हँसः शुचिषद्वसुरन्तरिक्षसद्होता
वेदिषदतिथिर्दुरोणसत् ।
नृषद्वरसदृतसद्व्योमसद् अब्जा
गोजा ऋतजा अद्रिजा ऋतं बृहत् ॥ २
HAUNSAHA SHUCHISHADA VASTUR ANTARIKASHSA SAD HOTA
VEDI SHAD ATITHIR DURONSAT |
NRUSHAD VARASAT RHUTSAT VYOMASAD ABJA
GOJA RHUTAJA ADRIJA RHUTAM BRUHAT ||2
HE IS IN HEAVEN IN VAYU(WIND),IN SPACE.IN FIRE.ON THE ATLTAR,ON EARTH
DWELLS INGUEST HOUSE,HUMAN BEINGS GODS,IN SCRIFICE IN SKY,,BORN IN WATER,
EARTH,BORN IN SACRIFICE ON THE MOUNTAINS . HE IS TRUE AND GREAT||2
This Shloka is describing what is PURUSHA or the Consciousness. We often say that the Atman or the SELF or Purusha is INSIDE THE BODY . But that is misconnect. The inside and outside are the concepts of human mind. If I have a pot with water in it . I will say that the water is inside the pot and I will be correct . But let us say I have a pot and I say that the Air is inside the pot . I will be partially correct as the air is not only INSIDE the pot but also outside the pot . If I move the pot from one place to other , would I be moving the air? So the Purusha is all pervading. So in this Shloka we are told as to how it is all over, heavens and sky and water and space and fire and earth and also human beings and Gods and it is TRUE ( REAL) AND GREAT.
I want to clarify one thing here .It is there everywhere and it pervades everything. But the concept like air is there everywhere or the water spread everywhere when there is flood is different that the PURUSHA pervading everything . It is SAKSHI or witness to everything but it itself does not do anything. It is needed for mind to think and intellect to judge and sense organs to perceive external world. So in absence of Purusha , theses things will not work. But it does not do the thinking or make judgement or see things etc. Someone gave an example of modern day computer and I liked it . The computer has hardware and software and CPU and has source of power . The hardware is like human Physical body, The memory chip is like Subtle body . The weight of hard drive or memory chip does not alter if it has no programs or the memory is full. But all these things need ELCRICITY TO RUN . The brain is the CPU. But all of this is useless without the power or electricity. But the electricity does not do any of the work of theses different parts of the computer and just electricity without the hardware and the software can not do the work of the computer. So one can plug in computer to the electrical outlet but if it has no software ,it will not function. This is like dead body . When the astral body leaves the physical body the electricity or Purush is still there but can not function as live person. So the consciousness or SELF or Purusha pervades EVERYTHING and is witness of Everything . It is the only thing that is REAL AND GREAT.
One note of caution- NO EXAMPLE IS PERFECT and so the electricity example also has it's own drawbacks.
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