अविनाशि तु तद्विद्धि येन सर्वमिदं ततम् ।
विनाशमव्ययस्यास्य न कश्चित्कर्तुमर्हति ॥ २-१७॥
avināśi tu tadviddhi yena sarvamidaṃ tatam
vināśamavyayasyāsya na kaścitkartumarhati
avināśi = imperishable; tu = but; tat = that; viddhi = know it; yena = by whom; sarvaṃ = all of the body; idaṃ = this; tataṃ = pervaded; vināśaṃ = destruction; avyayasya = of the imperishable; asya = of it; na kaścit = no one; kartuṃ = to do; arhati = is able.;
Know That to be Indestructible by which all this is pervaded. None can cause the destruction of That — the Imperishable.