Chapter 2: Sankhya Yoga, verse 24
अच्छेद्योऽयमदाह्योऽयमक्लेद्योऽशोष्य एव च।
नित्यः सर्वगतः स्थाणुरचलोऽयं सनातनः ॥
Say itachchhedyo ’yam adāhyo ’yam akledyo ’śhoṣhya eva cha
nityaḥ sarva-gataḥ sthāṇur achalo ’yaṁ sanātanaḥ
Translation
This Self cannot be cut, burned, wetted, nor dried up; it is eternal, all-pervasive, stable, immovable, and ancient.
Swami Sivananda
It cannot be cut, burned, moistened, or dried up; it is eternal, omnipresent, stationary, unmoving, and unchanging.
Swami Gambirananda
Follows the commentary of Shankara (Advaita).
It cannot be cleaved; It cannot be burned; It cannot be wetted, and It cannot be dried; It is eternal, all-pervasive, stable, immovable, and primordial.
Swami Adidevananda
Follows the commentary of Ramanuja (Vishishtadvaita).
This cannot be cut; this cannot be burnt; this cannot be made wet nor dried; this is eternal, all-pervading, stable, immovable, and everlasting.
Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
Follows the commentary of Abhinavagupta (Kashmir Shaivism).
It is impenetrable; it cannot be drowned, scorched, or dried. It is eternal, all-pervasive, unchanging, immovable, and most ancient.
Shri Purohit Swami
यह शरीरी काटा नहीं जा सकता, यह जलाया नहीं जा सकता, यह गीला नहीं किया जा सकता और यह सुखाया भी नहीं जा सकता। कारण कि यह नित्य रहनेवाला सबमें परिपूर्ण, अचल, स्थिर स्वभाववाला और अनादि है।
Swami Ramsukhdas
क्योंकि यह आत्मा अच्छेद्य (काटी नहीं जा सकती), अदाह्य (जलाई नहीं जा सकती), अक्लेद्य (गीली नहीं हो सकती ) और अशोष्य (सुखाई नहीं जा सकती) है; यह नित्य, सर्वगत, स्थाणु (स्थिर), अचल और सनातन है।
Swami Tejomayananda
Classical commentariesFor deeper study. Most are in the original Sanskrit.
Advaita
Non-dual: the self and the absolute are one.
Vishishtadvaita
Qualified non-dual: souls are real parts of the divine.
Dvaita
Dual: the soul and God are eternally distinct.
Shuddhadvaita
Pure non-dual, centred on grace and devotion.
Kashmir Shaivism
The Gita read through Trika Shaiva philosophy.
Modern teachers
20th-century teachers writing for today's readers.