WHAT IS THE MEANING OF PURUSHA AND PRAKRITIH .
AND THE DIFFERENCE
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WHAT IS THE MEANING OF PURUSHA AND PRAKRITIH .
AND THE DIFFERENCE
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Hare Krsna
This question was asked by Arjuna to Sri Krsna in beginning of 13th Chapter of Srimad Bhagavad Gita
prakṛtiṁ puruṣaṁ caiva
kṣetraṁ kṣetra-jñam eva ca
etad veditum icchāmi
jñānaṁ jñeyaṁ ca keśava
Arjuna said: O my dear Kṛṣṇa, I wish to know about prakṛti [nature], puruṣa [the enjoyer], and the field and the knower of the field, and of knowledge and the object of knowledge. (BG13.1)
Sri Krsna answers this question as follows
kārya-kāraṇa-kartṛtve
hetuḥ prakṛtir ucyate
puruṣaḥ sukha-duḥkhānāṁ
bhoktṛtve hetur ucyate
Nature is said to be the cause of all material causes and effects, whereas the living entity is the cause of the various sufferings and enjoyments in this world.(BG 13.21)
This shloka differentiates Prakriti & Purusha.
Prakriti is the cause & effect of all occurences or happenings in material world.
Purusha is cause of various experiences (suffering & enjoyment ) in this material world.
Sri Krsna further distiguishes living beings(Purusha or enjoyer ) into those that are entangled in Prakriti & not entangled in Prakriti in following shlokas
puruṣaḥ prakṛti-stho hi
bhuṅkte prakṛti-jān guṇān
kāraṇaṁ guṇa-saṅgo ’sya
sad-asad-yoni-janmasu
The living entity in material nature thus follows the ways of life, enjoying the three modes of nature. This is due to his association with that material nature. Thus he meets with good and evil among various species.(BG 13.22)
upadraṣṭānumantā ca
bhartā bhoktā maheśvaraḥ
paramātmeti cāpy ukto
dehe ’smin puruṣaḥ paraḥ
Yet in this body there is another, a transcendental enjoyer, who is the Lord, the supreme proprietor, who exists as the overseer and permitter, and who is known as the Supersoul.(BG 13.23)
Hare Krsna