2. Transcendental Knowledge

Sānkhya Yog

BG 2.24

This soul cannot be broken, burned, drowned, or dried. It is eternal, all-pervasive, and unchanging.

अच्छेद्योऽयमदाह्योऽयमक्लेद्योऽशोष्य एव च
नित्यः सर्वगतः स्थाणुरचलोऽयं सनातनः

  • achchhedyo — unbreakable
    achchhedyaḥ

  • ’yam — this soul

  • adāhyo — incombustible
    adāhyaḥ

  • ’yam — this soul

  • akledyo — cannot be dampened
    akledyaḥ

  • ’śhoṣhya — cannot be dried
    aśhoṣhyaḥ

  • eva — indeed

  • cha — and

  • nityaḥ — everlasting

  • sarva-gataḥ — all-pervading

    • sarva — all

    • gataḥ — situated in, contained in

  • sthāṇur — unalterable

  • achalo — immutable
    achalaḥ

  • ’yaṁ — this

  • sanātanaḥ — primordial

...2.21

As one would cast off worn-out garments and put on new ones, the soul casts off its worn-out bodies and enters new ones.

[22]

The soul cannot be cut by weapons, burned by fire, drenched by water or dried by the wind.

[23]

This soul cannot be broken, burned, drowned, or dried. It is eternal, all-pervasive, and unchanging.

[24]

This soul is said to be unchanging and inconceivable. Therefore, knowing this, you have no reason to grieve.

[25]

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Chapter 2, Verse 24