The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 12.180.1

12.180.1

bhṛguruvāca |
na praṇāśo'sti jīvānāṃ dattasya ca kṛtasya ca |
yāti dehāntaraṃ prāṇī śarīraṃ tu viśīryate || 1 ||

"Bhrigu said, 'There is no destruction of the living creature, or of what is given, or of our other acts. The creature that dies only goes into another form. The body along dissolves away. The living creature, though depending upon the body, does not meet with destruction when the body is destroyed. It is not seen after the destruction of the physical frame just as fire is not seen after the consumption of the fuel with which it was ignited.'