God is not the flesh

Aashritameva mataantarepi.

(Gita says that God lives in the human being. Even other religion says the same).

Gita says that God entered and lives in the human being. The word ‘aashritam’ clearly means that God is not the human being, but God has entered the human being. Even the other religion, Christianity, says that God is in flesh. It clearly means that God is not the flesh.

Soul is selected as the best simile for God

Upamaananityatvadharmo dvitiye gitah.

(In the second chapter of Gita, the comparative concept of the simile is well discussed).

In the second chapter of Gita, the soul, which is selected as the best simile is introduced and the concept of comparison is clearly established to give the reason for selection. The comparison is that God is eternal unlike the temporary world, like the soul, which is not destroyed even if the body is destroyed. Due to this comparison only, the soul is selected as the best simile.

Except God, nothing is absolutely eternal

Saapekshakanitya aatmaa mukhyanityaabhaavaat.

(The soul is eternal with respect to the body which is destroyed. This is only relative eternality with reference to the body. Except God, nothing is absolutely eternal and hence there is no exact simile to God in the world).

The eternality of the soul is only relative with respective to the body that is destroyed after some time (Hanyamaane…Gita). This relative eternality of soul is taken as a simile to absolute eternality of God, because there is no absolutely eternal item in the world that can be compared to God. Only the available best among the relatively eternal items can be selected for comparison. In the beginning of Gita this subject of eternality of the soul with respect to the body is clearly explained, which gives the reason for selection of the soul as simile to God.