Srimad Bhagavad-Gita Chapter-15. Slokam-16.

 

Very Important slokam

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Saturday,  December 05, 2020. 05 : 30. PM.

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Srimad Bhagavad-Gita
Chapter-15.

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Slokam-16.

"Dvavimau  purushau  loke   ksharascakshara  eva  ca,

ksharah  sarvani  bhutani  kutasthokshara  ucyate."

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Translation :

loke  =  in  the  world;

ksharah ca  aksharah  eva  ca  =  ksharam  ( perishable ) and  aksharam ( imperishable );

imau  dvau  purushau  =  two  purusha-s  there;

ksharah  sarvani  bhutani  =  ksharam  is  all  bhuta-s  ( living entities );

kutasthah  akshara  ucyate  =  it  is  said :  kutasthan  is  akshara  purushan.

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Tatvam (Essence ) :

Slokam-16. There are two classes of beings, the fallible and the infallible. In the material world every entity is fallible, and in the spiritual world every entity is called infallible. 

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Fine details :

1.Two Purushas there are in this world, the perishable and the imperishable. All beings are the perishable, and the Kutastha is called the imperishable.

2. Akshara  purushan  is  a  common  component  in  all  living  entities. Atma  remains  in  perishable  things  as  imperishable.

3. Because  of  this  changes  occur  in  perishable  things. This  is  established  by  the  adjective  "Kutasthan"! The Supreme  is  beyond  Ksharam  and  aksharam.

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1. In  the  workshop  of  blacksmith,  'kutam' is  the  iron  block,  on  which  hot metals are  hammered  and  turn  them  to  various  shapes  and  lengths. 

2. Goldsmith  hammer  a  piece  of  gold  and  turn  into  long  gold  wire,  later  it is  made  into  various  shapes  and  ornaments.

3. Whatever  may  be  the  result,  ultimately  it is  gold  only. Similarly  Lord  remains  unchanged,  though  many  changes  occur  allover.

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Discourse :

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Lord Krishna explains that in all creation there are only two types of beings in existence. The ksarah or perishable and the aksarah or imperishable. The word ksarah denotes the mutable physical body which is formed by the ingestion of food and is occupied by a sentient being. Similarly the word aksarah denotes an immutable presence, eternal and immortal. Both words are used in the singular sense because they each comprise a category. All jivas or embodied beings in existence whether in physical or subtle bodies from Brahma down to a blade of grass are temporary and transitory and form the category of the perishable. The atma or immortal soul resding within the etheric heart of every jiva is infallible and eternal and it forms the category of the imperishable.

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Only two types of living entities exist in creation. They are the ksarah or perishable and the aksarah or imperishable. That which is designated as a jiva or embodied being is known as perishable, from Bahma to a blade of grass all are subject to limited transitory existences. The singular form of the word atma or immortal soul denotes the totality of all jivas as a category inasmuch as they all possess the atma and are all bound to material nature. The word aksarah meaning infallible, imperishable refers to the freed jiva who is situated in its own eternal, essential nature and not bound by material nature. The word kutasthah means immutable, constant in regard to its lack of association with material nature having no connection to the physical plane. The singular use of this word denotes all jivas collectively who are liberated from material nature. It should be understood that such jivas are innumerable as Lord Krishna has revealed previously in chapter 4, verse 10 that many purifying themselves by knowledge and meditation have achieved the supreme, liberated state.

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Now Lord Krishna is expounding that there are only two types of beings in all the worlds. They are the perishable jivas or embodied beings and the imperishable atmas or immortal souls which is well documented in the Vedic scriptures and known by those enlightened. The perishable consists of all jivas beginning with Brahma, the demigods, humans, animals, fish all the way down to the immovable jivas in forms of trees, plants,etc. The ignorant commonly refer to the word person in respect to bodies only but this conception is not completely accurate. The word aksarah means immutable, infallible or that which is not subject to change and which does not perish when the physical body perishes and is the eternal soul.

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To be continued  ...

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