Sanskrit: आत्मा नित्यो हि सद्रूपो देहोऽनित्यो ह्यसन्मयः।  तयोरैक्यं प्रपश्यन्ति किमज्ञानमतः परम्।   
English:  Atman is eternal, since it is Existence itself; the body is transient, as it is non-existence in essence; and yet etc.,