BHAGAVAD-GITA 2:24

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BHAGAVAD-GITA 2:24

 

acchedyo 'yam adahyo 'yam

akledyo 'sosya eva ca

nityah sarva-gatah sthanur

acalo 'yam sanatanah

 

WORD FOR WORD

 

acchedyah--unbreakable; ayam--this soul; adahyah--unable to be burned;

ayam--this soul; akledyah--insoluble; asosyah--not able to be dried;

eva--certainly; ca--and; nityah--everlasting;

sarva-gatah--all-pervading; sthanuh--unchangeable; acalah--immovable;

ayam--this soul; sanatanah--eternally the same.

 

TRANSLATION

 

This individual soul is unbreakable and insoluble, and can be neither

burned nor dried. He is everlasting, present everywhere, unchangeable,

immovable and eternally the same.

 

PURPORT

 

All these qualifications of the atomic soul definitely prove that the

individual soul is eternally the atomic particle of the spirit whole,

and he remains the same atom eternally, without change. The theory of

monism is very difficult to apply in this case, because the individual

soul is never expected to become one homogeneously. After liberation

from material contamination, the atomic soul may prefer to remain as a

spiritual spark in the effulgent rays of the Supreme Personality of

Godhead, but the intelligent souls enter into the spiritual planets to

associate with the Personality of Godhead.

 

The word sarva-gata ("all-pervading") is significant because there is

no doubt that living entities are all over God's creation. They live

on the land, in the water, in the air, within the earth and even

within fire. The belief that they are sterilized in fire is not

acceptable, because it is clearly stated here that the soul cannot be

burned by fire. Therefore, there is no doubt that there are living

entities also in the sun planet with suitable bodies to live there. If

the sun globe is uninhabited, then the word sarva-gata--"living

everywhere"--becomes meaningless.

 

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