Sutra Insights
Purusa
Definition: Pure, unchanging consciousness; the witness distinct from nature (prakrti).
Insights: Purusha is the eternal, unchanging witness-consciousness, distinct from the ever-changing world of prakrti (nature). Realizing Purusha is the key to liberation, as it reveals the true Self beyond all experience.
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2.20
draṣṭā dṛśimātraḥ śuddho'pi pratyayānupaśyaḥ
The Seer is consciousness only; though pure, it appears to see through the mind.
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2.21
tadartha eva dṛśyasyātmā
The very being of the Seen exists only for the sake of the Seer.
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2.22
kṛtārthaṁ prati naṣṭamapyanaṣṭaṁ tadanyasādhāraṇatvāt
Although destroyed for one whose purpose is fulfilled, it is not destroyed for others, being common to them.
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2.23
svasvāmiśaktyoḥ svarūpopalabdhihetuḥ saṁyogaḥ
The conjunction (of the Seer and the Seen) is the cause for the apprehension of the true nature of their respective powers, the power of the owner (Puruṣa) and the power of the owned (Prakṛti).
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