Oh Arjuna, therefore, thou shouldst not grieve for any creature. Commentary This is the summing up of the philosophic argument. Its apparent destruction is mere transmutation. Body and life are themselves tools in the hands of the soul which is of the nature of pure consciousness. Body is inert.
Life is blind energy.
It is the soul that is the conscious director within these two. There is no power greater than this, for this consciousness is all-pervading and therefore one without a second. The universe has consciousness for its guide. Consciousness is the basis or stay of all. That Brahman is the self of all.