അച്ഛേദ്യോഽയമദാഹ്യോഽയമക്ലേദ്യോഽശോഷ്യ ഏവ ച നിത്യഃ സര്വ്വഗതഃ സ്ഥാണുരചലോഽയം സനാതനഃ
acchedyo.ayamadāhyo.ayamakledyo.aśoṣya eva ca nityaḥ sarvagataḥ sthāṇuracalo.ayaṃ sanātanaḥ
English Translation
It cannot be cut, It cannot be burnt, cannot be moistened, and surely cannot be dried up. It is eternal, omnipresent, stationary, unmoving and changeless.
Explanation · English
The Self is very subtle. It is beyond the reach of speech and mind. It is very difficult to understand this subtle Self. So Lord Krishna explains the nature of the immortal Self in a variety of ways with various illustrations and examples? so that It can be grasped by the people.Sword cannot cut this Self. It is eternal. Because It is eternal? It is allpervading. Because It is allpervading? It is stable like a stature. Because It is stable? It is immovable. It is everlasting. Therefore? It is not produced out of any cause. It is not new. It is ancient.