Prakriti can be helped only by the one who is not Prakriti || On Advaita Vedanta (2019)
स पर्यगाच्छुक्रमकायमव्रणमस्नाविरं शुद्धमपापविद्धम् । कविर्मनीषी परिभूः स्वयम्भूर्याथातथ्यतोऽर्थान् व्यदधात् शाश्वतीभ्यः समाभ्यः ॥
sa paryagācchukramakāyamavraṇamasnāviraṁ śuddhamapāpaviddham kavirmanīṣī paribhūḥ svayambhūryāthātathyato'rthān vyadadhāt śāśvatībhyaḥ samābhyaḥ
He, the self-existent One, is everywhere; the pure one, without a (subtle) body, without blemish, without muscles, holy and without the taint of sin; the all-seeing, the all-knowing, the all-encompassing One is He. he has duly assigned their respective duties to the eternal Prajāpatis (cosmic powers).
~ Ishavasya Upanishad, Verse 8
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Questioner: Can you please explain what is meant by the Ātman duly assigning duties to the Prajāpatis, cosmic powers? What are these Prajāpatis? Do we need to worship them?
Acharya Prashant:
