When Purusha is affected by this Prakrithi due to Moham, that Chaitanyam is called Jeeva. When Purusha is not affected by Prakrithi and uses it for creation that Chaitanyam is Easwara – where “Swaroopa Bodham” or awareness of the Self is not covered. Easwara uses Prakrithi as a servant. And Easwara is capable of uplifting Jeeva from that Moham too. This implies that Jeeva should depend on Easwara for its liberation.

Now a new term “Adhyasam” is introduced here. It is the misunderstanding that the Atma or the self I nothing other than the body, senses and inner faculties. So whenever we do something, we all feel or trust that “I am doing it and I am experiencing it”.

Note – what can we learn here? The same Chaitanyam is the Jeeva as a servant to Prakrithi and Easwara as the master of Prakrithi. Jeeva should depend on Easwara for liberation – that is why we go to temples and pray for our well-being. We must remind ourselves that the Chaitnayam in the deity and ourselves are not two, but the same and ONE only.

As long as we exist at the level of Jeeva, we must surrender to Easwara for Mukthi. What happens when we attain that long awaited Mukthi?