Paśu
“the bound soul”
idea · 2 works · 2 mentions · 2 anchored passages
paśu · the bound soul · the atomic self (aṇu)
in the texts
Paramārthasāra
The 'beast'/fettered condition voluntarily assumed by Śiva, constituting the ordinary limited individual self.
and the enjoyer there, the embodied one, is none other than Śiva, who has [voluntarily] assumed the paśu (the bound/fettered soul ('beast')) condition.
Through taking on māyā, consciousness becomes sullied, and the [free] Person becomes a bound soul (paśu (the bound/fettered soul ('beast'))), fettered by the force of Time (kāla), [limited] agency (kalā), and Necessity (niyati), and through Attachment (rāga) and [limited] Knowledge (vidyā).
Paryantapañcāśikā
The 'bound, fettered soul' (literally 'beast'), the condition attained when consciousness is identified with an action-intellect and senses.
having attained the condition of an action-intellect and its senses, then it is called the bound soul [{{paśu: