Dr. Samani Mangal Pragya
The soul gets into further bondage of karma through remissness and activity. It is believed that remissness is the substantial and actions are the instrumental cause in the bondage.[1] In this context, a series of important questions have been presented in the Bhagavatī. Activity is the origin of remissness, vīrya (energy) is the origin of activity, body is the origin of vīrya and the soul is the origin of the body.[2] This context explains us, the process of building the mutual relation between the soul and the body.
The problem of mind-body relation is a Gordian knot in philosophy, which is successfully cut by the process laid down in the above concept. Mind is activated by the energy derived from the body. Through this process, we can easily apprehend the process of mind-body relation. Yoga (activity of mind, body and speech) when connected with the rising of deluding karmas, turns into remissness i.e. pramāda. So, yoga has been considered as the original source of remissness. We need power to perform activities and vīrya is the operational energy of activities. Vīrya is energy, so it must have a generating point. Body is the genesis point of that energy. Basically, body is of a material nature and is non-living in nature. So, it does not have inherent potency to generate power. It receives that capability, when the soul resides in it. Ultimately in the whole process, soul is the pre-cursor and significant cause of bondage.[3] This proves that the soul is the doer of the karma.
