
महीयानात्मास्य
Anor Aniyan
Mahato Mahiyan Atmasya
“Smaller than the smallest
Larger than the largest
The soul breathes in
The secret heart of man”
Katha Upansishads 1.2.2
न जायते म्रियते वा कदाचिन्नायं भूत्वा भविता वा न भूयः ।
अजो नित्यः शाश्वतोऽयं पुराणो न हन्यते हन्यमाने शरीरे ॥ २० ॥
na jāyate mriyate vā kadācin nāyaṁ bhūtvā bhavitā vā na bhūyaḥ |
ajo nityaḥ śāśvato ’yaṁ purāṇo na hanyate hanyamāne śarīre || 20 ||
“He is never born, nor does he ever die; nor once having been, does he cease to be.
Unborn, eternal, everlasting, ancient, he is not slain when the body is slain.”
- Bhagavad Gita 2.20 , MMY translation