Chapter 2: Sānkhya Yoga – Yoga of Contemplation on Self: Verse 24
अच्छेद्योऽयमदाह्योऽयमक्लेद्योऽशोष्य एव च ।
नित्य: सर्वगत: स्थाणुरचलोऽयं सनातन: ॥
acchedyo’yam-adāhyo’yam-akledyo’śoṣya eva ca
nitya: sarva-gata: sthāṇur-acalo’yaṃ sanātana: – 2.24
This Soul cannot be cut, burnt, wetted or dried. This is eternal, everywhere present, unshakeable, unmoving and ever prevailing.
Chapter 2: Sānkhya Yoga – Yoga of Contemplation on Self - Verse 24
Ma Gurupriya
The whole world is but pañca-bhūtas. Of these, space is actionless, not involved in any activity. The rest four cannot the least touch or affect the imperishable Soul, the substratum of all.
Among the pañca-bhūtas, space is the subtlest, permeating and transcending all others. None of the other four can affect it the least. But space is not sentient.
Compared to space, the Soul, cid-ākāśa, sentient sky, is even more unaffectable. Our body is made up of matter and energy. Matter and energy cannot hurt or wound the subtlest and all-pervading Self.
As the senses cannot reveal the Soul, the task of Self-perception shifts to the inner mind and intelligence. Krishna lists qualities of the Self, to help seekers in their efforts to perceive the Self. The seeker has to contemplate upon these qualities – unborn, eternal, changeless, unshakeable – imbibe them and make them his own!
