Sāṅkhya Yoga

2.24

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Sanskrit · Devanagari

अच्छेद्योऽयमदाह्योऽयमक्लेद्योऽशोष्य एव च। नित्यः सर्वगतः स्थाणुरचलोऽयं सनातनः ॥

Sanskrit · IAST

acchedyo.ayamadāhyo.ayamakledyo.aśoṣya eva ca nityaḥ sarvagataḥ sthāṇuracalo.ayaṃ sanātanaḥ

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Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882
it is not to be dried up. It is everlasting, all-pervading, stable, firm, and eternal.

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Commentary · Sanskrit

Śaṅkarācārya

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।।2.24।। यस्मात् अन्योन्यनाशहेतुभूतानि एनमात्मानं नाशयितुं नोत्सहन्ते अस्यादीनि तस्मात् नित्यः। नित्यत्वात् सर्वगतः। सर्वगतत्वात् स्थाणुः इव स्थिर इत्येतत्। स्थिरत्वात् अचलः अयम् आत्मा। अतः सनातनः चिरंतनः न कारणात्कुतश्चित् निष्पन्नः अभिनव इत्यर्थः।।नैतेषां श्लोकानां पौनरुक्त्यं चोदनीयम् यतः एकेनैव श्लोकेन आत्मनः नित्यत्वमविक्रियत्वं चोक्तम् न जायते म्रियते वा इत्यादिना। तत्र यदेव आत्मविषयं किञ्चिदुच्यते तत् एतस्मात् श्लोकार्थात् न अतिरिच्यते किञ्चिच्छब्दतः पुनरुक्तम् किञ्चिदर्थतः इति। दुबोर्धत्वात् आत्मवस्तुनः पुनः पुनः प्रसङ्गमापाद्य शब्दान्तरेण तदेव वस्तु निरूपयति भगवान् वासुदेवः कथं नु नाम संसारिणामसंसारित्वबुद्धिगोचरतामापन्नं सत् अव्यक्तं तत्त्वं संसारनिवृत्तये स्यात् इति।।किञ्च

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Translation · English

Rāmānuja

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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.

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Commentary · English

Swami Sivananda

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2.24 अच्छेद्यः cannot be cut? अयम् this (Self)? अदाह्यः cannot be burnt? अयम् this? अक्लेद्यः cannot be wetted? अशोष्यः cannot be died? एव also? च and? नित्यः eternal? सर्वगतः allpervading? स्थाणुः stable? अचलः immovable? अयम् this? सनातनः ancient.Commentary The Self is very subtle. It is beyond the reach of speech and mind. It is very difficult to understand this subtle Self. So Lord Krishna explains the nature of the immortal Self in a variety of ways with various illustrations and examples? so that It can be grasped by the people.Sword cannot cut this Self. It is eternal. Because It is eternal? It is allpervading. Because It is allpervading? It is stable like a stature. Because It is stable? It is immovable. It is everlasting. Therefore? It is not produced out of any cause. It is not new. It is ancient.

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