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We have got little conception, male and female. So prakrti means the female, the object of enjoyment, and purusa means the enjoyer. So here, although we are dressed in a different way, male or female, everyone is trying to enjoy

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"we have got little conception, male and female. So prakṛti means the female, the object of enjoyment, and puruṣa means the enjoyer. So here, although we are dressed in a different way, male or female, everyone is trying to enjoy"

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures

He's student. "My Lord Kṛṣṇa, I want to understand what is this material nature and puruṣam." Purusa means enjoyer, and prakṛti means enjoyed. Just like we have got little conception, male and female. So prakṛti means the female, the object of enjoyment, and puruṣa means the enjoyer. So here, although we are dressed in a different way, male or female, everyone is trying to enjoy. Therefore even a woman is just like woman, his (her) feature is woman's body, actually, she is trying to enjoy; therefore she is puruṣa.

Kṛṣṇa first began this lesson: "My dear Arjuna, you are not this body. Why you are lamenting about this body? You are not this body. Neither your so-called relatives, they are this body. They are different." Asmin dehe: in this body there is the proprietor of the body, the dehī. Just like you are not the coat and shirt, you are the proprietor of the coat and shirt. Similarly, this body is also covering, the subtle body and the gross body—coat and shirt. But we are different from this coat and shirt. That is the beginning of the instruction. It is going on, and again Arjuna is asking that prakṛtiṁ puruṣaṁ caiva kṣetraṁ kṣetra-jñam eva ca etad veditum icchāmi.

He's student. "My Lord Kṛṣṇa, I want to understand what is this material nature and puruṣam." Purusa means enjoyer, and prakṛti means enjoyed. Just like we have got little conception, male and female. So prakṛti means the female, the object of enjoyment, and puruṣa means the enjoyer. So here, although we are dressed in a different way, male or female, everyone is trying to enjoy. Therefore even a woman is just like woman, his (her) feature is woman's body, actually, she is trying to enjoy; therefore she is puruṣa. Puruṣa means enjoyer. So here in this material world, either male or female, it doesn't matter—everyone is trying to enjoy; therefore he is called puruṣa, or the living entity is called puruṣa.

Page Title:We have got little conception, male and female. So prakrti means the female, the object of enjoyment, and purusa means the enjoyer. So here, although we are dressed in a different way, male or female, everyone is trying to enjoy
Compiler:Soham
Created:2023-01-03, 09:12:38
Totals by Section:BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=1, Con=0, Let=0
No. of Quotes:1