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Imported quote 15005 Such a forest fire can burn the external bodies of animals, but Lord Rsabhadeva was not burned, although He apparently seemed so. Lord Rsabhadeva is the Supersoul of all living entities within the forest, and His soul is never burned by fire. As stated in Bhagavad-gita, adahyo 'yam-the soul is never burned by fire. Due to Lord Rsabhadeva's presence, all the animals in the forest were also liberated from material encagement.
(More...) Imported quote 19106 Prabhupada: Adahyo 'yam. Adahyo 'yam. This is the nature of the soul, adahya. Asosyo 'yam, asosyo 'yam. The..., that is the distinction between the soul and the matter. Matter, any matter you take, earth, earthly matter, even the hardest matter, namely the iron, it can be melted, it can be burned. But the soul is distinct from this matter. Therefore it is described, adahyo 'yam. Any material thing can be dried up by the air. But soul, asosyo 'yam: "It is not dried up." Any material thing can be moistened. So the soul cannot be. In this way every particular there is. So in the fire the soul cannot be adahyo 'yam, it cannot be burned. And we get information, as there are worms in everything-earth, water, fire... In the fire there are worms. They are called agni-pok. Where is the scientist? But we get this information from the sastra: agni-pok, worms within the fire. And Krsna says, above all-this is also Krsna's statement-imam vivasvate yogam proktavan aham avyayam [Bg 4.1].
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