Chapter 13 · Verse 33·Spoken by Arjuna
यथा सर्वगतं सौक्ष्म्यादाकाशं नोपलिप्यते।सर्वत्रावस्थितो देहे तथाऽऽत्मा नोपलिप्यते
yathā sarva-gataṁ saukṣhmyād ākāśhaṁ nopalipyate sarvatrāvasthito dehe tathātmā nopalipyate
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Sanskrit recitation by Swami Brahmānanda
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As the all-pervading space is not defiled, due to its subtlety, similarly the Self, present everywhere in bodies, is not defiled.
Swami Gambiranandaafter Śaṅkara's bhāṣya· paired with Śaṅkara
As the all-pervading ether is not tainted due to its subtlety, even so, the self abiding in the body is not tainted everywhere.
Swami Adidevanandaafter Rāmānuja's bhāṣya· paired with Rāmānuja
Just as the all-pervasive Ether is not stained due to its subtlety, in the same way the Self, abiding in the body everywhere, is not stained.
Dr. S. Sankaranarayanafter Madhva's bhāṣya· paired with Madhva
As the all-pervading ether is not tainted, due to its subtlety, so the Self seated everywhere in the body is not tainted either.
Swami SivanandaThe Bhagavad Gita
As space, though present everywhere, remains unaffected due to its subtlety, so too the Self, though present in all forms, retains its purity unalloyed.
Shri Purohit SwamiThe Geeta
This is a brief sub-gloss. For a fuller reading of this verse, see Madhusūdana, Śaṅkara, or Rāmānuja above.
As space, the all-pervading, though present everywhere, by reason of its subtlety, of its subtle being, is not stained, is not bound: so the Self, standing everywhere in the body, is not stained. Further.
Contemporary English rendering of the Sanskrit bhāṣya, pending scholar review.
As the one sun lights up this whole world by its own radiance, so too the field-owner lights up the whole field, this field of mine of such a kind, outside and within, from the sole of the foot to the head, by his own knowledge. Therefore this self, of the character described, is, like the illumining sun in relation to the world that is lit, exceedingly unlike this field, which, by his being the knower, is a thing to be known. This is the meaning.
Contemporary English rendering of the Sanskrit bhāṣya, pending scholar review.
This is a brief sub-gloss. For a fuller reading of this verse, see Madhusūdana, Śaṅkara, or Rāmānuja above.
Madhvacharya does not comment on this verse.
Contemporary English rendering of the Sanskrit bhāṣya, pending scholar review.