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Chapter 2
Link:-In the some verse, Lord Krsna explains that the soul is free from change by giving an illustration.
vassmsi jirnan yatha vihaya navani grhnati naro'parani
tatha sarirani vihaya jirnanyanyani samyati navani dehi!
As a person discarding worn-out clothes, puts on new ones, so an embodied soul, casting off old bodies, enters into others, which are new. 22
Comment:-
Vasamsi jirnani yatha vihaya navani grhnati naro'parani tatha sarirani vihaya jirnanyanyani samyati navani dehi—In the thirteenth verse of this chapter, it has been mentioned in brief that a Eiseman does not get deluded, when the soul, transmigrates from one body to another. Now, Lord Krsna by giving an illustration explains, that as a man by casting off old clothes is not grieved, so a man casting off worn-out bodies, should not grieve.
Here the word vara' (man), has been used for a human being, including men-women, boys-girls, young-old etc., all.
As a man discarding old clothes, puts on new ones, so does an embodied soul, casting off worn-out bodies, enter into new bodies. The casting off, of worn-out bodies is called death, while its acquiring new bodies, is called birth. So long as, this embodied soul has connection with prakrti, it goes on acquiring new bodies, according to actions of the past, or according to thoughts at the moment of death.
Here the term 'sarirarti (hodies), has heen used in plural form. It means, that so long as an embodied soul, does not get emancipated, it goes on acquiring new bodies, upto etcmity. The bodies, it has acquired are countless. The term 'dehi" has been used, to indicate, all embodied souls.
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