Sanskrit · Devanagari
नैनं छिन्दन्ति शस्त्राणि नैनं दहति पावकः। न चैनं क्लेदयन्त्यापो न शोषयति मारुतः ॥
Sanskrit · IAST
nainaṃ chindanti śastrāṇi nainaṃ dahati pāvakaḥ na cainaṃ kledayantyāpo na śoṣayati mārutaḥ
English witness
Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882Weapons do not divide it (into pieces) fire does not burn it, waters do not moisten it the wind does not dry it up. It is not divisible it is not combustible it is not to be moistened
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Śaṅkarācārya
।।2.23।। एनं प्रकृतं देहिनं न च्छिन्दन्ति शस्त्राणि निरवयवत्वात् न अवयवविभागं कुर्वन्ति। शस्त्राणि अस्यादीनि। तथा न एनं दहति पावकः अग्निरपि न भस्मीकरोति। तथा न च एनं क्लेदयन्ति आपः। अपां हि सावयवस्य वस्तुनः आर्द्रीभावकरणेन अवयवविश्लेषापादने सामर्थ्यम्। तत् न निरवयवे आत्मनि संभवति। तथा स्नेहवत् द्रव्यं स्नेहशोषणेन नाशयति वायुः। एनं तु आत्मानं न शोषयति मारुतोऽपि।।यतः एवं तस्मात्
f947ad5987b7…Rāmānuja
2.23 - 2.24 Weapons, fire, water and air are incapable of cleaving, burning, wetting and drying the self; for, the nature of the self is to pervade all elements; It is present everywhere; for, It is subtler than all the elements; It is not capable of being pervaded by them; and cleaving, burning, wetting and drying are actions which can take place only by pervading a substance. Therefore the self is eternal. It is stable, immovable and primeval. The meaning is that It is unchanging, unshakable and ancient.
fbf96f5ea81a…Swami Sivananda
2.23 न not? एनम् this (Self)? छिन्दन्ति cut? शस्त्राणि weapons? न not? एनम् this? दहति burns? पावकः fire? न not?,च and? एनम् this? क्लेदयन्ति wet? आपः waters? न not? शोषयति dries? मारुतः wind.Commentary The Self is indivisible. It has no parts. It is extremely subtle. It is infinite. Therefore? sword cannot cut It fire cannot burn It water cannot wet It wind cannot dry It.
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