{ "book_title": "Bhagavad-gītā As It Is", "chapter": 13, "verse": 32, "reference": "Bg 13.32", "devanagari": "अनादित्वान्निर्गुणत्वात्परमात्मायमव्ययः\nशरीरस्थो ऽपि कौन्तेय न करोति न लिप्यते", "transliteration": "anāditvān nirguṇatvāt\nparamātmāyam avyayaḥ\nśarīra-stho 'pi kaunteya\nna karoti na lipyate", "synonyms": [ { "word": "anāditvāt", "meanings": [ "due to eternity" ] }, { "word": "nirguṇatvāt", "meanings": [ "due to transcendental" ] }, { "word": "param", "meanings": [ "beyond material nature" ] }, { "word": "ātmā", "meanings": [ "spirit" ] }, { "word": "ayam", "meanings": [ "this" ] }, { "word": "avyayaḥ", "meanings": [ "inexhaustable" ] }, { "word": "śarīra-sthaḥ api", "meanings": [ "though dwelling in the body" ] }, { "word": "kaunteya", "meanings": [ "O son of Kuntī" ] }, { "word": "na karoti", "meanings": [ "never does anything" ] }, { "word": "na lipyate", "meanings": [ "nor is he entangled." ] } ], "translation": "Those with the vision of eternity can see that the soul is transcendental, eternal, and beyond the modes of nature. Despite contact with the material body, O Arjuna, the soul neither does anything nor is entangled.", "purport": [ "A living entity appears to be born because of the birth of the material body, but actually the living entity is eternal; he is not born, and in spite of his being situated in a material body, he is transcendental and eternal. Thus he cannot be destroyed. By nature he is full of bliss. He does not engage himself in any material activities; therefore the activities performed due to his contact with material bodies do not entangle him." ] }