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SWADHARMA
Pada (feet), Upashtam (organ of generation) and Payu or Guda (anus, the organ of excretion) are the five organs of action. The real Indriyas are in the astral body (Linga-Sarira). They are very subtle (Sukshma). They have corresponding centres or counterparts in the brain (nerve centres ). What you see outside-mouth, hands, feet, organ of reproduction and anus are mere Bahya-Karanas or external instruments The Karma Indriyas are located in the Pranamaya Kosha or vital sheath of the astral body. The Karma Indriyas are the five soldiers. The commander-in-chief is the mind. The mind extracts work from these soldiers when it desires to get sensual objects for its gratification Mind also works in unision with these five organs. Mind is the leader or the big dacoit. These five organs are his assistants. These Karma Indriyas execute the commands of their leader (mind) immediately The Karma Indriyas cannot work independently without the healthy and willing co-operation of the mind. It is the mind that really works through these organs. It is the mind that really plans, schemes and suggests in all activities. During sleep these Indriyas get Laya (involution) in the mind temporarily During Samadhi or the superconscious state they are absorbed in the mind.
The Karma Indriyas are born of the Rajasic portion of the Tanmatras They are moved by Prana. Without the Prana, they cannot move even a fraction of an inch The Jivatma or the individual soul, a
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