Chapter 13 · The Field and Its Knower

    Verse 33

    Sanskrit Text — Chapter 13, Verse 33

    यथा सर्वगतं सौक्ष्म्यादाकाशं नोपलिप्यते।सर्वत्रावस्थितो देहे तथाऽऽत्मा नोपलिप्यते।।13.33।।

    Transliteration (IAST)

    yathā sarva-gataṁ saukṣhmyād ākāśhaṁ nopalipyate sarvatrāvasthito dehe tathātmā nopalipyate

    Translation

    As the all-pervading ether is not tainted due to its subtlety, even so, the self abiding in the body is not tainted everywhere.
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