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Chapter 7
Link:—Lord Krsna, in the twelfth verse, said that entities born of Samna, Rajas and Tomas, are born of Him, still neither He is in them, nor are they in Him. It means, that God is free from Matter (Nature), and its evolutes. Similarly, soul being an eternal portion of God, is also free. But how is it bound?
The answer follows:-
tribhirgunamayairbhavairebhih sarvamidatfr jagat
mohitam nhbhijanati mamebhyah paramavyayam
Beguiled by these threefold dispositions (guns) of Nature (prakrti) this world (embodied soul) does not know Me, who is beyond these and imperishable as well. 13
Comment:-
Tribhirgunamayairbhavairebhih paramavyayam:—The three disposition (modes) of Nature—sattva, rajas and tamas, evolve and dissolve. A man, by identifying himself with these modes, thinks himself as sattvika, rajasika or tamasika. Being deluded by them, he cannot deem that he is an eternal fragment of God. Losing sight of this eternal affinity with God, he accepts his affinity with transitory mental tendencies—this is his delusion.
The term 'Jagat' (world), here denotes 'embodied soul: The spirit (soul), because of its identity with the kaleidoscopic body is called 'Jagat' (world). It accepts, the body's birth, death, health and sickness etc., as its own. So long as, it continues to accept its identity with the body, it will remain the world i.e., it will go on following the cycle of birth and death, without living permanently anywhere.
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