Through acts one is compelled to take rebirth, after death which a body composed of the sixteen ingredients. Through knowledge, however, one becomes metamorphosed into that which is Eternal, is Eternal, Unmanifest, and Immutable.
कर्मणा जायते प्रेत्य मूर्तिमान् षोडशात्मकः। विद्यया जायते नित्यमव्यक्तं ह्यव्ययात्मकम्॥