Second type of purusa is mentioned here — He is never entangled like the ordinary purusa
He is the transcendental enjoyer,
The Supreme Proprietor, overseer and permitter
He is known as the Supersoul
aMonist philosophers take knower of the body to be ‘one’ — They think there is no difference between the Supersoul and the individual soul Refutation: The Lord says that “He is represented by the Paramatma in every body”
He is mentioned as “para” which implies transcendental – He is different from the individual soul
His name is Paramatma and not “atma”
Role of supersoul – Supersoul is present not as the finite enjoyer (like individual soul), but as the witness, overseer, permitter and Supreme enjoyer
All pervading – Supersoul has legs and hands everywhere
Maintainer – Supersoul is “bhokta” (maintainer) and individual soul is “bhukta” (maintained)
Real friend – Supersoul stays with all living entities as a friend – Present to sanction individual soul’s desires
bRelationship between living entity and Supersoul
Living entity is eternally part and parcel of Supreme Personality of Godhead
Intimately related as friends
Living entity is marginal entity – Because tendency to reject the Lord’s sanction and act independently to dominate
Cause of material strife in material nature – Misuse of independence
Lord as the Supreme well-wisher
In conditioned state of living entity, Lord stays with the living entity to get him back
Lord is always instructing from within, trying to convince us that the material world is not conducive to happiness – “Give it up and turn your faith to Me”
Instructing from without as Bhagavad-gita
cHow does an intelligent person act — Places his faith in the Paramatma and begins to advance to a blissful eternal life of knowledge