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तस्मादेवं विदित्वैनं नानुशोचितुमर्हसि || 25||
It is said that the soul is imperceptible, inconceivable, and immutable. Therefore knowing the soul as such, you should not grieve for the body.
Bhagwan Shri Krishna continues to enlighten Arjuna with divine wisdom by saying that soul is imperceptible. The soul that is our true identity is imperceivable and einvisible with our limited mortal and material senses.
The soul is eternally divine and cannot be perceived by our limited senses and thus it is invisible to our eyes.
The other characteristic of our true identity is that it is ‘Acintyah’ which means it is inconceivable. It means that our minds or intellect can not perceive it. The soul is also unchangeable which means it cannot be modified or altered with time.
As seen in the previous shlokas that the soul is eternal and Bhagwan Shri Krishna concludes this shloka by saying that Knowing all of this (the soul is eternal, imperceptible, inconceivable, and immutable), there should be no cause for grief.
When one knows about the true nature and quality of the soul that is our true identity, one should not grieve for the body.
