Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 5


Sanskrit:

घटे भिन्ने घटाकाश आकाश: स्याद् यथा पुरा ।एवं देहे मृते जीवो ब्रह्म सम्पद्यते पुन: ॥ ५ ॥

ITRANS:

ghaṭe bhinne ghaṭākāśaākāśaḥ syād yathā purāevaṁ dehe mṛte jīvobrahma sampadyate punaḥ

Translation:

When a pot is broken, the portion of sky within the pot remains as the element sky, just as before. In the same way, when the gross and subtle bodies die, the living entity within resumes his spiritual identity.

Purport: