Bhagavad Gita 13.33 meaningThe field and the knower
In simple wordsSo simple a child gets it
“Like the sky is never dirtied, the soul stays pure.”
What it means
“Just as space is everywhere and, being subtle, is never stained, the self, present in every body, is never stained.”
The original Sanskrit
यथा सर्वगतं सौक्ष्म्यादाकाशं नोपलिप्यते । सर्वत्रावस्थितो देहे तथात्मा नोपलिप्यते ॥
yathā sarvagataṃ saukṣmyādākāśaṃ nopalipyate sarvatrāvasthito dehe tathātmā nopalipyate
Translations
Literal translation
As the all-pervading space is not defiled, because of its subtlety, similarly the Self, present everywhere in the body, is not defiled.
Swami Gambhirananda
हिंदी अनुवाद
जिस प्रकार सर्वगत आकाश सूक्ष्म होने के कारण लिप्त नहीं होता, उसी प्रकार सर्वत्र देह में स्थित आत्मा लिप्त नहीं होता।
Swami Tejomayananda
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