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सदा सर्वदा अहमेवं सत्कृतः स्यात् सच्चिदानन्दाद्वितीयब्रह्मात्मत्वेनाभिमन्येत यः, स सदा सत्कृतो भवति; तस्य न मृत्युः जननमरणलक्षणः संसारो न भवेत् ।अमृतं कुतः मृत्युसापेक्षत्वादमृतत्वस्य तदभावे कुतः प्रसक्तिः ।तथा च
In plain words
'Always' here means at all times, without a break. Whoever holds firmly, 'I am thus made one with Being' — whoever takes himself to be the non-dual Brahman that is sat, cit and ānanda — is one with Being always. For him there is no death: saṃsāra, whose whole character is being born and dying, simply does not arise. Then why does the verse ask, 'and whence immortality?' Because the word 'deathless' leans on death for its meaning; where death is gone, there is nothing left for even that word to attach to. And accordingly:
Close to the Sanskrit
'sadā' means at all times. Whoever should hold 'I am thus made Sat,' that is, should regard himself as the non-dual Brahman which is being, consciousness and bliss — he is always made Sat; for him there is no death, that is, saṃsāra whose defining mark is birth and dying would not come about. 'Whence immortality?' — because deathlessness depends upon death, in the absence of that, whence is there any occasion for it? And accordingly: