Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 2: The Path of Understanding

Bhagavad Gita 2.23

nainaṃ chindanti śastrāṇi nainaṃ dahati pāvakaḥ | na cainaṃ kledayantyāpo na śoṣayati mārutaḥ ||

Weapons do not cut it, fire does not burn it, water does not wet it, and wind does not dry it.

Modern context

Weapons, fire, water and wind are the forces that destroy physical things. Krishna lists them to say that the self is not a physical thing and so is out of their reach. There is something in each person that circumstances cannot damage. Remembering it is a source of dignity in hard times.