VISHNU SAHASRA NAMAM 143 - Courtesy ARUN

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(143) Bhoktaa -The " Experiencer " Not only the world-of-objects is

essentially nothing but the Spirit, Lord Vishnu, but even the very

instruments-of -experiences and their ultimate joys and sorrows, are

all illumined for us by the Lord- of-Lakshmi. The Pure Self,

expressing through the gross, the subtle and the causal bodies,

becomes the waker, dreamer and deep-sleeper, experiencing all

happenings, good and bad, as the individuality in that living person.

Consciousness, Purusha, identifying with and functioning through

matter (Prakriti), comes to experience the endless modifications that

are born out of Prakriti. The Self in Its Infinite nature is

actionless and yet in Maayaa seems to function and becomes the Enjoyer

or Sufferer of the actions of matter.