Soul..... immortal

वासांसि जीर्णानि यथा विहाय

नवानि गृह्णाति नरोऽपराणि ।

तथा शरीराणि विहाय जीर्णा-

न्यन्यानि संयाति नवानि देही ॥ 

vasamsi jirnani yatha vihaya

navani grhnati naro ‘parani

tatha sarirani vihaya jirnany

anyani samyati navani dehi.

- Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 2. Verse 22

vāsāḿsi — garments; jīrṇāni — old and worn out; yathā — just as; vihāya — giving up; navāni — new garments; gṛhṇāti — does accept; naraḥ — a man; aparāṇi — others; tathā — in the same way; śarīrāṇi — bodies; vihāya — giving up; jirṇāni — old and useless; anyāni — different; saḿyāti — verily accepts; navāni — new sets; dehī — the embodied.

Meaning of this Gita verse:

As a person puts on new garments, giving up old ones, the soul similarly accepts new material bodies, giving up the old and useless ones.

Simply the Soul is deathless. 

Just about a week ago;

It's since the passing away of

the brilliant actor Vivekh. 

A poet went on record saying,

Or rather doomsaying, 

Henceforth there would be 

Famine for rational dialogue 

In filmdom. 

The atheist cult tried their best to 

Appropriate Vivekh as one amongst them. 

Irony is 

We don't know if all of

Them know that 

Contrary to their belief, 

Vivekh never said 

He was a God-hater. 

Every year Mata Amritanantha Mayee

Visits Her Chennai Ashram. 

Many from Kollywood do visit and receive 

Mata's blessings during Her visits. 

On one such time 

I saw Vivekh receiving 

Mata's blessings. 

Well,

He participated in Samskruta Bharathi, - an organization to encourage learning Sanskrit -meeting.  Referred to listening to Velukudi's lecture,  his acting in a movie with title, 'நான் தான் பாலா' and his love to learn Sanskrit. 

I was curious to see this movie.  Saw it in YouTube. 

In the movie Vivekh's role was a Brahmin priest. His father served in a temple as Pujari. 

Vivekh's name in the film was Bala. On a wrong temple jewel theft accusation,  the Vivekh's family had to leave the agraharam,  the place where the families of pujaris reside. 

Unable to come over grief of false accusation,  Bala's parents ended their life. 

When Bala didn't know where to go,  one Poochi came forward to accommodate Bala. Bala didn't know the antecedents of Poochi. 

Poochi was a stooge to one bad guy,  to say in Sonia's jargon, a 'merchant of death.'.

On knowing that Poochi was wanted in a case of murder,  Bala,  a deeply spiritual man,  convinced Poochi to turn approver.  This news reached the ears of the merchant of death. 

The irritated merchant of death killed Poochi. 

On the dying moment of Poochi,  Bala took him on his laps and chanted, 

'vasamsi jirnani yatha vihaya

navani grhnati naro ‘parani

tatha sarirani vihaya jirnany

anyani samyati navani dehi.'.

Yes. 

 

What dies is the body.

And 

There is no death to the Soul.

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