Saturday, January 8, 2011

Bhagavad-gita 2.23 - 2.25 Individual Soul is eternal, unbreakable, unchangeable, cannot be burnt, moistened or withered and present everywhere

The individual soul is invisible and inconceivable because the soul cannot be seen even by the most powerful microscope being so small in magnitude. The soul is eternally the atomic particle of the Spirit whole and remains the same spiritual atom eternally, without change.

The soul is unbreakable and insoluble. Spirit soul can never be cut to pieces by any weapon, nor burned by fire, nor moistened by water, nor dried by heat, nor withered by the wind. 

Weapons may be made of earth elements like swords, based on fire element like firearms, flame weapons or nuclear weapons, water weapons or even tornado weapons based on wind power but they cannot kill the spirit soul. Modern scientists know about fire weapons but have limited knowledge of water or tornado weapons. Nonetheless, the soul can never be cut into pieces, nor annihilated by any number of weapons, regardless of scientific devices.

The individual soul is everlasting and unchangeable, immovable, immutable and eternally the same. Because of ignorance, one cannot explain how the individual soul came into existence. By revealed knowledge, one understands that individual souls are eternally separated parts of the Supreme Soul. In the Varaha Purana, the living entities are described as separated parts and parcels of the Supreme. Individual souls are prone to be covered by the illusory energy and become separated from the association of the Supreme Lord.

Individual souls are like the sparks of a fire. The sparks have the same quality as the fire although limited in quantity. They are prone to be extinguished when out of the fire. Separated individual souls have similar quality as the Supreme Soul although limited in quantity. Being unchangeable, the infinitesimal soul can never become equal to the infinite Supreme Soul.


Living entities are sarva-gata and present everywhere all over the universe. They live on land, in the water, in the air, within the earth and even within fire. Living entities are also present in the sun planet with suitable bodies made of fire to live there.  

According to Bhagavad-gita, the individual souls are eternally separate entities. Even after being liberated from illusion, the living entity retains a separate identity. The existence of the soul and the qualifications of the soul can be established from the basis of sruti or Vedic wisdom. The superior authority of Vedas is like the authority of the mother to identify one's father. 

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