1. 🟢 Sthool Sharir (स्थूल शरीर) – The Gross Body
This is the physical body that we can see and touch.
- Made up of five elements (Pancha Mahabhutas): Earth, Water, Fire, Air, Space.
- Includes: bones, muscles, organs, skin, brain, etc.
- It grows, ages, and dies.
- It's the body we are most familiar with.
Conclusion:
🔸 Example: When we eat, sleep, walk – it’s through this body.
2. 🔵 Sookshma Sharir (सूक्ष्म शरीर) – The Subtle Body
This is the invisible body – made of energy and mind. It includes:
- Mind (Manas) – our thoughts and emotions.
- Intellect (Buddhi) – decision making, logic.
- Ego (Ahamkar) – sense of "I" or self.
- Prana (Life energy) – vital force that powers the body.
- Five Gyan Indriyas (senses of knowledge) – hearing, sight, touch, taste, smell.
- Five Karma Indriyas (organs of action) – speech, hands, feet, reproduction, elimination.
Conclusion:
🔸 This body leaves the gross body at death and carries the soul forward into the next birth (according to karma).
3. 🟡 Karan Sharir (कारण शरीर) – The Causal Body
This is the deepest, most subtle layer — the root cause of all.
- It holds the impressions (Samskaras) of past actions and desires.
- It's the blueprint of our personality and destiny.
- It is the storehouse of Karma.
- When we sleep in deep dreamless sleep (Sushupti), only this body remains active.
Conclusion:
🔸 This body is closest to the soul (Atman) and is destroyed only at liberation (Moksha).
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