In English
The word does not signify the masculine gender as is commonly assumed. It refers to the , the Supreme Consciousness, which has no gender and which is immanent in all beings. Of the two terms and , the latter represents the gross element in Nature. It refers also to the body. is the Consciousness, the Indweller in the body. The two are interdependent. The have declared that the body is (gross) and the is (consciousness) and that the body is feminine. Every being can be considered as made up of both elements and therefore everyone irrespective of sex, is entitled to pursue the .