अच्छेद्योऽयमदाह्योऽयमक्लेद्योऽशोष्य एव च | नित्यः सर्वगतः स्थाणुरचलोऽयं सनातनः ||२-२४||
acchedyo.ayamadāhyo.ayamakledyo.aśoṣya eva ca . nityaḥ sarvagataḥ sthāṇuracalo.ayaṃ sanātanaḥ ||2-24||
In English by Swami Sivananda
2.24 This Self cannot be cut, burnt, wetted, nor dried up. It is eternal, all-pervading, stable, immovable and ancient.
In English by Swami Sivananda
2.24 अच्छेद्यः cannot be cut, अयम् this (Self), अदाह्यः cannot be burnt, अयम् this, अक्लेद्यः cannot be wetted, अशोष्यः cannot be died, एव also, च and, नित्यः eternal, सर्वगतः allpervading, स्थाणुः stable, अचलः immovable, अयम् this, सनातनः ancient.Commentary The Self is very subtle. It is beyond the reach of speech and mind. It is very difficult to understand this subtle Self. So Lord Krishna explains the nature of the immortal Self in a variety of ways with various illustrations and examples, so that It can be grasped by the people.Sword cannot cut this Self. It is eternal. Because It is eternal, It is allpervading. Because It is allpervading, It is stable like a stature. Because It is stable, It is immovable. It is everlasting. Therefore, It is not produced out of any cause. It is not new. It is ancient.