TEXT 18

Devanagari

अन्तवन्त इमे देहा नित्यस्योक्ताः शरीरिणः ।
अनाशिनोऽप्रमेयस्य तस्माद्युध्यस्व भारत ॥ १८ ॥

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Tekst

antavanta ime dehā
nityasyoktāḥ śarīriṇaḥ
anāśino ’prameyasya
tasmād yudhyasva bhārata

Synonyms

anta-vantaḥ — perishable; ime — all these; dehāḥ — material bodies; nityasya — eternal in existence; uktāḥ — are said; śarīriṇaḥ — of the embodied soul; anāśinaḥ — never to be destroyed; aprameyasya — immeasurable; tasmāt — therefore; yudhyasva — fight; bhārata — O descendant of Bharata.

anta-vantaḥ — häviv; ime — kõik need; dehāḥ — materiaalsed kehad; nityasya — igavesti eksisteeriv; uktāḥ — öeldakse; śarīriṇaḥ — kehastunud hinge; anāśinaḥ — mida iial ei hävitata; aprameyasya — mõõtmatu; tasmāt — seepärast; yudhyasva — võitle; bhārata — oo, Bharata järglane.

Translation

The material body of the indestructible, immeasurable and eternal living entity is sure to come to an end; therefore, fight, O descendant of Bharata.

Hävitamatu, mõõtmatu ja igavese elusolendi materiaalne keha kohtab kord niikuinii oma lõppu, seepärast võitle, oo, Bharata järglane!

Purport

The material body is perishable by nature. It may perish immediately, or it may do so after a hundred years. It is a question of time only. There is no chance of maintaining it indefinitely. But the spirit soul is so minute that it cannot even be seen by an enemy, to say nothing of being killed. As mentioned in the previous verse, it is so small that no one can have any idea how to measure its dimension. So from both viewpoints there is no cause of lamentation, because the living entity as he is cannot be killed nor can the material body be saved for any length of time or permanently protected. The minute particle of the whole spirit acquires this material body according to his work, and therefore observance of religious principles should be utilized. In the Vedānta-sūtras the living entity is qualified as light because he is part and parcel of the supreme light. As sunlight maintains the entire universe, so the light of the soul maintains this material body. As soon as the spirit soul is out of this material body, the body begins to decompose; therefore it is the spirit soul which maintains this body. The body itself is unimportant. Arjuna was advised to fight and not sacrifice the cause of religion for material, bodily considerations.

Materiaalne keha on oma looduselt häviv. Ta võib hävida praegusel hetkel või saja aasta pärast. See on vaid aja küsimus. Pole võimalik, et materiaalne keha eksisteeriks igavesti. Vaimne hing on aga nii väike, et vaenlane ei suudaks seda nähagi, rääkimata selle hävitamisest. Nagu öeldud eelmises värsis, on see nii väike, et keegi ei suuda selle mõõtmeid ettegi kujutada. Seega pole mingit põhjust kurvastada. Elusolendit kui sellist ei saa kunagi hävitada ning materiaalset keha pole ühelgi moel võimalik igavesti säilitada. Vaimse terviku imeväike osake omandab oma materiaalse keha vastavalt oma tegudele, seetõttu on religioossete printsiipide järgimine väga oluline. „Vedānta-sūtras" kirjeldatakse vaimset hinge kui valgust, kuna ta on kõrgeima valguse lahutamatu osake. Nagu päikesevalgus hoiab alal kogu materiaalset universumit, on hinge valgus materiaalse keha alalhoidja. Niipea kui vaimne hing kehast lahkub, hakkab keha lagunema. Seega on keha alalhoidjaks vaimne hing. Keha on iseenesest tähtsusetu. Arjunale soovitati võidelda ja mitte ohverdada religioosseid printsiipe materiaalse, kehalise kasu nimel.