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SHRIMAD BHAGVAD GITA-A JAIN PERSPECTIVE
__ "(Since it pervades everywhere) it has hand and feet on all sides, eyes, head and mouth and ears in all directions. "- 14 सर्वेन्द्रियगुणाभासं सर्वेन्द्रियविवर्जितम् । असक्तं सर्वभृच्चैव निर्गुणं गुणभोक्त च ॥ १५ ॥
"Though It is perceiving all sense objects It is really speaking devoid of all this because it is totally unattached. It sustains everything and yet "it" is not affected by their attributes"15 Note : Here the author reveals the Sankhya influence
as according Sankhya Pursha is not influenced
by gunas of Prakriti. बहिरन्तश्च भूतानामचरं चरमेव च । सूक्ष्मत्वात्तदविज्ञेयं दूरस्थं चान्तिके च तत् ॥ १६ ॥
"It" exists within and without all Beings It is moveable as well as immoveable, "It" is incomprehensible because of Its sublity and hence. It is close at hand and even far away. 16
अविभक्तं च भूतेषु विभक्तमिव च स्थितम् । भूतभर्तृ च तज्ज्ञेयं ग्रसिष्णु प्रभविष्णु च ॥ १७ ॥
"It is undivided and yet It appears to be
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