Chapter 13 verse 23
“Within the body also resides the Supreme Lord. He is said to be the Witness, the Permitter, the Supporter, Transcendental Enjoyer, the ultimate Controller, and the Paramātmā (Supreme Soul).”
Both
the individual soul (purusha/jivatma) and the Supreme soul
(paramapurusha/paramatma) reside in each individual. A great couple of slokas
in mundakopanishad likens the jivatma and paramatma to 2 birds seated in a
fruit tree. Bird representing jivatma eats the fruits and enjoys/suffers the
various aspects of the tree and surroundings whereas the bird representing the
paramatma stays detached and even though in the same surroundings doesn’t let
the surroundings affect it. Jivatma bird has its head turned away from the
paramatma and wonders why it has to go through all these visccitudes of life.
If only the jivatma bird turns towards the paramatma bird and follows the
paramatma ‘s lead and detach itself from its surroundings and surrender to the
Supreme, it will not be affected by any of the material world happenings. The
paramatma is the witness, enabler, allower, supporter, detached enjoyer and
grand controller of everything in the universe.
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