Description of Vijnānamaya kośa and its negation(verses 184-188) :
Description of Vijnānamaya kośa and its negation(verses 184-188) : -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 184. The intellect with its modifications along with the organs of perception form the intellectual-sheath (vignanamaya-kosa). It has the characteristics of ―the agent‖(or doer), which is the cause for transmigration. 185. Accompanied by a reflection of the light of consciousness, the intellectual-sheath is a modification of Primordial Matter (Prakriti). It is endowed with the function of knowledge and action and is always completely identified with the body, sense-organs, etc. 186. It is without beginning, is of the nature of the ego (I-sense), and is called the embodied self, which carries out the entire range of activities on the relative plane. It performs good and evil actions according to its previous latent tendencies, and experiences their results. 187. It comes and goes, up and down, taking birth in various bodie
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