Ramanuja's Gita Bhashyam - Chapter 2 - sloka 24

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

1 Gita Sloka every day - Chapter 2 - Samkhya Yoga - Sloka 24

Vamana Avatara

Achedyah ayam adhayoh ayam akledyah ashoshyah eva cha I

Nityah sarva gatah sthanuh achalah ayam sanatanah II sloka 24

अछेद्यः अयं अदाःयः अयं अक्लेध्यः  अशोष्यः एव च ।

नित्यः सर्व गतः स्थाणुः अचलः अयं सनातनः ।। श्लोक २४ 

It cannot be cleft; it cannot be burnt; It cannot be wetted and It cannot be dried. It is eternal, all pervading, stable, immovable and primeval.

Weapons, fire water and air are incapable of cleaving, burning, wetting and drying the self; for the nature of the self is to pervade all elements. It is present everywhere; for it is subtler than all the elements; It is not capable of being pervaded by them;and cleaving, burning, wetting and drying are actions which can take place only by pervading a substance. Therefore the self is eternal. It is stable, immovable and primeval. The meaning is that It is unchanging, unshakable and ancient.