O Brahmana, it is said in the everlasting Shruti that the soul is eternal and everlasting, but the bodies of all creatures are liable to be destroyed here (in this world).
यथाश्रुतिरियं ब्रह्मन् जीवः किल सनातनः। शरीरमध्रुवं लोके सर्वेषां प्राणिनामिह॥