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in keeping His AtmA or Self pure and free from attachment etc. – rAga
deveshAdirahitatvAt catura AtmA mano asya iti caturAtmA.
e) An alternate interpretation by SrI Sa’nkara is that He is in the form of, or
behind, the four types of internal organs – mind, intellect, sense(ego), and citta
(intuition), and so He is in these four forms – catur-AtmA. SrI Sa’nkara’s
words are: mano buddhi ahankAra cittAkhyAntah karaNacatushTaya
AtmakatvAt catur-AtmA.
SrI rAdhakRshNa SAstri elaborates on this. He describes the four as the
mind function, the buddhi function, the citta function, and the aha’nkAra. The
mind function involves thinking of doing something, the buddhi function is one
of analysis, the citta function is one of drawing on prior experiences in
execution, and the aha’nkAra is the feeling of accomplishment at the end of
this process. These four are called the four antahkaraNa-s, or internal organs.
Since bhagavAn is the AtmA of function behind these, He is called catur-
AtmA. –
mano buddhir-aha’nkArah cittam karaNamAntaram |
samSayo niScayo garvas smaraNam vishayA amI ||
SrI cinmAyanada gives the pATham as catvarAtmA as the one corresponding
to this interpretation –catvara + AtmA – “The One Infinite Effulgence that
expresses Itself as the four aspects of our inner equipment – antah karaNa
catushTaya.
f) SrI rAdhAkRshNa SAstri gives a interpretation based on nRsimhottara
tApinI. This describes His manifesting His Self in four forms. The first is the
manifestation where He supports the sthUla SarIra of the jIva (called viSva),
in His form as virAT. The combined form of viSva and virAT is otA. The second
form is where He supports the sUkshma SarIra of the jIva called taijasa, in
His form as sUtra. This combined manifestation is called anuj~nAtA. There is
third aspect or dimension of the soul, which is called kAraNa SarIra (also
called prA~jna), which is responsible for memories that are carried over from
previous birth, such as the memory of the newborn child that crying will result
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