Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.85.12
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Vasudevasince 10.85.3inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit
नश्वरेष्विह भावेषु तदसि त्वमनश्वरम् ।
यथा द्रव्यविकारेषु द्रव्यमात्रं निरूपितम् ॥ १२ ॥
naśvareṣv iha bhāveṣu
tad asi tvam anaśvaram
yathā dravya-vikāreṣu
dravya-mātraṁ nirūpitam
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.
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