य इमं मध्वदं वेद
आत्मानं जीवमन्तिकात् ।
ईशानं भूतभव्यस्य
न ततोविजुगुप्सते। एतद्वैतत् ॥ ५
YA IMAM MADHVADAM VED
ATMANAM JIVAM ANTIKAT
ISHANAM BHUTBHAVYASYA
NA TATO VIJUGUPSATE| ETAD VAI TAT ||5
ONE WHO KNOWS THIS 'SELF'THE EXPERIENCER OF THE FRUITS OF ACTIONS ,AS THE
SUPPORTER OF THE LIFE,CLOSE AT HAND AND
THE LORD OF THE PAST AND THE FUTURE-
FEARS NOTHING, THIS VERILY ,IS THAT ||5
In this SHLOK we are given some more information. It may be little confusing as sometimes it feels like Lord of Death is repeating same thing. In this one he has used word JIVA and ATMAN. So what is said has I think little different meaning than we may think. The Jiva or JAVATMA is the reflection of the PARAMANTMA which is confined to the 3 bodies and is bound by them. The Jiva thinks that it is body and not FREE and is bound by the limits of body. So when the body dies we think that that is the end . But here we are told that the Jiva is the enjoyer of the fruits of action. Since the enjoyment happens to be associated with sense organs and mind and may be intellect, -all are part of NATURE and not PURUSH or Sprit , the Jiva thinks that it is body. Most and all the happiness and sorrpw is associated with physical body and some with mind . I enjoy eating sweets or I enjoy listening to good music . The sense organs carry the sensation and the MIND has the enjoyment . So it is through nature . But the actions that are taken by the body under the guidance from mind and intellects , we create the future and the past is future of past-past .So The Atman is the Lord of the Past and the Future .It also supports the the life . without the Jiva there won't be life and the Jiva is nothing but reflection of the Atman. So without the Jiva there won't be life. Once one knows that the Jiva is the enjoyer and the sustainer of life and creats future and does not die then he has nothing to fear .
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