Are "Vishwarupa" and "Purusha" same?
Are "Vishwarupa" and "Purusha" same? Is the "Vishwarupa", combination of "Purusha" and "Nardiya", meaning adi-Purusha with adi-prakriti? All 3 elements seems to be same. What is the difference between the two? And what is "Vishwarupa"?
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"विश्वम् एव रूपं विश्वरूपम्" & "विश्वरूपं यस्य तत्" - these 2 compound splits have to be taken one after the other to get the near meaning in this context. The word "vishva" here means universe (in some other places it means world). Therefore, it means "Universal form". However it indicates someone /something - thus the correct sentence of this compound is "the one who has the universal form" - here the word "form" represents "manifold" (manifest is one becoming another one - manifold is one becoming many things). Thus seeing the "Vishvarupa" means seeing the divine in everything /everywhere - in both animate and inanimate objects and in every single thing without leaving out anything, how much ever small or big it is. Therefore we really can't understand what it is to 'see' the "Vishvarupa" - That is why in Bhagavad gita - Sri Krishna says to Arjuna that he shall give him a special sight (ability) to see (it actually means comprehend and understand and not actually seeing - here the word seeing is allegorical) the "vishvarupa". In Krishna Leela another kind of "Vishvarupa" is shown to Yashoda in Sri Krishna's mouth (when she tried to check whether the small boy Krishna has eaten mud !).
ReplyDeleteWith our ideas of gross vision, sight, eye power, and our understanding of seeing, looking and ideas, etc. we won't be able to even imagine what is actually "Vishvarupa".
"Purusha" means the one one who is (in) everything - the word that is referred in Veda /Upanishads. The word Purusha has many meanings and in this context the meaning is "The One who is without a second and the One who is referred to as Universal oneness". Thus "the One's" multiple forms in multitudes is what is "Vishvarupa"
The terms "Prakriti" and "Purusha" as dual forms including Adi-prakriti /Mula-prakriti, etc. are all part of "Saankhya" - a "darshana" - the word "Purusha" referred in Veda (Purusha suuktam) is totally different from the meaning that is implied in "Saankhya"
ReplyDeleteKrishnamurthi CG oh thank you,Sir. forgive for my mistake in the question.
ReplyDeleteThank you very much for your answer 😄😃😊.