Guest guest Posted January 21, 1999 Report Share Posted January 21, 1999 > According to Bhakta Ivar ksara meaning fallible refers to the material > body which is perishable. But here we see SP saying from Brahma to small > ant who are changing the body, THEY are all fallible. Seems like he is > referring to the jivas and not bodies. SP then distinguishes the jivas in > the spitiual world who are always liberated in oneness. So SP is talking > about 2 kinds of jivas and not body and a jiva. It is interesting to note in this regard that both Srila Visvanath Cakravarti Thakur and Srila Baladeva Vidyabhusana in their commentaries on this verse (BG 15.16) describe ksara-jiva (or fallible jiva) as svarupa-vicyutir, i.e. having fallen down (vicyutir) from his original position (svarupa) Source: HG Gopiparanadhana Prabhu, who read the original texts of their commentaries. This might be an additional argument to the point that ksara-purusas referred to in BG 15.16 are actually the souls themselves and not their bodies, although having a material seems to be a necessary (although not sufficient) symptom of one's being ksara-purusa. Your servant, Madana-mohana das Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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