Vanisource
Find
*Search Vanipedia
Menu

*Main Page
*About Vanisource
*Help & tutorials
*Contact us
*Donations
*Vaniseva

All petals

*Vanipedia
*Vanisource
*Vaniquotes
*Vanibooks
*Vaniversity
*Vanictionary
*Vanimedia

Vanisource Version Compare
Share this page on the web

please wait Please wait as we are generating your Version Compare...


 Compare previous verse  |  Compare next verse        See the BBT's reasons for these revisions

BG 2.24 (1972)

BG 2.24 (1983+)

please wait#div class="mw-parser-output"# #h4##span class="mw-headline" id="TEXT_24"#TEXT 24#/span##/h4# #div class="devanagari"# #dl##dd#अच्छेद्योऽयमदाह्योऽयमक्लेद्योऽशोष्य एव च ।#/dd# #dd#नित्यः सर्वगतः स्थाणुरचलोऽयं सनातनः ॥२४॥#/dd##/dl# #/div# #div class="verse"# #dl##dd#acchedyo 'yam adāhyo 'yam#/dd# #dd#akledyo 'śoṣya eva ca#/dd# #dd#nityaḥ sarva-gataḥ sthāṇur#/dd# #dd#acalo 'yaṁ sanātanaḥ#/dd##/dl# #/div# #h4##span class="mw-headline" id="SYNONYMS"#SYNONYMS#/span##/h4# #div class="synonyms"# #p##i#acchedyaḥ#/i#—unbreakable; #i#ayam#/i#—this soul; #i#adāhyaḥ#/i#—cannot be burned; #i#ayam#/i#—this soul; #i#akledyaḥ#/i#—insoluble; #i#aśoṣyaḥ#/i#—cannot be dried; #i#eva#/i#—certainly; #i#ca#/i#—and; #i#nityaḥ#/i#—everlasting; #i#sarva-gataḥ#/i#—all-pervading; #i#sthāṇuḥ#/i#—unchangeable; #i#acalaḥ#/i#—immovable; #i#ayam#/i#—this soul; #i#sanātanaḥ#/i#—eternally the same. #/p# #/div# #h4##span class="mw-headline" id="TRANSLATION"#TRANSLATION#/span##/h4# #div class="translation"# #p#This individual soul is unbreakable and insoluble, and can be neither burned nor dried. He is everlasting, all-pervading, unchangeable, immovable and eternally the same. #/p# #/div# #h4##span class="mw-headline" id="PURPORT"#PURPORT#/span##/h4# #div class="purport"# #p#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. #$p#The word #i#sarva-gataḥ#/i# (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 #i#sarva-gataḥ#/i#—living everywhere—becomes meaningless. #/p# #/div# #/div# please wait#div class="mw-parser-output"# #h4##span class="mw-headline" id="TEXT_24"#TEXT 24#/span##/h4# #div class="devanagari"# #dl##dd#अच्छेद्योऽयमदाह्योऽयमक्लेद्योऽशोष्य एव च ।#/dd# #dd#नित्यः सर्वगतः स्थाणुरचलोऽयं सनातनः ॥२४॥#/dd##/dl# #/div# #div class="verse"# #dl##dd#acchedyo 'yam adāhyo 'yam#/dd# #dd#akledyo 'śoṣya eva ca#/dd# #dd#nityaḥ sarva-gataḥ sthāṇur#/dd# #dd#acalo 'yaṁ sanātanaḥ#/dd##/dl# #/div# #h4##span class="mw-headline" id="SYNONYMS"#SYNONYMS#/span##/h4# #div class="synonyms"# #p##i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=acchedyaḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#acchedyaḥ#/i# — unbreakable; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=ayam&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#ayam#/i# — this soul; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=adāhyaḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#adāhyaḥ#/i# — unable to be burned; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=ayam&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#ayam#/i# — this soul; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=akledyaḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#akledyaḥ#/i# — insoluble; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=aśoṣyaḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#aśoṣyaḥ#/i# — not able to be dried; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=eva&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#eva#/i# — certainly; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=ca&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#ca#/i# — and; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=nityaḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#nityaḥ#/i# — everlasting; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=sarva&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#sarva-#a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=gataḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#gataḥ#/i# — all-pervading; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=sthāṇuḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#sthāṇuḥ#/i# — unchangeable; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=acalaḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#acalaḥ#/i# — immovable; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=ayam&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#ayam#/i# — this soul; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=sanātanaḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#sanātanaḥ#/i# — eternally the same. #/p# #/div# #h4##span class="mw-headline" id="TRANSLATION"#TRANSLATION#/span##/h4# #div class="translation"# #p#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. #/p# #/div# #h4##span class="mw-headline" id="PURPORT"#PURPORT#/span##/h4# #div class="purport"# #p#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. #$p#The word #i#sarva-gata#/i# ("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 #i#sarva-gata#/i#—"living everywhere"—becomes meaningless. #/p# #/div# #/div#
 Compare previous verse  |  Compare next verse       

hare kṛṣṇa hare kṛṣṇa - kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa hare hare - hare rāma hare rāma - rāma rāma hare hare

Copyright - About Vanisource