Thread by @GitaGovindam

#gitarthavisesha #FirstShadanga #Adhyaya2 #Shloka20

न जायते म्रियते वा कदाचि न्नायं भूत्वा भविता वा न भूयः ।
अजो नित्यः शाश्वतोऽयं पुराणो न हन्यते हन्यमाने शरीरे ।।

na jāyate mriyate vā kadāci nnāyaṃ bhūtvā bhavitā vā na bhūyaḥ ।
ajo nityaḥ śāśvato'yaṃ purāṇo na hanyate hanyamāne śarīre ।।

(V)
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This Atma is not born now. Doesn't die. It is not born at the beginning of kalpa & destroyed at it's end. It is 'aja:' [Eternal, blemishless, indestructible]

During pralaya kAla [which we can't see], even prakriti undergoes changes but not Atma

At pralaya & shrushti kAla, paramAtma protects us jIvatmAs by making us part of His own sharIra. We are fused with Him, like how molten iron & water are fused. [Virtually indistinguishable but inherently separate!!]

acetanas like our body have 6 types of vikAras

1. asti - present
2. jAyate - produced
3. pariNamate - beginning
4. vartate - growing
5. apakshIyate - beginning destruction
6. nashyate - destruction

These vikAras are never present in Atma & it is eternally fresh!

(A)
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By this shloka, the commonly observed 6 vikAras (as stated above) is declared to be *not* found in Atma.

Atma is qualified by 5 attributes namely

1. Aja (Unborn)
2. Nitya (Eternal)
3. sAswat (Undecaying)
4. purAna (New/Fresh even in Past)
5. na hanyate (Indestructible)

(D)
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Whoever knows that Atma to be free of those 6 vikAras, know him to be a Brahma-jnani, Oh Arjuna!

That jnani knows that he (Atma) is not svatantran. He won't think that 'I am killed' or 'I have killed'.

Instead of being happy at performing your sva-dharma you're worried!