स यदि ब्रूयात्---अन्योऽहं शरीरात् ।शरीरं तु जायते, म्रियते,वयोभिरद्यते, शस्त्राग्न्यादिभिश्च विनाश्यते, व्याध्यादिभिश्चप्रयुज्यते ।तस्मिन्नहं स्वकृतधर्माधर्मवशात् पक्षी नीडमिवप्रविष्टः पुनः पुनः शरीरविनाशे धर्माधर्मवशात् शरीरान्तरंयास्यामि, पूर्वनीडविनाशे पक्षीव नीडान्तरम् ।एवमेवाहमनादौ संसारेदेवमनुष्यतिर्यङ्निरयस्थानेषु स्वकर्मवशादुपात्तमुपात्तं शरीरंत्यजन्, नवं नवं च अन्यदुपाददानो, जन्ममरणप्रबन्धचक्रेघटीयन्त्रवत् स्वकर्मणा भ्राम्यमाणः क्रमेणेदं शरीरमासाद्यसंसारचक्रभ्रमणात् अस्मान्निर्विण्णो भगवन्तमुपसन्नोऽस्मिसंसारचक्रभ्रमणप्रशमाय ।तस्मान्नित्य एवाहं शरीरादन्यः ।शरीराणि आगच्छन्त्यपगच्छन्ति च वासांसीव पुरुषस्येति ॥ १२ ॥
In plain words
The disciple may answer: 'I am other than the body. The body is born and dies; birds devour it, weapons and fire destroy it, and disease afflicts it. Through the Dharma and Adharma created by my own actions, I entered it as a bird enters a nest. When one body is destroyed, those same forces carry me to another, as a bird flies to another nest when the first is lost. So through beginningless Saṃsāra, among gods, humans, animals, and hell-realms, I cast off each body taken up under my Karma and assume another. My own Karma whirls me like a water-wheel through the unbroken cycle of birth and death. At last I have reached this present body; weary of the turning of Saṃsāra, I have approached you, Bhagavan, so that turning may cease. I am therefore eternal and other than the body. Bodies come and go like a person's garments.'
Close to the Sanskrit
If he should say: 'I am other than the body. The body is born, dies, is eaten by birds, is destroyed by weapons, fire, and the rest, and is afflicted by disease. Under the force of my own Dharma and Adharma—merit and demerit—I entered it like a bird entering a nest. Whenever the body is destroyed, Dharma and Adharma will carry me to another body, like a bird to another nest when its former nest is lost. Thus, through beginningless Saṃsāra, in the states of gods, humans, animals, and hell-beings, I abandon each body taken up through my own Karma and assume another, ever new. Whirled by my own Karma like a water-wheel in the unbroken cycle of birth and death, I have in due course reached this body. Weary of revolving in the wheel of Saṃsāra, I have approached you, Bhagavan, so that its turning may cease. Therefore I am eternal and other than the body. Bodies come and go like a person's garments.'