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Sl BODY SOUL References

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1 Body is born and destined to be vanquished Soul is eternal. śrī-bhagavān uvāca
today or tomorrow.
aśocyān anvaśocas tvaṁ
prajñā-vādāṁś ca bhāṣase
gatāsūn agatāsūṁś ca
nānuśocanti paṇḍitāḥ : BG 2.11
2 Body manifests from child to youth, to old Soul doesn’t undergo any change. dehino ’smin yathā dehe
man.
Body disintegrates at the time of death. Soul changes the body at death.
kaumāraṁ yauvanaṁ jarā
tathā dehāntara-prāptir
dhīras tatra na muhyati : BG 2.13
3 Body changes by action and reactions of Spirit soul remains same despite everchanging nāsato vidyate bhāvo
different cells inside the body. body and mind.
Body is everchanging. Soul is eternal.
nābhāvo vidyate sataḥ
ubhayor api dṛṣṭo ’ntas
tv anayos tattva-darśibhiḥ : BG 2.16
4 Without soul, body is dead material. Soul spread all over body avināśi tu tad viddhi
Energetic Energy
Body is made up of five elements viz Earth, Spreads consciousness all body.
yena sarvam idaṁ tatam
Water, Fire, Air and Ether. Soul is floating in five kinds of air Praana, vināśam avyayasyāsya
Apaana, Vyaana, Samana and Udaana). na kaścit kartum arhati : BG 2.17
5 Existent Nonexistent Vishnu Purana 2.12.38, jyotīṁṣi viṣṇur
bhuvanāni viṣṇuḥ)
6 Body is perishable by nature
7 Body can be killed
8 Body takes six kinds of transformations.
Body takes six kinds of transformations.
9 Soul is indestructible, eternal, unborn and
10
Spirit soul maintains the body. antavanta ime dehā
Once spirit soul is out of the body, body begins
to decompose.
nityasyoktāḥ śarīriṇaḥ
anāśino ’prameyasya
tasmād yudhyasva bhārata :BG 2.18
Impossible to kill soul ya enaṁ vetti hantāraṁ
yaś cainaṁ manyate hatam
ubhau tau na vijānīto
nāyaṁ hanti na hanyate : BG 2.19
Soul has neither birth nor death at any time. na jāyate mriyate vā kadācin
Soul is unborn, eternal, ever-existing and
primeval.
nāyaṁ bhūtvā bhavitā vā na bhūyaḥ
Soul is free from six changes of the body. ajo nityaḥ śāśvato ’yaṁ purāṇo
Soul does not go through any change. na hanyate hanyamāne śarīre : BG
2.20
vedāvināśinaṁ nityaṁ
immutable.
ya enam ajam avyayam
kathaṁ sa puruṣaḥ pārtha
kaṁ ghātayati hanti kam : BG 2.21
Soul cannot cut to pieces by any weapon, not nainaṁ chindanti śastrāṇi
burned by fire, not moistened by water, not
withered by the wind.
nainaṁ dahati pāvakaḥ
na cainaṁ kledayanty āpo
na śoṣayati mārutaḥ : BG 2.23