Guest guest Posted July 6, 2002 Report Share Posted July 6, 2002 > Hamsaduta: What does that mean exactly? Are we not moving? In that verse > it says immovable and... > Prabhupada: sthanu, means fixed up. > Hamsaduta: You mean its nature is...? > Prabhupada: Unchangeable. Sridhara Swami (the original commentator of Srimad-Bhagavatam) in his Gita tika explains that the second part of this verse describes different aspects of unchangeable nature of the soul (as opposed to changeable matter). He says that sthanuh means that the soul cannot attain new form (it is fixed), and acala means purva-rupa-aparityagi - it cannot give its former condition. In fact these two statements taken together constitute an argument against Mayavada theory which says that now the soul may have some form (or state of being), but in the future it will change its state of being by merging in Brahman. But Krsna says, acala - it is not so, the soul can never change its spiritual form which he has now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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