Verset 13.33

यथा सर्वगतं सौक्ष्म्यादाकाशं नोपलिप्यते ।

सर्वत्रावस्थितो देहे तथात्मा नोपलिप्यते ॥

13.33

Translittération

yathā sarvagataṃ saukṣmyādākāśaṃ nopalipyate |

sarvatrāvasthito dehe tathātmā nopalipyate ||

Par Sanskrit System · Brouillon automatique · @indic-transliteration/sanscript 1.3.3

Traduction

As the all-pervading ether is not tainted, because of its subtlety, so the Self seated everywhere in the body is not tainted.

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Mot à mot

as
all pervading
due to subtlety
space
not
is tainted

everywhere
present
in the body
so
the self
not
is tainted

Par Sanskrit System · Brouillon automatique · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08

Explication

Krishna gives an image for the self's freedom from taint. Space, ākāśa, is everywhere, inside and around everything, yet because it is so subtle, nothing sticks to it. Smoke, dust or water may fill a room, but the space of the room is not soiled. In the same way the self pervades the whole body yet remains untouched by its states and acts. The image is one of the most enduring in Indian thought. It helps the mind grasp something otherwise abstract: a presence that is intimately everywhere and still entirely free.