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have conquered the devil of attachment, whose mind is constantly dwelling in the Supreme
Self, whose selfish desires are completely pacified, who are free from the pair of
opposites such as gain and loss, pleasure and pain; such persons attain nirvana, the
goal of human birth. (15.05)
The Jeeva (Jeevaatma or the individual Self) in the body is Lord's
eternal part as the sun's ray is eternal part of the sun. Atma or the
spirit soul associates with matter or body and attracts the six senses.
(15.07)
As the air takes away the aroma from the
flower, similarly the Jeevaatma takes the six senses from the body
it leaves during death to another new body it acquires in
reincarnation. (15.08)
I (the Para-Brahma, Paramaatmaa, or the
Supreme Spirit) am seated in the hearts of all beings. Memory,
knowledge, as well as the removal of doubts and wrong notions about
God by reasoning come from Me. I am known by the study of all the
four Vedas. I am, indeed, the author of the Vedas and all other
scriptures. (15.15)
I am beyond the perishable body, and
higher than the imperishable spirit or Atma; therefore, I am known
in this world and in the Vedas as the Supreme Spirit, or
Paramaatmaa. (15.18)
CHAPTER SUMMARY: Chapter 14 discusses the
three inherent Gunas or states of the material nature and their role
in keeping the wheel of creation in motion. Each and everyone of us
is a slave of Gunas/Karma and therefore we should look at both the
saint and the sinner with equal respect. Chapter 15 discusses the
Supreme Spirit and the individual soul or the Jeevaatma and the
relationship between the two.
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