Yatharth Geeta -Swami Adgadanand 119

Yatharth Geeta -Swami Adgadanand Ji

CHAPTER 2 Curiosity About Action अच्छेद्योऽयमदाह्योऽयमक्लेद्योऽशोष्य एव च। नित्य: सर्वगत स्थाणुरचलोऽयं सनातन:॥24॥ [ ‘‘The Self, which cannot be pierced or burnt or made wet or faded, is uninterrupted, all-pervasive, constant, immovable, and eternal.’’ ] The Self cannot be cut or pierced through; he cannot be burnt; and he cannot be soaked. Even the whole firmament cannot contain him within its expanse. The Self is beyond doubt, ever-fresh, omnipresent, immovable, constant, and everlasting. Arjun has pronounced family traditions to be eternal. So, according to him, the war will destroy Sanatan Dharm itself. But Krishn finds it an example of ignorance and points out that the Self alone is eternal. If we do not know the means by which we can realize our Self and his goal, we have no inkling of Sanatan Dharm. India has paid a heavy price for this ignorance.