________________
32
Essentials of
mistakes the body and its limbs for soul cannot know the essence and eternality of the supreme soul, the karana paramatma, and therefore this one is an external aspect of soul, Bahiratma, having been found in the clutches of illusory and misguiding understandings, and one who owing to the dissolution of the deteriorating effects of the past karma and having removed the temptations and affections for the not-self things,, realizes the perpetuality and illumining essence of the supreme soul, the karana parmatma, is an internal aspcet of the Antaratma.
Further Acharya thinks the internal soul or Antaratma to have three divisions.
1] Jaghanya Antaratma :- One who is aware of all the essential qualities of the karana paramatma but the cycle of one's past karma comes in one's way and there is retardation and prevention in ane's ability to control and subdue the lower nature or the animal motives and so cannot identify oneself with the soul without any fluctuation is a Jaghanya Antaratma,
