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Chapter 13, Verse 32

यथा सर्वगतं सौक्ष्म्यादाकाशं नोपलिप्यते। सर्वत्रावस्थितो देहे तथाऽऽत्मा नोपलिप्यते।।13.33।।

yathā sarvagataṃ saukṣmyādākāśaṃ nopalipyate. sarvatrāvasthito dehe tathā'''tmā nopalipyate. .13.33..

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यथा
as, just as
सर्वगतम्
all-pervading (space)
सौक्ष्म्यात्
due to (its) subtlety
आकाशम्
space/ether
न उपलिप्यते
is not tainted/affected/contaminated
सर्वत्र
everywhere
अवस्थितः
situated, abiding
देहे
in the body
तथा
so, similarly
आत्मा
the self (embodied soul)
न उपलिप्यते
is not tainted/affected/contaminated

Commentary

32. As the all-pervading akasa is, from its subtlety J, never soiled, so the Self seated in the body everywhere is not soiled.

Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain

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यथा
सर्वगतम्
सौक्ष्म्यात्
आकाशम्
न उपलिप्यते
सर्वत्र
अवस्थितः
देहे
तथा
आत्मा
न उपलिप्यते

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