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Enjoyer means

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"enjoyer means"

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures

Enjoyer means the puruṣa, or the male.
Lecture on BG 13.22-24 -- Melbourne, June 25, 1974:

Puruṣa means the enjoyer. Puruṣa. And prakṛti means enjoyed. For enjoyment two things are required. One enjoyer and the other enjoyed. When we eat something, the eater is the enjoyer and the foodstuff is enjoyed. So here in this material world the living entity, although by nature it is to be enjoyed, but out of ignorance the enjoyed is claiming to be enjoyer. Just like from practical example the man and woman, the man is supposed to be the enjoyer and the woman is supposed to be the enjoyed. So enjoyed means prakṛti, or female, and enjoyer means the puruṣa, or the male.

So actually, we all living entities, we are prakṛti, we are not puruṣa. That is stated in the seventh chapter.

Page Title:Enjoyer means
Compiler:Rishab
Created:08 of Nov, 2012
Totals by Section:BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=1, Con=0, Let=0
No. of Quotes:1