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humans, animals, birds, insects etc. — gain
existence through body, hence are bound to
die one day or on the other. No power on
earth can prevent the coming of death. This
is the inviolable law of God. Nobody can
change it. The size of creatures varies from
small to big, but soul in all is similar,
irrespective of the size of the creatures. The
soul in an ant and in an elephant is similar.
Where there is life and movement, there is
soul. Atma, the soul, is not accessible through
any microscope or any such other instrument.
Nobody has till now been able to catch it
physically.
The body is mortal. It must perish some
day. The soul is immortal. No power on earth
can kill it. Gita imparts the substance of this
knowledge in the following words :
R--.A1 I, 4144).
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