1 Gita Sloka Every Day - Chapter 13 - Kshetra Kshetrajna Yoga - Sloka 22

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Brahma Jnana Dispels the Delusion of Birth

1 Gita Sloka  Every Day - Chapter 13 - Kshetra Kshetrajna Yoga - Sloka 22

Upadrashta  anu manta cha bharta bhokta maheshwarah I

Param atma iti cha api uktah dehe asmin purushah parah II sloka 22

उपद्रष्ट अनु मन्त च भर्त भोक्ता महेश्वरः।
परम आत्मा इति च अपि उक्तः देहे अस्मिन् पुरुषः परः ।। स्लोक २२   

The self  in this body is also called the spectator, the approver or one who permits, the supporter, the one who experiences, the great Lord and also the supreme self.

Manifold are the activities taking place in the human body. The jivatman  enshrouded in ignorance imagies himslef to be the author thereof. But he is not. 

Upadrashta : The spectator. The person who witnesses the same or the person who acts as the refree is able to better see into the orderliness and fouls in the game. The Lord resides in the body as a witness to all that takes place in the body and mind. 

Anumanta :  The one who permits. To one who has no ear for music a fine melody in classical music is no more than 

meaningless sound. His approval or permission for the musical performance to go on, counts for nothing. Whereas when an expert critic who enjoys that melody, pleads for its continuance, there is pleasure and purpose in that act. More seriously and effectively than this, the Lord witnesses the activities  of the jivatman, knows them in their true perspective and permits those of the activities which are conducive to the progress of the jivatman. He is therefore the one that permits.

Bharta : the supporter. More important than witnessing a play and approving of it, is to materially aid and support it. In that way the Lord is the supporter of the jagat and the jivatman.

Bhokta : The one who experiences. A husband is not only the supporter of his wife, but he is also a partner, enjoyer and the one that experiences the family life. In the same way, the Omniscient Lord is the one that experiences through the conjunction of gunas with prakriti.

Maheswara :  The great Lord. Gaining the devoted love of a chaste wife is more important in a family life than gathering a variety of experiences in it. An ideal wife is never self-willed but subordinates her will to that of her husband. He has complete lordship and supremacy over the atma and all else.He is in no way affected by changes in the prakriti. He is hence the Paramatma residing in the human tabernacle.

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