यथा सर्वगतं सौक्ष्म्यादाकाशं नोपलिप्यते ।
सर्वत्रावस्थितो देहे तथात्मा नोपलिप्यते ।। १३.३२ ।।

यथा प्रकाशयत्येकः कृत्स्नं लोकमिमं रविः ।
क्षेत्रं क्षेत्री तथा कृत्स्नं प्रकाशयति भारत ।। १३.३३ ।।

yathā sarva-gataṃ saukṣmyād-ākāśaṃ nopalipyate |
sarvatrāvasthito dehe tathātmā nopalipyate || 13.32 ||

yathā prakāśayaty-eka: kṛtsnaṃ lokam-imaṃ ravi: |
kṣetraṃ kṣetrī tathā kṛtsnaṃ prakāśayati bhārata || 13.33 ||

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Spatial dimension of the Subject

Spiritual wisdom has the sole aim of ridding the mind of all its troublesome constrictions, freeing the intelligence of its limited perceptions, leading them both to ample expansion and freedom. The next two verses are an ecstatic flow bringing forth the singular and supreme nature of the inmost Soul. Krishna likens the Soul with the invisible space on the one hand and the splendorous sun on the other:

Just as the sky, pervading all through, does not court any stain at all, the Soul, permeating throughout the body, is not tainted by anything whatsoever.

As the one sun illumines the whole world, so does the one Subject make the entire objective world known.

Of the five elements (pañca-bhūtās), the grosser and perceptible earth, water, air and fire, do ‘inter-act’ with and influence each other. But the fifth, namely space, remains absolutely free from all this. The space is not tainted by whatever transpires in the transforming world. All that the space does, is to enable and empower the other four elements to manifest their properties, allowing them to interact with each other. The inmost Soul, though within the body, also reigns likewise. It enables the body-aggregate to be what it is, facilitating all its actions and interactions ceaselessly. In the process, the Soul remains absolutely aloof and free.

Look at the sun. Just as it illumines the whole world, the indwelling Soul also enables one to perceive the entire objective world. This perception is possible only because of the subjectivity the Soul provides and preserves within the body.