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Chapter 2 · Contents of the Gītā Summarized · 72 verses

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Soul & knowledgeChapter 2 · Contents of the Gītā Summarized
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Bhagavad-gītā As It Is · Text 2.24

The eternal soul beyond bodily death

अच्छेद्योऽयमदाह्योऽयमक्ल‍ेद्योऽशोष्य एव च ।

नित्यः सर्वगतः स्थाणुरचलोऽयं सनातनः ॥ २४ ॥

acchedyo ’yam adāhyo ’yam

akledyo ’śoṣya eva ca

nityaḥ sarva-gataḥ sthāṇur

acalo ’yaṁ sanātanaḥ

Translation

This individual soul is unbreakable and insoluble, and can be neither burned nor dried. He is everlasting, present everywhere, unchangeable, immovable and eternally the same.

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

What this verse is saying, and where it sits in the story.

The Soul Remains Individual

  1. 1The soul cannot be broken, dissolved, burned or dried. He is eternal, present everywhere, immovable and unchanging.
  2. 2Prabhupāda explains that each soul remains a tiny spiritual particle forever, never losing his individuality.
  3. 3Intelligent liberated souls enter the spiritual planets to associate with the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

Where we are

In the story

Chapter 2, Contents of the Gītā Summarized: the eternal soul beyond bodily death.

What it teaches

Theme summary

Discern the eternal self from the temporary.

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Key ideas in this verse

The spiritual concepts this verse connects to.

Key ideas: ātmā, jñāna.

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Practice

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Related verses

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BG 2.11The eternal soul beyond bodily deathBG 2.12The eternal soul beyond bodily deathBG 4.34The humility of real inquiryBG 15.7The living being belongs to Krishna

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