13.32 अनादित्वान्निर्गुणत्वात्परमात्मायमव्ययः।शरीरस्थोऽपि कौन्तेय न करोति न लिप्यते
anāditvān
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!
13.34 यथा प्रकाशयत्येकः कृत्स्नं लोकमिमं रविः।क्षेत्रं क्षेत्री तथा कृत्स्नं प्रकाशयति भारत
yathā prakāśayaty
Word meanings
yathā—as;prakāśhayati—illumines;ekaḥ—one;kṛitsnam—entire;lokam—solar system;imam—this;raviḥ—sun;kṣhetram—the body;kṣhetrī—the soul;tathā—so;kṛitsnam—entire;prakāśhayati—illumine;bhārata—Arjun, the son of Bharat
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Just as a single sun illuminates this entire world, so too does the Lord of the Field illuminate the entire Field, O descendant of Bharata!
As the one Sun illuminates the whole earth, so the Lord illumines the whole universe.
As the one sun illumines this whole world, so does the Knower of the Field (Ksetrin, the self), O Arjuna, illumine the whole Field (the body).
As the single sun illumines this whole world, similarly, O descendant of the Bharata dynasty, the Knower of the field illumines the whole field.
Just as the one sun illumines the whole world, so also the Lord of the Field (the Supreme Self) illumines the whole Field, O Arjuna!
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क्षेत्र-क्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग
Chapter 13: The Field and the Knower of the Field
kṣetra-kṣetrajñavibhāgayoga
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13.33 यथा सर्वगतं सौक्ष्म्यादाकाशं नोपलिप्यते।सर्वत्रावस्थितो देहे तथाऽऽत्मा नोपलिप्यते
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Word meanings
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.
