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How to study this verse, in six steps

1Remember who is speaking. Kṛṣṇa is speaking. Take the verse as He directs.
2Say the verse and its words. Read the Sanskrit, then each word with its meaning.
3Read the translation as it is. Let the translation say what it says, without adding your own meaning.
4Read the purport. Hear the verse through the disciplic succession.
5Bring your own question. Ask: where does this verse meet my life, my trouble, my doubt?
6Act on it, remembering Kṛṣṇa. Carry one instruction into your work today.

Soul & knowledgeChapter 2 · Contents of the Gītā Summarized

Bhagavad-gītā As It Is · Text 2.25

The eternal soul beyond bodily death

Jīva · The soul

अव्यक्तोऽयमचिन्त्योऽयमविकार्योऽयमुच्यते ।

तस्मादेवं विदित्वैनं नानुशोचितुमर्हसि ॥ २५ ॥

avyakto ’yam acintyo ’yam

avikāryo ’yam ucyate

tasmād evaṁ viditvainaṁ

nānuśocitum arhasi

Translation

It is said that the soul is invisible, inconceivable and immutable. Knowing this, you should not grieve for the body.

Understand it

What this verse is saying, and where it sits in the story.

3 study points

1
The soul is invisible, inconceivable and unchanging. Knowing this, you should not grieve for the body.
2
The soul cannot be understood through human experiments. We must learn about the soul from the Vedas.
3
The soul remains eternally tiny and unchanging. It can never become equal to the infinite Supreme Personality of Godhead.

Key points from the purport

Further qualities of the soul — Soul is invisible, inconceivable and immutable