Chapter 13 · The Field and Its Knower

    Verse 32

    Sanskrit Text — Chapter 13, Verse 32

    अनादित्वान्निर्गुणत्वात्परमात्मायमव्ययः।शरीरस्थोऽपि कौन्तेय न करोति न लिप्यते।।13.32।।

    Transliteration (IAST)

    anāditvān nirguṇatvāt paramātmāyam avyayaḥ śharīra-stho ’pi kaunteya na karoti na lipyate

    Translation

    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.
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