Think it over:
"The spontaneously arising idea- 'The person who is endowed with the aggregate of body, senses, etc am I'- is the dirt-covered self (jiva)" [Yoga Vashsishtha, Verse IX. 1].
"The spontaneously arising idea- 'The person who is endowed with the aggregate of body, senses, etc am I'- is the dirt-covered self (jiva)" [Yoga Vashsishtha, Verse IX. 1].
The pure and pristine soul has got itself trapped by a number of sheaths (koshas) and it groans, suffers to extricate itself since the ignorant jiva does not hear its (anaratma) voice. This entrapped, embedded soul in an earthen body (like a spider or a silkworm weaving a net around itself and struggling to extricate itself) is the predicament of the soul.
In fact, the soul (Atman) is pure only, but it is shrouded, enveloped by a number of sheaths like the anna, prana, manas, buddhi (vijnyana) and the ananda koshas. Also, a number of qualities such as mada, matsarya, lobha, krodha, irshya, etc have also covered due to the food eaten to support the ignorant body.
The moment the jiva realizes its predicament and looks for guidance, it will be lost in wilderness. Even God will not help it if there is no awareness of its predicament. After all, pigs are happy in the mire!
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