Shloka : 105

हृदयत्स्थोऽणुसूक्ष्मश्चिद्रूपो ज्ञाता व्याप्याऽखिलां तनुम् ।

ज्ञानशक्त्या स्थितो जीवो ज्ञेयोऽच्छेद्यादिलक्षण: ॥ 105 ॥

અને જે જીવ છે તે હૃદયને વિષે રહ્યો છે, ને અણુ સરખો સૂક્ષ્મ છે, ને ચૈતન્યરૂપ છે, ને જાણનારો છે. અને પોતાની જ્ઞાનશક્તિએ કરીને નખથી શિખાપર્યંત સમગ્ર પોતાના દેહપ્રત્યે વ્યાપીને રહ્યો છે. અને અછેદ્ય, અભેદ્ય, અજર, અમર, ઇત્યાદિક છે લક્ષણ જેનાં એવો જીવ છે એમ જાણવો. ॥ 105 ॥

And the soul, which is residing into the heart, is minute as an atom and full of life and spiritual qualities. And it is pervading the whole body right from the head to the toes through its power of knowledge. And it is indivisible, invisible, ever youthful, immortal. An entity having such qualities should be considered as a soul. || 105 ||

Commentary

Shri Hari says that the soul is residing into the heart, it is as minute as an atom, it is of spiritual nature and the knower of everything. It is pervading throughout the body from head to toe through power of knowledge.

The spiritual soul could be revealed by meditating on Shriji Maharaj. Shri Hari has mentioned: I, the Ultimate Supreme God, by meditating on My divine form, the soul can be perceived. The crores of methods other than meditating on My divine form cannot make the soul visible and in future also it could not be seen. When My devotee follows My teachings and meditates on My divine form, considering himself as a soul he can experience My divine form and at the same time he can see his spiritual self also. The soul has the luminous quality and the spiritual soul is neither a male nor a female nor a relative to someone.

Moreover, as Ishwar and Maya i.e. God and illusion, are immortal, similarly the souls, manifested through Maya i.e. illusion, are also immortal. But soul is not a part of Supreme Being, and wherever in scriptures, souls have been mentioned as a part of Supreme God that is because the Ekantik Muktas have the qualities similar to that of Supreme God which are 'Dharma' i.e. code of conduct, 'Gyan' i.e. knowledge, 'Vairagya' i.e. ascetism etc.. Therefore, they have been referred to as a part of God's splendour, but they should not be considered as the sparks coming out of fire.