28th September 2024
Arjuna was curious about 'Prakriti' and 'Purusha', terms used by Sankhyan philosophers to categorize the world and attribute objects as creations of Prakriti or Nature.
Purusha, according to them, is the individual soul and the experiencer of Prakriti, both beginningless. Lord Krishna explained to Arjuna that both Nature and the individual soul are without beginning, and that the modifications and abilities are born of Nature.
Since an object cannot experience itself, it is considered non-living. Therefore, the individual soul gives reality to objects by contacting them through the body and the senses.
Lord Krishna further explained that Nature is the cause of the body and organs, while the soul is the cause of experiencing happiness and sorrow.
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