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Antahkarana should be made the channel for higher communion and
its divisions are the divisions of spiritual perception.
Chitta is the highest aspect of Antahkarana corresponding to
Mahat Tatva in the Universe, with the Purusha always reflected in it.
This aspect corresponds to Vasudeva, the highest Purusha in the
Tetraktys.
Ahankara is the bare individuality, transformable into peculiari-
ties, but not so transformed. Sankarshana is the corresponding
Purusha.
Manas is Kama or desire brought on by likes and dislikes. It
consists of the mental tendencies of attachment, repulsion and in-
difference. Aniruddha is the corresponding Purusha.
Buddhi is in one word the Chitta of Patanjali, that which
functions through the physical brain.
Pradyumna is the corresponding Purusha.]
"The Jndriyas are also the Rajasika transformations of Ahan-
kara."
Prana through its Kriya Sakti gave rise to the Karma Indriyas.
Buddhi through its Jnana Sakti gave rise to the Jnana Indriyas. The
Tanmatras and the Maha Bhutas then came out in order of trans-
formation. All these principles could not, however, unite to bring
forth the creation. Purusha then permeated them, and the Cosmic
Egg with its covers was formed. Details are given as to how the
Indriyas and Antahkarana with their Adhyatma, AdhibhQta and
Adhidaiva appearing in the Virata Purusha, rose up from sleep as it
were only when Chitta finally appeared.
Kapila then dilated on the relations between Purusha and Pra-
kriti, using the illustration of the sun reflected on water and re-reflected
on the wall. He showed how Mukti could be attained by discrimi-
nation of Prakriti and Purusha the seer and the seen.
Devahuti asked how Mukti was possible when Prakriti and
Purusha were eternally co-existent, and inter-dependent in manifesta-
tion. A man might for a time realize that the Purusha was free from
the fears of relativity, but his Karma had connected him with the
Gunas and the fears would recur as the ultimate cause could not be
removed. Kapila replied, "By unselfish performance of duties, by
purification of mind, by intense Bhakti in Bhagavan fostered by
the recital of His glory, by wisdom based on the knowledge of the
Tatvas, by strong dispassion, by austere yoga, by intense concentra-
tion on Atma, Prakriti becomes daily subdued and it is finally con-
sumed, even as the wood is consumed by its own fire, caused by cons-
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