Though united so, yet it is a certain internee that the soul is never modified by them, like the reflection of creatures in a mirror. It is never destroyed.
अविनाश्यस्तथायुक्तः श्रेत्रज्ञ इति निश्चयः। भूतानामात्मको भावो यथासौ न वियुज्यते॥