Bhagavad Gita
Kshetra-kshetrajna-vibhaga-yoga (The Yoga of Distinguishing the Field and the Knower of the Field)13.33
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Bhagavad Gita · 13.33
Devanāgarī

यथा सर्वगतं सौक्ष्म्यादाकाशं नोपलिप्यते ।
सर्वत्रावस्थितो देहे तथात्मा नोपलिप्यते ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

yathā sarva-gataṁ saukṣmyād ākāśaṁ nopalipyate |
sarvatrāvasthito dehe tathātmā nopalipyate ||

Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
यथाyathājust as.
सर्वगतम्sarva-gatamall-pervading.
सौक्ष्म्यात्saukṣmyātbecause of its subtle nature.
आकाशम्ākāśamthe ether (ākāśa).
न उपलिप्यतेna upalipyateis not tainted, is not affected.
सर्वत्रsarvatraeverywhere.
अवस्थितःavasthitaḥabiding.
देहेdehein the body.
तथाtathālikewise.
आत्माātmāthe soul.
न उपलिप्यतेna upalipyateis not tainted.
Translation

“Just as the all-pervading ether, because of its subtle nature, mingles with nothing, so too the soul, though abiding in the body, does not mingle with it.”

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