अच्छेद्योऽहमदाह्योऽहमक्लेद्योऽशोष्य एव च । नित्यः सर्वगतः स्थाणुरचलोऽहमिति स्थितम् ॥ ६० ॥
acchēdyō’hamadāhyō’hamaklēdyō’śōṣya ēva ca | nityaḥ sarvagataḥ sthāṇuracalō’hamiti sthitam || 60 ||
Translation
"I cannot be cut, I cannot be burnt, I cannot be wetted, nor dried; eternal, everywhere, firm, unmoving am I": so it stands.
Word by word
- acchēdyō
- (acchedyaḥ) cannot be cut
- aham
- I
- adāhyō
- (adāhyaḥ) cannot be burnt
- aklēdyō
- (akledyaḥ) cannot be wetted
- aśōṣya
- (aśoṣyaḥ) cannot be dried
- ēva
- indeed
- ca
- and
- nityaḥ
- eternal
- sarvagataḥ
- everywhere
- sthāṇur
- (sthāṇuḥ) firm
- acalō
- (acalaḥ) unmoving
- iti
- so
- sthitam
- it stands
Meaning
The commentary: this Self cannot be cut by weapons, burnt by fire, wetted by water or dried by sun; in its own nature it is eternal, all-pervading, firm as a pillar, without motion: such is the knowledge that arises. The verse takes up the Bhagavad Gītā's words on the Self (2.23-24) and puts them in the first person: not a teaching about the Self but the knower's own certainty.