jāyate’sti vardhate vipariṇamate’pakṣīyate naśyati
jāyate’sti vardhate vipariṇamate’pakṣīyate naśyati |
(Nirukti: 1.2; cited in the Gītā-bhūṣaṇa-ṭīkā on BG 2.20)
“One [i.e., a living being in saṁsāra] is born, exists, grows, changes, decays, and is destroyed.”