Shloka 33
Nondual Vision Beyond Praise and Blame
Dvandva-nivṛtti and Ātma-viveka
पूर्वं गृहीतं गुणकर्मचित्र- मज्ञानमात्मन्यविविक्तमङ्ग । निवर्तते तत् पुनरीक्षयैव न गृह्यते नापि विसृज्य आत्मा ॥ ३३ ॥
pūrvaṁ gṛhītaṁ guṇa-karma-citram ajñānam ātmany aviviktam aṅga nivartate tat punar īkṣayaiva na gṛhyate nāpi visṛjya ātmā
အင်္ဂါရေ၊ ဂုဏ်နှင့် ကမ္မတို့ကြောင့် အမျိုးမျိုးဖြစ်ပွားလာသော ပစ္စည်းအဝိဇ္ဇာကို ချုပ်နှောင်ခံဇီဝသည် ယခင်က အတ္တမန်နှင့်တူဟု မှားယွင်းလက်ခံခဲ့သည်။ သို့သော် ဝိညာဉ်ရေးရာ ဉာဏ်ကို ပြန်လည်သုံးသပ်ခြင်းဖြင့် မောက္ခကာလ၌ ထိုအဝိဇ္ဇာ ပျောက်ကွယ်သည်။ အနန္တအတ္တမန်သည် မည်သည့်အခါမျှ မယူမထား၊ မစွန့်လွှတ်။
It is emphasized here that the eternal self is never assumed or imposed as a material designation, nor is it ever abandoned. As explained in the Bhagavad-gītā, the soul is eternally the same and does not undergo transformation. The modes of nature, however, create the gross material body and subtle mind as a result of one’s previous fruitive activities, and these gross and subtle bodies are imposed upon the soul. Thus the living entity can neither assume nor reject the soul, which is an eternal fact. Rather, he should give up the gross ignorance of material consciousness by cultivating spiritual knowledge, as indicated here.
FAQs
This verse says ignorance—mistakenly imposed on the Self through guṇa and karma—ends by clear re-examination and right discernment (punarīkṣā), not by the Self “doing” acceptance or rejection.
Krishna is teaching Uddhava that bondage is a misidentification with material qualities and actions; liberation comes from seeing the Self as distinct, rather than trying to manipulate or “throw away” the Self’s nature.
When anxiety or identity-confusion arises from roles and actions, practice discrimination: observe that thoughts and habits change (guṇa/karma), while awareness itself remains steady—then the grip of ignorance weakens.