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Prakriti and Purusha
Uddhava said: “O Krishna, though the Prakriti and Purusha seem by nature distinct from each other,yet their distinction is not evident as they are never found a part. Atman is seen in Prakriti (body) and Prakriti is seen in Atman.
O Pundarikaksha (lotus-eyed), Omniscient Lord, O Lord of Prakriti, may Thou be pleased to remove the great doubt in my mind with Thy words skilled in reasoning. Through Thy grace people derive knowledge and through Thy power they lose their knowledge. Therefore Thou alone knowest the true course of Thy Maya and no other.”
The Lord said: “O bull among men! Prakriti and Purusha are essentially different. They are entirely distinct entities. Prakriti is insentient and changing. Purusha is sentient and unchanging. The body is the modification of the three Gunas. This universe is constituted of three Gunas. The combination of the three Gunas has produced this universe. It is subject to modifications. A disturbance in the equilibrium of the three Gunas has projected this universe.
O dear one, My Maya composed of the three Gunas creates through these Gunas countless modifications and notions. The modification or the universe is threefold viz., Adhyatma (relating to the body), Adhidaiva (relating to the gods), Adhibhuta (relating to the creatures).
The eye or the organ of seeing is Adhyatma; colour or form is Adhibhuta; the ray of the sun or the presiding deity Surya or sun is Adhidaiva. These depend upon one another for their manifestation; but the sun which is in the sky exists independently.
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