Verse 2.24
Speaker: Krishna
Sanskrit
अच्छेद्योऽयमदाह्योऽयमक्लेद्योऽशोष्य एव च। नित्यः सर्वगतः स्थाणुरचलोऽयं सनातनः॥
Transliteration (IAST)
acchedyo 'yam adāhyo 'yam akledyo 'śoṣya eva ca nityaḥ sarva-gataḥ sthāṇur acalo 'yaṁ sanātanaḥ
Word-by-Word Meanings
acchedyaḥ-unbreakable
adāhyaḥ-incombustible
sarva-gataḥ-all-pervading
sthāṇuḥ-unchanging
sanātanaḥ-eternal/ancient
Translation
This Self is unbreakable, incombustible, cannot be wetted or dried. It is eternal, all-pervading, unchanging, immovable, and primeval.
Commentary
This verse summarizes the positive attributes of the Self after the previous verse stated what cannot affect it. The Self is characterized by permanence (nitya), omnipresence (sarva-gata), stability (sthāṇu), and eternality (sanātana). These attributes make it fundamentally different from everything in the material world.
Themes
atmanjnana