Paramatma in the spiritual world?

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> Bg 15.19. purport gives some explanation:

>

> The Supreme Lord, in His localized aspect of Paramätmä, is also described

> in the Vedas themselves. The following verse appears in the Vedas

> (Chändogya Upaninad 8.12.3):

> tävad ena samprasädo ’smäc charérät samutthäya paraa jyoti-rüpaa sampadya

> svena rüpeëäbhininpadyate sa uttamau purunau.

>

> “The Supersoul coming out of the body enters the impersonal brahmajyoti;

> then in His form He remains in His spiritual identity. That Supreme is

> called the Supreme Personality.”

>

> This means that the Supreme Personality is exhibiting and diffusing His

> spiritual effulgence, which is the ultimate illumination. That Supreme

> Personality also has a localized aspect as Paramätmä. By incarnating

> Himself as the son of Satyavaté and Paräçara, He explains the Vedic

> knowledge as Vyäsadeva.

 

This Chand. Up. 8.12.3 text is quoted by Ramanuja in his BG and

Vedanta-sutra commentaries (followed by Baladeva Vidyabhusana's

commentaries). Interestingly, in each he gives a different explanation as to

the identity of "uttama purusa" - in Vs. he says mukta-jiva and in BG he

says the Lord.

 

ys bh. Jan

 

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