Book Title: Rajgeeta English Translation and Comentry on Atmasiddhi Shastra
Author(s): Shrimad Rajchandra, Manu Doshi
Publisher: Shrimad Rajchandra Mission
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Second Fundamental-Everlastingness of Soul
અથવા જ્ઞાન ક્ષણિકનું, જે જાણી વદનાર; વદનારો તે ક્ષણિક નહિ, કર અનુભવ નિર્ધાર.
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Athavä Jnän Kshanikanun, Je Jäni Vadanär; Vadanäro Te Kshanik Nahin, Kar Anubhav Nirdhär.
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Or, one, who talks of the transitoriness after knowing it as such, cannot itself be transitory; you can make sure of this by experiencing it. (69)
Explanation & Discussion: Since the pupil had contended about the transitoriness of soul, the Guru points out that one, who talks of transitoriness, must exist. One cannot, for instance, speak of transitoriness without existing; he cannot therefore be transitory. Let us make this point a little more explicit.
When we term anything as transitory, we mean that its states go on changing every moment. Now if one, who knows something as transitory, is himself transitory, he ceases to exist in that state the moment after knowing it. In that case, how can he express that a particular thing is transitory? For expressing it he needs to exist; it means that he cannot be transitory.
The pupil's argument of soul being transitory is thus meaningless. Without soul there is no liveliness and without liveliness no one can talk. The fact, that the pupil talks, indicates that there is a soul within him, and that soul continues to exist while he utters. To say that it is transitory means that the soul talks of itself as transitory. Isn't it absurd? The Guru therefore asks the pupil to ponder over it and to determine for himself that his soul is not transitory.
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