यथा सर्वगतं सौक्ष्म्यादाकाशं नोपलिप्यते ।
सर्वत्रावस्थितो देहे तथाऽऽत्मा नोपलिप्यते ॥ ३२ ॥
सर्वत्रावस्थितो देहे तथाऽऽत्मा नोपलिप्यते ॥ ३२ ॥
yathā sarvagataṃ saukṣmyādākāśaṃ nopalipyate .
sarvatrāvasthito dehe tathā’’tmā nopalipyate .. 32 ..
As the all-pervading akasa is, from its subtlety ‡, never soiled, so the Self seated in the body everywhere is not soiled.
Because akasa is so subtle that it pervades all without obstruction, it is not at all affected by mire, etc., which it pervades.—A.