| 4. The physical
region (Adhibhuta) is the perishable existence, and Purusha or the Soul
is the divine region (Adhidaivata). The Adhiyajna (Entity concerned with
Sacrifice is Myself, here in the body, O best of the embodied.The Adhibhuta
is that which gathers itself round the whole animated creation and is composed
of the whole perishable existence, i.e of every thing that has birth.Purusha
is, liberally, that by which every thing is filled, (pri=to fill) or that
which lies in the body (pur), i.e the Hiranyagarbha, the Universal Soul
abiding in the Sun (Aditya), the Sustainer and the Stimulator of the senseorgans
of all living beings.The Adhiyajna is He who identifies himself with all
acts of sacrifice, the Deity named Vishnu ; the sruti says: Yajna (Sacrifice)
is verily Vishnu (TaittiriyaSamhita, 174). He is verily Myself. I am the
Deity concerned with all acts of sacrifice in the body: As an act of sacrifice
(yajna) has to be performed by the body, it is said to be inherent in it,
and as such it may be said to rest in the body. |
