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→Questions by Agnivesha
# Where do all these miseries completely get merged after their cure?
# Where do all these miseries completely get merged after their cure?
# What are the signs that help in recognizing the ''purusha'' which is omnipresent, all renouncing, devoid of all contacts, only one and tranquil? [3-15]
# What are the signs that help in recognizing the ''purusha'' which is omnipresent, all renouncing, devoid of all contacts, only one and tranquil? [3-15]
==== Details about ''Purusha'' ====
खादयश्चेतनाषष्ठा [१] धातवः पुरुषः स्मृतः|
खादयश्चेतनाषष्ठा [१] धातवः पुरुषः स्मृतः|
According to another classification, ''purusha'' comprises of twenty four ''dhatus'', i.e. mind, ten ''indriyas'' (sensory and motor organs), five objects of sense organs and ''prakriti'' (consisting of eight ''dhatus'', viz. five ''mahabhutas'' (in their subtle form), ''ahamkara'' (ego), ''mahan'' (intellect) and ''avyakta'' (primordial element) [17]
According to another classification, ''purusha'' comprises of twenty four ''dhatus'', i.e. mind, ten ''indriyas'' (sensory and motor organs), five objects of sense organs and ''prakriti'' (consisting of eight ''dhatus'', viz. five ''mahabhutas'' (in their subtle form), ''ahamkara'' (ego), ''mahan'' (intellect) and ''avyakta'' (primordial element) [17]
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====Details about ''Mana'' (mind)====
लक्षणं मनसो ज्ञानस्याभावो भाव एव च|
लक्षणं मनसो ज्ञानस्याभावो भाव एव च|
सति ह्यात्मेन्द्रियार्थानां सन्निकर्षे न वर्तते||१८||
सति ह्यात्मेन्द्रियार्थानां सन्निकर्षे न वर्तते||१८||
indriyeNendriyArtho hi samanaskena gRuhyate|
indriyeNendriyArtho hi samanaskena gRuhyate|
kalpyate manasA tUrdhvaM guNato doShato~athavA||22||
kalpyate manasA tUrdhvaM guNato doShato~athavA||22||
====Role of ''buddhi'' (intellect)====
जायते विषये तत्र या बुद्धिर्निश्चयात्मिका|
जायते विषये तत्र या बुद्धिर्निश्चयात्मिका|
The five sense faculties, made of the five ''mahabhutas'' (each sense faculty has one dominant ''mahabhuta''), are inferred from their five respective actions which serve as agents for the manifestation of the intellect [24]
The five sense faculties, made of the five ''mahabhutas'' (each sense faculty has one dominant ''mahabhuta''), are inferred from their five respective actions which serve as agents for the manifestation of the intellect [24]
==== Functions of ''karmendriya'' (motor organs) ====
हस्तौ पादौ [२] गुदोपस्थं वागिन्द्रियमथापि च|
हस्तौ पादौ [२] गुदोपस्थं वागिन्द्रियमथापि च|
Motor organs are of five categories, viz. hands, feet, anus, phallus and the organ of speech (tongue). Feet are useful in locomotion, anus and phallus for passing body waste while the hands are for collecting and holding. The tongue represents the organ of speech which is of two kinds, viz. true and false. The former can be compared to light which illuminates the worldly life and life after death, and the later to darkness which creates confusion. [25-26]
Motor organs are of five categories, viz. hands, feet, anus, phallus and the organ of speech (tongue). Feet are useful in locomotion, anus and phallus for passing body waste while the hands are for collecting and holding. The tongue represents the organ of speech which is of two kinds, viz. true and false. The former can be compared to light which illuminates the worldly life and life after death, and the later to darkness which creates confusion. [25-26]
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==== ''Mahabhuta'' (five basic elements) ====
महाभूतानि खं वायुरग्निरापः क्षितिस्तथा|
महाभूतानि खं वायुरग्निरापः क्षितिस्तथा|
शब्दः स्पर्शश्च रूपं च रसो गन्धश्च तद्गुणाः||२७||
शब्दः स्पर्शश्च रूपं च रसो गन्धश्च तद्गुणाः||२७||
The objects of sense organs are sound, touch, vision, taste and smell, which constitute the attributes of gross ''mahabhutas''. [31]
The objects of sense organs are sound, touch, vision, taste and smell, which constitute the attributes of gross ''mahabhutas''. [31]
====Process of perception====
या यदिन्द्रियमाश्रित्य जन्तोर्बुद्धिः प्रवर्तते|
या यदिन्द्रियमाश्रित्य जन्तोर्बुद्धिः प्रवर्तते|
Just as the same sound differs according to how it is produced out of friction in the finger and the thumb, and the guitar and nail, so does the perceptual faculty differ according to its production from out of the mutual contacts with the soul, sense organs and objects of sense organs. [32-34]
Just as the same sound differs according to how it is produced out of friction in the finger and the thumb, and the guitar and nail, so does the perceptual faculty differ according to its production from out of the mutual contacts with the soul, sense organs and objects of sense organs. [32-34]
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====''Rashipurusha''====
बुद्धीन्द्रियमनोर्थानां विद्याद्योगधरं परम्|
बुद्धीन्द्रियमनोर्थानां विद्याद्योगधरं परम्|
चतुर्विंशतिको ह्येष राशिः पुरुषसञ्ज्ञकः||३५||
चतुर्विंशतिको ह्येष राशिः पुरुषसञ्ज्ञकः||३५||