CH 8, Verse 20

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Chapter 8

Verse 20

 

Paras tasmaat tu bhaavo'nyo' vyakto'vyaktaat

sanaatanah /

yah sa sarveshhu bhuuteshhu nashyatsu na vinashyati //

 

But beyond this unmanifest, there is yet another

unmanifested Eternal Reality, which is not destroyed

when all beings are destroyed.

 

LESSONS FROM BHAGAVAD GITA – 82

As taught by Parama Pujya Sri Swamiji

 

"But beyond this unmanifest, there is yet another

unmanifested Eternal Reality, which is not destroyed

when all beings are destroyed."

 

In this verse, the unmanifested has been described as

two-fold. The first unmanifested is the Prakriti or

the Primordial Matter, which is the material cause of

all perishable objects including the whole universe.

It is from this Prakriti that the whole universe with

its innumerable objects has come into being as jars

come into being from clay. As the jars join the clay

after their destruction, the whole universe with its

different objects merges in the Prakriti.

 

Although the Prakriti is called the unmanifested, it

does not have an eternally unmanifested nature,

because it becomes manifest at the time of creation.

Yet, it is called the unmanifested because at the time

of dissolution the whole Universe dissolves in it and

remains unmanifest for an infinite period till the

next creation begins.

 

Higher than this unmanifested Prakriti there is yet

another Unmanifested Reality. This Unmanifested

Reality is the Purusha, the all-pervading Divine

Spirit. Although at the time of dissolution the whole

universe and the entire aggregate of beings get

themselves destroyed, there remains one principle

without any destruction and that is the Supreme Divine

Spirit.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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