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Chapter 2. Contents of
the Gita Summarized
TEXT 25 avyakto 'yam acintyo 'yam
SYNONYMS  avyaktah--invisible;
ayam--this
soul; acintyah--inconceivable; ayam--this soul; avikaryah--unchangeable;
ayam--this soul; ucyate--is said; tasmat--therefore;
evam--like this; viditva--knowing it well; enam--this
soul; na--do not; anusocitum--may lament over; arhasi--you
deserve.
TRANSLATION It is said
that the soul is invisible, inconceivable, immutable, and unchangeable.
Knowing this, you should not grieve for the body.
PURPORT As described
previously, the magnitude of the soul is so small for our material calculation
that he cannot be seen even by the most powerful microscope; therefore,
he is invisible. As far as the soul's existence is concerned, no one can
establish his existence experimentally beyond the proof of sruti,
or Vedic wisdom. We have to accept this truth, because there is no other
source of understanding the existence of the soul, although it is a fact
by perception. There are many things we have to accept solely on grounds
of superior authority. No one can deny the existence of his father, based
upon the authority of his mother. There is no other source of understanding
the identity of the father except by the authority of the mother. Similarly,
there is no other source of understanding the soul except by studying the
Vedas.
In other words, the soul is inconceivable by human experimental knowledge.
The soul is consciousness and conscious--that also is the statement of
the Vedas, and we have to accept that. Unlike the bodily changes,
there is no change in the soul. As eternally unchangeable, the soul remains
atomic in comparison to the infinite Supreme Soul. The Supreme Soul is
infinite, and the atomic soul is infinitesimal. Therefore, the infinitesimal
soul, being unchangeable, can never become equal to the infinite soul,
or the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This concept is repeated in the
Vedas
in different ways just to confirm the stability of the conception of the
soul. Repetition of something is necessary in order that we understand
the matter thoroughly, without error.
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