SANKARASRAMAM
Chapter 2: Contents of the Gita Summarized
Chapter 2: Contents of the Gita Summarized
tasmad evam viditvainam
nanusocitum arhasi
SYNONYMS
avyaktah -- invisible; ayam -- this soul; acintyah -- inconceivable; ayam -- this soul; avikaryah -- unchangeable; ayam -- this soul; ucyate -- is said; tasmat -- therefore; evam -- like this; viditva -- knowing it well; enam -- this soul; na -- do not; anusocitum -- to lament; arhasi -- you deserve.
TRANSLATION
It is said that the soul is invisible, inconceivable and immutable. Knowing this, you should not grieve for the body.
PURPORT
As
described previously, the magnitude of the soul is so small for our
material calculation that he cannot be seen even by the most powerful
microscope; therefore, he is invisible. As far as the soul's existence
is concerned, no one can establish his existence experimentally beyond
the proof of sruti, or Vedic
wisdom. We have to accept this truth, because there is no other source
of understanding the existence of the soul, although it is a fact by
perception. There are many things we have to accept solely on grounds of
superior authority. No one can deny the existence of his father, based
upon the authority of his mother. There is no source of understanding
the identity of the father except by the authority of the mother.
Similarly, there is no source of understanding the soul except by
studying the Vedas. In other words, the soul is inconceivable by human
experimental knowledge. The soul is consciousness and conscious -- that
also is the statement of the Vedas, and we have to accept that. Unlike
the bodily changes, there is no change in the soul. As eternally
unchangeable, the soul remains atomic in comparison to the infinite
Supreme Soul. The Supreme Soul is infinite, and the atomic soul is
infinitesimal. Therefore, the infinitesimal soul, being unchangeable,
can never become equal to the infinite soul, or the Supreme Personality
of Godhead. This concept is repeated in the Vedas in different ways just
to confirm the stability of the conception of the soul. Repetition of
something is necessary in order that we understand the matter
thoroughly, without error.
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