2.16 Nasatah etc. And then, also following the common worldly practice [the Lord] says this :  There is no [real] existence for what is non-existent i.e., the body [etc.], that is continuously perishing; for it is changing incessantly by stages.  Again, never there is destruction for the ever existing Supreme Self, because of Its unchanging nature.  So says the Veda too :

   'Lo ! This Soul is of unchanging nature and [hence]
        is destructions' (the Br. U, IV, v. 14). 
 
Of  These two : of what is existent and what is non-existent.   Finality :  the point of  boundary  where they come to an end.	
 
 But is this permanent or transient which is perceived by persons who are prone to see the truth ?  Having raised this doubt,  [the Lord] says :