Ramanuja's Gita Bhashyam - Chapter 2 - sloka 25

The entire content of this mail is from Swami Adidevananda's translation of  The Gita Bhashya, published by Ramakrishna Mission.

Atman is Super Mundane- 23 - 25

  

1 Gita Sloka every day - Chapter 2 - Samkhya Yoga - Sloka 25

Udupi Krishna

Avyaktah ayam achintyah ayam avikaryah ayam uchyate I

Tasmat evam viditva enam na anushochitum  arhasi II sloka 25

अव्यक्तः अयं अचिन्त्यः अयं अविकार्यः अयं उच्यते ।

तस्मा एवं विदित्वा एनं न अनुशोचितुं अर्हसि ।। श्लोक २५ 

This self is said to be unmanifested, inconceivable and unchanging. Therefore knowing it as such, it does not befit you to  grieve.

The self is not made manifest by those Pramanas (means of knowledge) by which objects susceptible of being cleft etc are made manifest; hence It is manifest, being different in kind from objects susceptible to cleaving etc. It is inconceivable, being different in kind from all its objects. As it does not possess the essential nature of any of them, it cannot even be conceived. Therefore it is unchanging, incapable of modifications. So knowing this self to be possessed of the above mentioned qualities, it does not become you to feel grief for Its sake.