Na Jaayate Mriyate - Selected Verses of Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 02, Verse 20

'Selected Verses of Bhagavad Gita' recounts only selected verses of The Gita, which Krishna has said as it is.

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 02, Verse 20

English:

Na jaayate mriyate vaa kadaachin
Naayam bhootvaa bhavitaa vaa na bhooyah
Ajo nityah shaashvato’yam puraano
Na hanyate hanyamaane shareere

Sanskrit: 

न जायाते  म्रियते वा कदाचिन 
नायम भूत्वा भविता वा न भूयः
अजो नित्यः शाश्वतोयम पुराणो
न हन्यते हन्यमाने शरीरे

Oriya: 

ନ ଜାୟତେ ମ୍ରିୟତେ ବା କଦାଚିନ
ନାୟମ ଭୂତ୍ଵା ଭବିତା ବା ନ ଭୂୟଃ
ଅଜୋ ନିତ୍ୟହ ଶାଶ୍ଵତୋୟମ ପୁରାଣୋ
ନ ହନ୍ୟତେ ହନ୍ୟମାନେ ଶରୀରେ

Selected word meaning:
na - never, jaayate - takes birth, mriyate - never dies, vaa - either, kadaachit - at any time, na - never, ayam - this (soul), bhutvaa - came into being, bhavitaa - will come to be, vaa - or, na - not, bhuyah - or is coming to be, ajah - unborn, nityah - eternal, shaasvatah - permanent, ayam - this, puranah - the oldest, na - never, hanyate - is killed, hanyamane - being killed, shareera - the body

Translation:
He (Soul) is never born nor dies. He is unborn, eternal, ever-existing, undying and primeval. He is not killed when the body is killed.

Sources:
Sermons of Gita in Mahavarat by Sri B. R. Chopra
Sermons of Gita in Sri Krishna by Sri Ramanand Sagar
Bhagavad Gita by Sri Swami Sivananda of Divine Life Society
Bhagavad Gita As it Is by Sri Swami Prabhupada of ISKCON