162. Bhagavad Gita Chapter 13 Verses 29-34I Swami Sarvapriyananda

<p><span>Swami Sarvapriyananda teaches verses 29-34 from the Thirteenth chapter of the Bhagavad Gita. This series of talks unfolds the highest truths of Vedanta through the study of "The Song of God".</span></p><p><br></p><p><span>🔆 Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 13 Verse 29:</span></p><p><span>प्रकृत्यैव च कर्माणि क्रियमाणानि सर्वश: |</span></p><p><span>य: पश्यति तथात्मानमकर्तारं स पश्यति ||29||</span></p><p><span>prakṛityaiva cha karmāṇi kriyamāṇāni sarvaśhaḥ</span></p><p><span>yaḥ paśhyati tathātmānam akartāraṁ sa paśhyati ||29||</span></p><p><br></p><p><span>🔴 He is the real seer who perceives that Prakrti (i.e., one's body-mind born of Prakrti) alone is doing all works and that the Atman, the true spiritual self, is the actionless witness.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span>🔆 Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 13 Verse 30:</span></p><p><span>यदा भूतपृथग्भावमेकस्थमनुपश्यति |</span></p><p><span>तत एव च विस्तारं ब्रह्म सम्पद्यते तदा ||30||</span></p><p><span>yadā bhūta-pṛithag-bhāvam eka-stham anupaśhyati</span></p><p><span>tata eva cha vistāraṁ brahma sampadyate tadā ||30||</span></p><p><br></p><p><span>🔴 When one perceives the manifold objects as centred in the One and as evolved from It as well -- then he attains Brahman.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span>🔆 Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 13 Verse 31:</span></p><p><span>अनादित्वान्निर्गुणत्वात्परमात्मायमव्यय: |</span></p><p><span>शरीरस्थोऽपि कौन्तेय न करोति न लिप्यते ||31||</span></p><p><span>anāditvān nirguṇatvāt paramātmāyam avyayaḥ</span></p><p><span>śharīra-stho ’pi kaunteya na karoti na lipyate ||31||</span></p><p><br></p><p><span>🔴 That highest Self, being the immutable and unoriginated Spirit beyond Nature, is free from all action and stain, though dwelling in the body.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span>🔆 Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 13 Verse 32:</span></p><p><span>यथा सर्वगतं सौक्ष्म्यादाकाशं नोपलिप्यते |</span></p><p><span>सर्वत्रावस्थितो देहे तथात्मा नोपलिप्यते ||32||</span></p><p><span>yathā sarva-gataṁ saukṣhmyād ākāśhaṁ nopalipyate</span></p><p><span>sarvatrāvasthito dehe tathātmā nopalipyate ||32||</span></p><p><br></p><p><span>🔴 Just as the all-pervading Akasa, because of its subtlety, is not stained by anything, so this Atman, though abiding in all bodies, is never affected by any impurity.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span>🔆 Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 13 Verse 33:</span></p><p><span>यथा प्रकाशयत्येक: कृत्स्नं लोकमिमं रवि: |</span></p><p><span>क्षेत्रं क्षेत्री तथा कृत्स्नं प्रकाशयति भारत ||33||</span></p><p><span>yathā prakāśhayaty ekaḥ kṛitsnaṁ lokam imaṁ raviḥ</span></p><p><span>kṣhetraṁ kṣhetrī tathā kṛitsnaṁ prakāśhayati bhārata ||33||</span></p><p><br></p><p><span>🔴 Just as the single sun illumines the whole universe, so the (One) Indwelling Spirit enlivens all bodies (with self-consciousness)</span></p><p><br></p><p><span>🔆 Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 13 Verse 34:</span></p><p><span>क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञयोरेवमन्तरं ज्ञानचक्षुषा |</span></p><p><span>भूतप्रकृतिमोक्षं च ये विदुर्यान्ति ते परम् ||34||</span></p><p><span>kṣhetra-kṣhetrajñayor evam antaraṁ jñāna-chakṣhuṣhā</span></p><p><span>bhūta-prakṛiti-mokṣhaṁ cha ye vidur yānti te param ||34||</span></p><p><br></p><p><span>🔴 Whoever perceives by spiritual insight the distinction between Ksetra (Nature) and Ksetrajna (Spirit) as also the freedom of the Spirit from the hold of Nature, they reach the Supreme.</span></p><p><br></p>