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Chapter 15
Appendix:- The Lord has used the term 'yasmat' (because) here in order to draw attention of the strivers towards His unworldliness (divinity).
'Aksaradapi cottamah'—the term 'imperishable' has been used for both the Self and Brahma—'aksaram brahma paramam' (Gita 8/3). This term always stands for the sentient, it never stands for the insentient.
The perishable (world) and the imperishable (soul) have no independent existence but God has His independent existence. The perishable and the imperishable—both abide in God. But the imperishable (soul), being attached to the perishable, becomes dependent on the latter'yayedath dharyate jagat' (Gita 7/5). God naturally remains detached, He does not become dependent on the perishable- 'yasmatksaramatito'ham'. Therefore God is superior even to the imperishable (soul). If the man (soul) instead of being attached to the world, gets attached to God, he will become one with God- 'jnanitvatmaiva me matam' (Gita 7/18).
In salvation a striver gets established in the imperishable (Self) but in devotion, the Supreme Person Who is superior to the imperishable is attained. The Self is a fragment while the Supreme Person is the whole.
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