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जन्माद्याः षडिमे भावा दृष्टा देहस्य नात्मनः ।
फलानामिव वृक्षस्य कालेनेश्वरमूर्तिना ॥ ७.७.१८ ॥
Janma-[A]adyaah Ssadd-Ime Bhaavaa Drssttaa Dehasya Na-[A]atmanah |
Phalaanaam-Iva Vrkssasya Kaalene[a-I]shvara-Muurtinaa || SB 7.7.18 ||

Meaning:
(Prahlada telling his companions in the school of Shukracharya)

SB 7.7.18 - 1: Starting with Birth, these six Conditions (i.e. Birth, Existence, Growth, Maturity, Decay and Death) which are seen; are all of the Body, and not of the Aatman,
SB 7.7.18 - 2: This is like the Fruits of the Tree (which undergoes change while the Tree remains the same); These transformations are due to Time (Kala), which is a manifestation of Ishwara.







आत्मा नित्योऽव्ययः शुद्ध एकः क्षेत्रज्ञ आश्रयः ।
अविक्रियः स्वदृग् हेतुर्व्यापकोऽसङ्‌‌ग्यनावृतः ॥ ७.७.१९ ॥
Aatmaa Nityo[ah-A]vyayah Shuddha Ekah Kssetrajnya Aashrayah |
Avikriyah Svadrg Hetur-Vyaapako-[A]sanggy[i]-Anaavrtah || SB 7.7.19 ||

Meaning:
SB 7.7.19 - 1 and SB 7.7.19 - 2: Aatmaa is:
[1] [Nitya] (Eternal)
[2] [Avyaya] (Undecaying)
[3] [Shuddha] (Pure)
[4] [Eka] (One without a second)
[5] [Kshetragna] (Knower of the Kshetra of Body-Mind)
[6] [Aashraya] (Foundation and Support of everything)
[7] [Avikriya] (Unchanging)
[8] [Svadrik] (Self-Aware)
[9] [Hetu] (Cause of everything)
[10] [Vyapaka] (All-Pervading)
[11] [Asangi] (Unattached)
[12] [Anavrita] (Not Enclosed or Constrained by anything),






एतैर्द्वादशभिर्विद्वानात्मनो लक्षणैः परैः ।
अहं ममेत्यसद्भ‍ावं देहादौ मोहजं त्यजेत् ॥ ७.७.२० ॥
Etair-Dvaadashabhir-Vidvaan-Aatmano Lakssannaih Paraih |
Aham Mame[a-I]ty[i]-Asad-Bhaaavam Deha-Adau Mohajam Tyajet || SB 7.7.20 ||

Meaning:
SB 7.7.20 - 1: By (meditating on) these twelve characteristics of Aatmaa, which are transcendental (i.e. describes the transcendental plane beyond Body-Mind complex); a Vidvan (Learned and Wise person) ...
SB 7.7.20 - 2: ... should give up the false feeling of I and mine (i.e. feeling of attachment) in relation to Body etc. (i.e. Body and its worldly associations), which are born of delusion.







स्वर्णं यथा ग्रावसु हेमकारः क्षेत्रेषु योगैस्तदभिज्ञ आप्नुयात् ।
क्षेत्रेषु देहेषु तथात्मयोगैरध्यात्मविद् ब्रह्मगतिं लभेत ॥ ७.७.२१ ॥
Svarnnam Yathaa Graavasu Hemakaarah Kssetressu Yogais-Tad-Abhijnya Aapnuyaat |
Kssetressu Dehessu Tathaa-[Aa]tma-Yogair-Adhyaatma-Vid Brahma-Gatim Labheta || SB 7.7.21 ||

SB 7.7.21 - 1: As a Hemakara (Goldsmith, here Gold-extractor) obtains Gold (hidden) within the Field (Kshetra) of Stones, by means of Yoga (i.e. Connection) appropriate to that Field, through his expert knowledge,
SB 7.7.21 - 2: Similarly, an Adhyatma-vid (knower of Spiritual Science) can obtain the transcendental perception of Brahman (Supreme Consciousness), within the Field (Kshetra) of Body (Body-Mind complex) through Aatma-Yoga (Yoga of Aatmaa).



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Translated by greenmesg

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