Chapter 2: Sānkhya Yoga – Yoga of Contemplation on Self: Verse 17
अविनाशि तु तद्विद्धि येन सर्वमिदं ततम् ।
विनाशमव्ययस्यास्य न कश्चित् कर्तुमर्हति ॥
avināśi tu tad-viddhi yena sarvam-idaṃ tatam
vināśam-avyayasyāsya na kaścit kartum-arhati – 2.17
Know that, by which all this is permeated, to be indestructible, imperishable. None will be able to destroy this permeating presence.
Chapter 2: Sānkhya Yoga – Yoga of Contemplation on Self - Verse 17
Ma Gurupriya
The hands of a clock go on moving. To notice their movement, there should be a non-moving dial beneath.Likewise, the changeful world must have a stable substratum. Or else the changes will be unnoticeable.
If all the constituents of the world are noticeably changing,to enable the process there must be an unchanging substratum. It should be such as to be present throughout the earth, water, air, fire and space.
This means it has to be all-pervasive, hence indestructible too. None will be able to destroy it by any means. So stable and enduring it is.
Our whole body is constantly changing. Millions of cells are used up and replenished every day. Even then, the ‘I’ shining in it has not changed the least. Every one experiences this. As is the substratum ‘I’ present in the body, so is it in the whole world. War and death will not touch or involve it the least. It is imperishable to the core.
