There is in the serpent one praise worthy trait; however poisonous and deadly its nature might be, when the strains of the charmer’s music are played, it spreads its hood and merges itself in the sweetness of that sound, forgetting everything else. Similarly man too can, by practice, merge himself into the Bliss of Pranava. This Shabdopasana is a principal means of realising the Paramatma, who is ‘the Pranava of the Vedas’. He is not other than Shabdas. That is the reason why the Lord said that He is the ‘Paurusha of Man’. Paurusha is the vitality; the Prana of Man. Without it, Man has no manliness. However strong may be the force of the drag of previous births, it has to yield to the strength of Adventure and Achievement emanating from Paurusha. Unaware of this potentiality, foolish man is misled into cursing his fate; cursing the ‘Inescapable’ effects of what he dreads as Prarabdha!
Every one has to exercise Paurusha; for without it life itself is impossible. Living is struggling, striving, achieving. God has created man so that he might wield the talent of Paurusha and achieve victory. His purpose is not to make man a consumer of food, a burden upon the earth, an animal that is slave to its senses! He does not aim at creating a horde of idlers and loungers, who shy at hard work, and accumulating fat, grow into monstrous shapes. He does not create man with the idea that he should, while alive, ignore the creator and deny Atma and wander about like animals, allowing both intelligence and discrimination to go to waste, moving about without an iota of gratitude to the Giver of all the gifts which he consumes and enjoys! (GV, pp. 96-99)
God has created man so that he might wield the talent of Paurusha (manliness) and achieve Victory. His purpose is not to make man a consumer of food, a burden upon earth, an animal that is slave to its senses. He does not aim at creating a horde of idlers and loungers, who shy at hard work, and accumulating fat, grow into monstrous shapes. He does not create man with the idea that he should, while alive, ignore his Creator and deny Atma and wander about like animals, allowing both intelligence and discrimination to go waste. (GV, pp. 126)