Agnivesha requested Punarvasu to explain the following: 1. What are the divisions of the purusha according to the division of the dhatu (elements)? 2. Why is this purusha considered as the karana (karta/doer)? Is the Purusha considered to be the cause of the body? 3. What is the origin of Purusha?
किमज्ञो ज्ञः, स नित्यः किं किमनित्यो निदर्शितः| प्रकृतिः का, विकाराः के, किं लिङ्गं पुरुषस्य च ||४||
4) Is the Purusha a sentient or an insentient entity? 5) Is the Purusha eternal or ephemeral? 6) What is the primordial source of creation and what are its byproducts? 7) what are the characteristic features of the purusha?
निष्क्रियं च स्वतन्त्रं च वशिनं सर्वगं विभुम्| वदन्त्यात्मानमात्मज्ञाः क्षेत्रज्ञं साक्षिणं तथा ||५||
8) Those proficient in spiritual science describe the Purusha to be devoid of action, independent, absolutely free, all pervasive, knower of the body and a witness. When is the Purusha devoid of action? How does action emanate from it?