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ŚB 10.85.12

Devanagari

नश्वरेष्विह भावेषु तदसि त्वमनश्वरम् ।
यथा द्रव्यविकारेषु द्रव्यमात्रं निरूपितम् ॥ १२ ॥

Text

naśvareṣv iha bhāveṣu
tad asi tvam anaśvaram
yathā dravya-vikāreṣu
dravya-mātraṁ nirūpitam

Synonyms

naśvareṣu — subject to destruction; iha — in this world; bhāveṣu — among entities; tat — that; asi — are; tvam — You; anaśvaram — the indestructible; yathā — just as; dravya — of a substance; vikāreṣu — among the transformations; dravya-mātram — the substance itself; nirūpitam — ascertained.

Translation

You are the one indestructible entity among all the destructible things of this world, like the underlying substance that is seen to remain unchanged while the things made from it undergo transformations.