Gita Bhashya (Sri Ramanujacharya) 2.23
Gita Bhashya (Sri Ramanujacharya) 2.23 · 2 · Verse 23
Sanskrit Original
।।2.23।।शस्त्राग्न्यम्बुवायवः छेदनदहनक्लेदनशोषणानि आत्मानं प्रति कर्तुं न शक्नुवन्ति। सर्वगतत्वाद् आत्मनः सर्वतत्त्वव्यापकस्वभावतया सर्वेभ्यः तत्त्वेभ्यः सूक्ष्मत्वात् अस्य तैः व्याप्त्यनर्हत्वाद् व्याप्यकर्तव्यत्वात् च छेदनदहनक्लेदनशोषणानाम्। अत आत्मा नित्यः स्थाणुः अचलः अयं सनातनः स्थिरस्वभावः अप्रकम्प्यः पुरातनः च।
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.