Sutra 1.24

क्लेशकर्मविपाकाशयैरपरामृष्टः पुरुषविशेष ईश्वरः॥२४॥ kleshakarmavipaakaashayairaparaamRuShTaH puruShavisheSha IshvaraH

Aranya

"Ishvara is a particular Purusa unaffected by affliction, deed, result of action or the latent impression thereof."

Even though afflictions (ignorance etc. as defined in Chapter 2), actions, results of action and the resulting latent impressions subsist in the mind, they get attributed to Purusha. Purusha is imagined . . . → Read More: Sutra 1.24