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#gitarthavisesha #FirstShadanga #Adhyaya2 #Shloka23 #Shloka24

नैनं छिन्दन्ति शस्त्राणि नैनं दहति पावकः ।
न चैनं क्लेदयन्त्यापो न शोषयति मारुतः ।।

nainaṃ chindanti śastrāṇi nainaṃ dahati pāvakaḥ ।
na cainaṃ kledayantyāpo na śoṣayati mārutaḥ ।।

अच्छेद्योऽयमदाह्योऽयमक्लेद्योऽशोष्य एव च ।
नित्यः सर्वगतः स्थाणुरचलोऽयं सनातनः ।।

acchedyo'yamadāhyo'yamakledyo'śoṣya eva ca ।
nityaḥ sarvagataḥ sthāṇuracalo'yaṃ sanātanaḥ ।।

शस्त्राणि - weapons, एनं - this Atma, न​ छिन्दन्ति - doesn’t cut, पावकः - fire, न​ दहति - doesn’t burn, आप​: - waters, एनं - this Atma, न क्लेदयन्ती - doesn’t dissolve, मारुतः - wind, एनं - this Atma, न शोषयति - doesn’t dry

अयं - this Atma, अच्छेद्य: - isn’t cuttable, अयं - this Atma, अदाह्य: - isn’t burnable, अक्लेद्य: - isn’t dissolvable, अशोष्य एव च - isn’t dry-able too, अयं - this Atma, नित्यः - eternal, सर्वगतः - present everywhere, स्थाणु: - unchanging, अचल: - unmovable, सनातनः - really old

(V)
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This Atma cannot be destroyed by weapons or burnt by fire or dissolved by water or dried by wind.

It is present in all jIvas. Because of it's 'sUkshma' nature [smaller than the smallest], no object is able to enter/destroy it.

But having such glorious characteristics doesn't make a jIvAtma 'vibhu' [omni-potence].

(A)
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Same as (V) except without the 'vibhu' part..

(D)
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Same as (V) except the 'vibhu' part...

jIvatma is considered a prati-bimba (reflection) of paramatma. As a result, it is imbued with some of paramatma's greatest attributes. This is what is described in the above shlokas