The Divine soul is unique and immobile. It is swifter than
the mind. The senses cannot attain it. The divine soul never moves. And yet, it
can overtake all those who are swift. It is because the divine soul is present
that the wind blows and spurs all beings to action.
The divine soul moves. And yet it does not move. It is far.
And yet it is near. It is inside this universe. And yet it is outside the
universe.
He who is truly learned sees the divine soul (paramatman) in
all objects and objects in the paramatman. Such a person rise above all fear
and hatred.
(The word used for the divine soul in the verse is atman.
But we have used the word paramatman to draw a distinction with the individual
human soul or atman.)
He who realises the identity between all objects and the
paramatman is truly learned. He knows no illusion or sorrow. Such sentiments
become meaningless for him.
The divine soul is radiant and omnipresent. It has no form
and cannot be harmed. It has no veins and is pure. It is not touched by sin and
sees everything. It is the ruler of the mind. The paramatman is supreme, it
created itself. The divine soul is always present. It is the paramatman who
decreed the rules that the universe follows.
