Chapter 13 · Verse 32 · Ksetra Ksetrajna Vibhaaga Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 13.32
Sanskrit
अनादित्वान्निर्गुणत्वात्परमात्मायमव्ययः।शरीरस्थोऽपि कौन्तेय न करोति न लिप्यते।।13.32।।
Transliteration
anāditvān nirguṇatvāt paramātmāyam avyayaḥ śharīra-stho ’pi kaunteya na karoti na lipyate
Word by Word
The Supreme Self is beginningless, beyond all material qualities, imperishable — dwelling in your body yet never truly contained by it. Though Krishna speaks of the Atman as present in the body, the Self remains forever untouched by action, unstained by the world's movements, like the witness-sky unaffected by clouds passing through it.
This recognition liberates you from the false burden of being the doer: you are not the actor in life's drama, merely the eternal consciousness observing it all. When you truly understand this, the weight of guilt, responsibility, and identity dissolves — you live freely as the untainted awareness itself.
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Bhagavad Gita 13.32 — BG 13.32
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