US-P16.038ab ।US-P16.038cd ॥
In plain words
So: because its very nature is change-proof, the Self never passes into a second state. For if it did take on another state, it would perish. About that there is no doubt.
Close to the Sanskrit
Thus, because of having a changeless nature, there is no other state of the Self; for if it possessed another state, destruction of it would follow — there is no doubt.