Slokam 4

A very important slokam that describes the standing of the Jiva Atma in relation to the Paramathma.  The Jiva Atma is described as a reflection of the Paramathma and that without His reflection, the Jiva Atma would be lifeless.

However, the Paramathma does not involve Himself in the activities of the Jiva Atma.  He stands as a witness to all the actions that are fueled by needs that the Jiva Atma indulges in.

In this slokam Sri Bhattadri touches on the interplay of the seeds such as Time and the Gunas, planted by the Paramathma to create the “class of intelligence known as Mahat”.

Mahat (Skt., ‘the great one’). In Sāṃkhya (and other non-theistic) philosophy, the first evolution of mūlaprakṛti, synonymous with buddhi (‘intellect’). Mahat contains all individual buddhis and all potential matter of the gross universe in its cosmic extent as the first manifest principle (tattva). Mahat in turn produces ahaṃkāra, the ego principle.

Mahat is the primary intelligence that takes root in the universe. The ingredients are the interplay of the attributes that were injected at creation.

The Paramathma is a witness to this interplay and does not intervene in the working and actioning except by taking on Avataras to realign the course of the world from time to time to rid the world of evil forces and propagate good values.