Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 2.25
Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 2.25 · 2 · Verse 25
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।।2.25।। सर्वकरणाविषयत्वात् न व्यज्यत इति अव्यक्तः अयम् आत्मा। अत एव अचिन्त्यः अयम्। यद्धि इन्द्रियगोचरः तत् चिन्ताविषयत्वमापद्यते। अयं त्वात्मा अनिन्द्रियगोचरत्वात् अचिन्त्यः। अत एव अविकार्यः यथा क्षीरं दध्यातञ्चनादिना विकारि न तथा अयमात्मा। निरवयवत्वाच्च अविक्रियः। न हि निरवयवं किञ्चित् विक्रियात्मकं दृष्टम्। अविक्रियत्वात् अविकार्यः अयम् आत्मा उच्यते। तस्मात् एवं यथोक्तप्रकारेण एनम् आत्मानं विदित्वा त्वं न अनुशोचितुमर्हसि हन्ताहमेषाम् मयैते हन्यन्त इति।। आत्मनः अनित्यत्वमभ्युपगम्य इदमुच्यते
2.25 Moreover, ucyate, it is said that; ayam, This, the Self; is avyaktah, unmanifest, since, being beyond the ken of all the organs, It cannot be objectified. For this very reason, ayam, This; is acintyah, inconceivable. For anything that comes within the purview of the organs becomes the object of thought. But this Self is inconceivable becuase It is not an object of the organs. Hence, indeed, It is avikaryah, unchangeable. This Self does not change as milk does when mixed with curd, a curdling medium, etc. And It is chnageless owing to partlessness, for it is not seen that any non-composite thing is changeful. Not being subject to transformation, It is said to be changeless. Tasmat, therefore; vidivata, having known; enam, this one, the Self; evam, thus, as described; na arhasi, you ought not; anusocitum, to grieve, thinking, 'I am the slayer of these; these are killed by me.'