sanātanaḥ
- eternal
- primordial
- everlasting
Also appears as sanātanāḥ
In 5 verses
- 1.40
कुलक्षये प्रणश्यन्ति कुलधर्माः सनातनाः
sanātanāḥ — eternal
When a family is destroyed, its ancient traditions perish; and when tradition is lost, disorder overtakes the whole family.
- 2.24
अच्छेद्योऽयमदाह्योऽयमक्लेद्योऽशोष्य एव च
sanātanaḥ — primordial
It cannot be cut, cannot be burnt, cannot be wetted, cannot be dried. It is everlasting, everywhere, unmoving, unchanging, always.
- 8.20
परस्तस्मात्तु भावोऽन्योऽव्यक्तोऽव्यक्तात्सनातनः
sanātanaḥ — eternal
But beyond that unmanifest is another, higher, eternal and unmanifest, which does not perish when all beings perish.
- 11.18
त्वमक्षरं परमं वेदितव्यं त्वमस्य विश्वस्य परं निधानम्
sanātanaḥ — everlasting
You are the imperishable, the highest to be known. You are the ultimate resting place of this world; you are the undying guardian of what is right; you are, I believe, the everlasting person.
- 15.7
ममैवांशो जीवलोके जीवभूतः सनातनः
sanātanaḥ — eternal
A fragment of my own self, eternal, becomes the living being in the world of the living, and draws to itself the six senses, the mind among them.