[Advaita-l] AUPANISHADPURUSHA

[sreenivasa murthy]

Dear friends,
Mantra 1-3-11 from  Kathopanishad reads as follows :  puruShAnna paraMkiMcit sA kAShThA sA parAgatiH || 
Beyond the PuruShathere is nothing;This is the end, The supreme goal.   Mantra 6-1 and 6-2 from PraSnOpaniShad read as follows :    Atha hainaM sukESA BAradvAjaH papracCa Bagavan . . . taM tvA pRucCAmikvAsau puruSha iti || 6-1 Sukesha asked : Where does that Purusha dwell?   tasmai  sa hOvAca | ihaivA^ntaHSarIrE sOmya sapuruShO yasminnEtAH  ShODaSakalAHpraBavatIti || 6-2He (Pippalada) said : That Purusha-He from whom these sixteen parts arise – is verily HEREWITHIN THE BODY.   How this Purushawho is within one’s body can be realized HERE and Now?I, a mumukshu, seek the guidance from the learned scholarsof this august group.   Thanking you all,
With warm and respectful regards,Sreenivasa Murthy