Gounaschennaathma Sabdaath

"Atma sabdaath": Since the sabda or word, Atma, is used, the "eekshathe" (mentioned in the previous sutra) or projection has to be the function of the Atma. Fire or water is the product, the effect of the Will. The words 'projection' or 'manifestation' cannot be interpreted in a secondary or figurative sense (gaunah). The Atma alone is indicated as the Primal Entity in the Sruthi or Veda. The urge or resolution is a happening in the Atma itself, not in any other entity. The entire cognisable Cosmos was just Sath or Is. Whatever form It has assumed in the process of Time and in the perimeter of Space, all of it is in reality Sath only, that is to say, Atma! This is the lesson the Veda holds.

Nothing is inert, inactive, jada. For, we find the word Atma being applied, once in a while, to denote even Pradhana, or Primordial Matter, Moola Prakrithi. The Pradhana is the instrument that fulfills the will of the Sovereign Consciousness or the Purusha, the Overself. Being operated by Purusha, who is the Cause, Prakrithi or Pradhana too has consciousness ascribed to It.

The Individual or the Jivi, believing that it is divided from the whole, the Universal, is subject to desire and despair, love and hate, grief and joy. He is attracted by the world of Name and Form. Such a person is characterised as 'bound', as baddha. Hence his need for liberation is urgent. And, to be liberated he must give up his dependence on and attachment to Prakrithi. The blind cannot be saved by the blind. The destitute cannot be helped out by the destitute. How can a man, himself destitute and helpless, remove the poverty, the suffering and the pain of another? The poor must approach the affluent, the wealthy. The blind must seek the guidance of a person who can see. Those who are bound and blinded by the dualities of Prakrithi have to take refuge in the inexhaustible treasure of Compassion, Power and Wisdom, namely, the Divine Atma. Then one can get rid of the destitution of grief, and revel in the wealth of Ananda; one can attain the Goal of Human Existence.