BG - 13.33

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

yathā sarva-gataṁ saukṣhmyād ākāśhaṁ nopalipyate sarvatrāvasthito dehe tathātmā nopalipyate

• yathā - as
• sarva-gatam - all-pervading
• saukṣhmyāt - due to subtlety
• ākāśham - the space
• na - not
• upalipyate - is contaminated
• sarvatra - everywhere
• avasthitaḥ - situated
• dehe - the body
• tathā - similarly
• ātmā - the soul
• na - not
• upalipyate - is contaminated

Translation

As the all-pervading ether is not tainted, due to its subtlety, so the Self seated everywhere in the body is not tainted either.

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