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Chapter 13<\/a><\/p>\n << Chapter 13 verse 30<\/a><\/p>\n anAdhithvAn nirguNathvAth paramAthmAyam avyaya: | kaunthEya – Oh son of kunthI! Oh son of kunthI! While residing in the body, this AthmA (who is greater than the body) is imperishable since he is beginningless and not created (at a point in time); since he does not have qualities such as sathvam, rajas and thamas, (unlike the body) he is not the abode of kriyA (actions) and does not get affected by the qualities of body (and become tainted).<\/p>\n ‘Beginningless and quality-less, this exhaustless exalted \u0101tma, Kaunteya! acts not; is tainted not, though seated in the body.’<\/span><\/p>\n This exalted \u0101tma (=param-\u0101tma<\/em>) has now been defined as of a nature distinct from that of the body.<\/span><\/p>\n Though stationed in the body, \u0101tma is inexhaustible or devoid of exhaustion (=perishment) inasmuch as it did not begin (at any point of time). (The meaning is that infinite in time means infinite in nature).<\/span><\/p>\n Quality-less=Destitute of satva<\/em> and other qualities.<\/span><\/p>\n And therefore acts not and is tainted not i.e.,<\/em> it is not affected by the properties of the body.<\/span><\/p>\n Granting that \u0101tma, being quality-less, acts not<\/em>, how it in its constant association with body, is not tainted<\/em> by the bodily properties is explained:<\/span><\/p>\n >> Chapter 13 verse 32<\/a><\/p>\n archived in https:\/\/githa.koyil.org<\/a><\/p>\n pramEyam (goal) \u2013 http:\/\/koyil.org<\/a> SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 13 << Chapter 13 verse 30 SlOkam \u2013 Original anAdhithvAn nirguNathvAth paramAthmAyam avyaya: | SarIrasthO\u2019pi kaunthEya na karOthi na lipyathE || word-by-word meaning kaunthEya – Oh son of kunthI! ayam paramAthmA – this AthmA (which is greater than the body) SarIrastha: – while residing … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chapter-13","category-simple"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5667"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5667\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}SlOkam \u2013 Original<\/a><\/h3>\n
\nSarIrasthO\u2019pi kaunthEya na karOthi na lipyathE ||<\/p>\nword-by-word meaning <\/h3>\n
\nayam paramAthmA – this AthmA (which is greater than the body)
\nSarIrastha: – while residing in the body
\nanAdhithvAth – since he is beginningless and not created (at a point in time)
\navyaya: – imperishable;
\nnirguNathvAth – since he does not have qualities such as sathvam, rajas and thamas
\nna karOthi – (unlike the body) he is not the abode of kriyA (actions)
\nna lipyathE – does not get affected by the qualities of body (and become tainted).<\/p>\nSimple Translation <\/h3>\n
Rendering based on ALkoNdavilli gOvindhAchArya swAmy\u2019s English translation of gIthA bhAshyam<\/h3>\n
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