13.31 यदा भूतपृथग्भावमेकस्थमनुपश्यति।तत एव च विस्तारं ब्रह्म सम्पद्यते तदा
yadā bhūta
Word meanings
yadā—when;bhūta—living entities;pṛithak-bhāvam—diverse variety;eka-stham—situated in the same place;anupaśhyati—see;tataḥ—thereafter;eva—indeed;cha—and;vistāram—born from;brahma—Brahman;sampadyate—(they) attain;tadā—then
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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When he perceives the mutual difference of beings as abiding in One, and its expansion from That alone, at that time he becomes the Brahman.
He who sees the diverse forms of life all rooted in One, and growing forth from Him, he shall indeed find the Absolute.
When he perceives the independent modes of existence of all beings centred in one, and as also their expansion from It alone, then he attains to brahman.
When one realizes that the state of diversity of living things is rooted in the One, and that their manifestation is also from That, then one becomes identified with Brahman.
When a man sees the whole variety of beings as resting in the One, and spreading forth from That alone, he then becomes Brahman.
13.33 यथा सर्वगतं सौक्ष्म्यादाकाशं नोपलिप्यते।सर्वत्रावस्थितो देहे तथाऽऽत्मा नोपलिप्यते
yathā sarvagataṃ saukṣmyād
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yathā—as;sarva-gatam—all-pervading;saukṣhmyāt—due to subtlety;ākāśham—the space;na—not;upalipyate—is contaminated;sarvatra—everywhere;avasthitaḥ—situated;dehe—the body;tathā—similarly;ātmā—the soul;na—not;upalipyate—is contaminated
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Just as the all-pervasive Ether is not stained due to its subtlety, in the same way the Self, abiding in the body everywhere, is not stained.
As space, though present everywhere, remains by reason of its subtlety unaffected, so the Self, though present in all forms, retains its purity unalloyed.
As the all-pervading ether is not tainted because of its subtlety, even so, the self abiding in the body everywhere, is not tainted.
As the all-pervading space is not defiled, because of its subtlety, similarly the Self, present everywhere in the body [The singular number is used to denote a class, i.e. all bodies. See S.-Tr.], is not defiled.
As the all-pervading ether is not tainted because of its subtlety, so the Self seated everywhere in the body, is not tainted.
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क्षेत्र-क्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग
Chapter 13: The Field and the Knower of the Field
kṣetra-kṣetrajñavibhāgayoga
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13.32 अनादित्वान्निर्गुणत्वात्परमात्मायमव्ययः।शरीरस्थोऽपि कौन्तेय न करोति न लिप्यते
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Word meanings
anāditvāt—being without beginning;nirguṇatvāt—being devoid of any material qualities;parama—the Supreme;ātmā—soul;ayam—this;avyayaḥ—imperishable;śharīra-sthaḥ—dwelling in the body;api—although;kaunteya—Arjun, the son of Kunti;na—neither;karoti—acts;na—nor;lipyate—is tainted
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Because this is beginningless, and because this has no qualities, this Supreme Self is changeless and it neither acts nor gets stained [by actions], even though it dwells in the body, O son of Kunti!
The Supreme Spirit, O Prince, is without beginning, without Qualities and Imperishable, and though it be within the body, yet It does not act, nor is It affected by action.
This supreme self, though dwelling in the body, is immutable, O Arjuna, being without beginning. It neither acts nor is tainted, as It is without Gunas.
Being without beginning and without qualities, O son of Kunti, this immutable, supreme Self does not act. nor is It affected [Also translated as tainted.-Tr.], although existing in the body.
Being without beginning and devoid of (any) qualities, the Supreme Self, imperishable, though dwelling in the body, O Arjuna, neither acts nor is tainted!
