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Chapter 13
Link:- In the next verse, the Lord describes the self to whom Brahma is attained, which has been mentioned in the preceding verse, and which in the twenty-second verse of this chapter, has been described, as detached from the body.
anaditvannirgunatvatparamatmayamavyayah
sarirastho'pi kaunteya na karoti na lipyate
O Kaunteya, the self being without beginning and without attributes, is imperishable Paramatma (Supreme Soul), though dwelling in the body, it neither acts, nor is tainted. 31
Comment:-
Anaditvannirgunatvatparamstmayamavyayah:- As has been mentioned in the nineteenth verse also, the self is without beginning. But there prakrti has also been called, beginningless. So what is the difference between the two? In response to this question, the Lord explains, that the self is without attributes (gunas), and their evolutes, while prakrti, is full of three gunas and modifications. The self, being free from gunas and modifications, is the imperishable and untainted Supreme Soul.
'Sarirastho'pi kaunteya na karoti na lipyate:- The self, in spite of dwelling in a body, neither acts nor is tainted, it remains detached, from prakrti and is attributeless and imperishable. It is, neither a doer, nor an enjoyer. But, when It identifies Itself with a body, It assumes, that It is a doer as well as, the enjoyer of pleasure and pain. But, actually It is only an illuminator and spectator, It is never tainted, because of being a portion of the Lord. It ever rests in Him. The illuminator, here means, illumination incarnate. It is not an illuminator, in relation to the illumined.
Here the term 'Api', signifies that every embodied being, from an ant to Lord Brahma since eternity, has been unattached and untainted, by its own intrinsic nature. He had never any identity with a body, as the two belong to two different classes. The body, being an evolute of prakrti, remains seated in Matter, while the self being a fragment of God remains, identical with the Lord. However he may seem to be mixed up, with the body and feel identified with the body, his untaintedness, is never affected. He, ever remains untainted. He may not realize this fact, yet he undergoes no modifications. The self, did nothing, does nothing, was neither contaminated, nor gets contaminated.
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