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Chapter 13
Link: - How is the self dwelling in the body, not tainted? The answer ensues:
yatha sarvagatarit sauksmyadakasarh nopalipyate
sarvatravasthito dehe tathatma nopalipyate
As the all-pervading ether is not tainted because of being subtle, so the self (atma) permeated everywhere in the body, is not tainted. 32
Comment:-
Ito the previous verse, the Lord explained by the expression 'Na karoti' (neither acts), that the self is a non-doer, while by the expression 'Na lipyate' (nor is tainted), He explained that the self, is not an experiencer. But here in this verse, rust He explains, how the self, is a non-experiencer, while in the next verse, He will explain how the self, is a non-doer. Why has He changed the order? The answer is, that a man performs actions in order to, receive its fruit. So, first he thinks of the reward, and then performs actions. Thus, the Lord asks a striver, not to be an enjoyer. By renouncing the fruit of action, doership, is autornatically renounced.]
Yatha sarvagatam saukarrtyadakasam nopalipyate:- Ether equally, pervading the air, fire, water and earth is not tainted by their qualities and modifications, because of its subtle character.
Sarvatravasthito dehe tathatma nopalipyate:- As ether, equally pervading the gross elements, such as air etc., is not tainted, so the Self pervading, all bodies is not tainted, because it is eternal, omnipresent, immovable, constant, everlasting, unmanifest, unthinkable and immutable (Gitaa 2/24-25) and the entire universe, is pervaded, by the imperishable Self (Gita 2/17).
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