अविनाशि तु तद्विद्धि येन सर्वमिदं ततम् | विनाशमव्ययस्यास्य न कश्चित्कर्तुमर्हति || 17 || |
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“The One by whom everything has been manifested and pervaded is imperishable. No one has the power to bring about annihilation of this Unchangeable Spirit.”
Commentary
The One Life that breathes into existence all temporal things, forming them out of His own Being, is indestructible and everlasting. Though all changeable objects of creation melt away, nothing affects the immutability of God.
Just as steam, water, and ice are manifestations of different rates of vibration of one energy, so humans, animals, galaxies and all projections of creation are changeable forms of the One Spirit. Even if planets were hurled from their orbits, even if all matter were to melt into nothingness, there would be no space empty of Spirit. Forms of creation and the great emptiness in the universe are equally pervaded by the Spirit which remains untouched, hidden and indestructible.