Chapter XV · Śloka 10
उत्क्रामन्तं स्थितं वापि
भुञ्जानं वा गुणान्वितम् ।
विमूढा नानुपश्यन्ति
पश्यन्ति ज्ञानचक्षुषः ॥
भुञ्जानं वा गुणान्वितम् ।
विमूढा नानुपश्यन्ति
पश्यन्ति ज्ञानचक्षुषः ॥
utkrāmantaṃ sthitaṃ vāpi
bhuñjānaṃ vā guṇānvitam |
vimūḍhā nānupaśyanti
paśyanti jñāna-cakṣuṣaḥ ||
bhuñjānaṃ vā guṇānvitam |
vimūḍhā nānupaśyanti
paśyanti jñāna-cakṣuṣaḥ ||
The deluded do not perceive the soul as it departs, dwells in a body, or experiences objects while associated with the guṇas. Only those with the eye of knowledge see it.
The soul's subtle movements — its departure at death, its residence in life, its enjoyment through the guṇas — are invisible to those clouded by ignorance and attachment. Those who have developed the inner eye of discriminative wisdom (jñāna-cakṣus) alone perceive these truths directly.