If the soul immovable, how do the Yamadutas drag the soul?
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what is the exact meaning of immovable if the soul is immovable then how do the yamdas drag the soul away yeah achella means that the same bhagavad gita will say that the soul is achello yam sanatana urdhvam gacchanti siddhastha madhya tishthanti rajas ajaganya guna vittistha adho vachitnam it also talks about soul going up soul going down soul staying here itself but that the soul moves is very clear so immovable is not like a absolute eternal reality soul is absolutely immovable it basically means that if you see the whole section second chapter of the bhagavad gita it is differentiating between matter and spirit by describing how spirit has qualities which are opposite to that of matter body is destructible soul is not destructible body changes soul doesn’t change avyaktho yam valkaryo yam chintyo yam so basically the focus of that section is to describe how the characteristics of spirit are not just different from but in many ways opposite to that of matter so in that sense we have to look at what achella means so the bhagavad gita uses the word chanchala for describing the mind the mind is constantly restless it is constantly moving here moving there the mind is also a part of matter a subtle matter soul is achella soul is achella means the soul is not fickle or movable the way matter is movable now soul of course has free will and by its free will it can be moved so the immovability has to be seen in the context of it being is a contradictory characteristic to the characteristic of matter specifically in the Yamadutas it is described that the Yamadutas see the atma is spiritual the spiritual atma cannot be caught by any material pash yamapash is also material yamapash catches the subtle body and they drag the Yamadutas at the subtle body and the soul is attached to the subtle body and because the soul is attached to the subtle body the soul goes to the subtle body so it is like if a person is watching TV and the person is so caught up watching the TV some thief comes and starts stealing away the TV the person is so caught up watching the TV the thief is taking away the TV and the person goes after the thief not to stop the thief but to keep watching the TV not to stop the thief but to keep watching the TV so like that the soul is attached to the subtle body Yamadutas start taking the subtle body the soul is not even aware that I have an existence separate from the subtle body so there is identification with the gross body but there is even greater identification with the subtle body so because of the identification with the subtle body the subtle body is dragged by the Yamadutas the soul also goes with it Yamapash acts on the subtle body