उत्क्रामन्तं स्थितं वापि भुञ्जानं वा गुणान्वितम् ।
विमूढा नानुपश्यन्ति पश्यन्ति ज्ञानचक्षुषः ॥ १५.१० ॥

utkrāmantaṃ sthitaṃ vāpi bhuñjānaṃ vā guṇānvitam |
vimūḍhā nānupaśyanti paśyanti jñāna-cakṣuṣa: || 15.10 ||

Those under the spell of ignorance fail to perceive the Soul either while departing from or residing in the body or while experiencing the sensory objects, associated with the three guṇas. But those with the eye of wisdom do perceive it.

Krishna adds that only due to sheer delusion, people in general, miss the presence of the jiva. There are three instances, occurring repeatedly, through one of which at least the seeker can gain access to the Soul. The first is when death befalls the body, making it insensitive and useless. Following death, although the body remains warm for a while, does not all sensation and activity cease abruptly?

Secondly, living itself is a clear evidence of the Soul. For, every one refers to himself as ‘I’. The ‘I’ is obviously not the body. It is also not the senses, the mind or even the intelligence. We refer to all these as ‘mine’, indicating clearly that ‘I’, the wielder of all these, is inmost and something different. What is that ‘nominative case’ existence, to which mind, intelligence, body and senses, together with all that they do, are related? This question should normally occur to any rational person! But seldom one thinks deeply about it.

Thirdly, think of sleep, during which everyone totally forgets his body, mind and intelligence. He wakes up to say that he did not know anything at all. Obviously, the knower of the sleep state is different from the body, for during sleep the body remains un-sensed.

Though all these states are equally available for all, the sense of enquiry is not there. Thus they remain deluded.

The only way to remove such delusion is to take up the enquiry and be dedicated to it until the intelligence gets properly enlightened. When the seeker is able to have the eye of Knowledge, the Soul-presence within the body will be revealed to him without any doubt or lack of clarity.