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== Explanation == | == Explanation == | ||
To explain this ''sutra'', Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar told, although a piece of paper has two sides, for the sake of argument, they cannot be separated from the one paper entity. Removal of one side of the paper jeopardizes the existence of the other. Similar is the relation of Purusa (Consciousness) and Prakrti (Operative Principle) in the Cosmic Entity. They can not stand without each other. That is the reason it is considered that they are an inalienable concomitant. | To explain this ''sutra'', Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar told, although a piece of paper has two sides, for the sake of argument, they cannot be separated from the one paper entity. Removal of one side of the paper jeopardizes the existence of the other. Similar is the relation of Purusa (Consciousness) and Prakrti (Operative Principle) in the Cosmic Entity. They can not stand without each other. That is the reason it is considered that they are an inalienable concomitant. | ||
Sarkar told, although as a philosophical word, shiva or puruśa is extensively used, in common parlance the word átmá (“soul” or “self”) is more extensively used in the same sense. The word "Shiva: means "witnessing consciousness". The word "Purusha" means the same thing— | |||
<center>Pure shete yah sah puruśah<center><br/> | |||
<center>The witness-ship that lies quiescent in every entity is the puruśa.</center> | |||
== References == | == References == | ||