In this final verse, this is further elaborated and also in response to the second question of the Stranger, where he indicated this very nature of the Atman.

Is the ‘I’ consciousness applicable only to human-beings? Or is it true for all life-forms? Besides independent of the ‘I-consciousness’, the instruments such as the mind and the organs of perceptions are also seem to have their own local intelligence.

Adi Sankara’s ‘Manisha Panchakam’ refers to the conclusive wisdom or determinate knowledge asserted in five verses. What is Sankara’s assertion as his determinate knowledge? What is such conclusive wisdom?

Adi Sankara, after explaining the identification and the unification of Jeevaatman and Ishvara in the first two verses, gives the instruction on the method by which such superior wisdom can be obtained and upon achieving, the need for unwavering commitment to that wisdom and to realize the ultimate benefit in this third verse.

In this second verse, the Paramaatman is analyzed and as it represents everything in the worlds, the experiences of the world are taken as the subject of analysis. It starts with the assumption that worlds are created by Ishvara. Why is this assumption valid?

முதல் 2 ஸ்லோகங்களில் ஆத்மா நிலையானது (ஸத்) என்பதையும்,  அடுத்த 2 ஸ்லோகங்களிலும் ஆத்மா எங்கும் நிறைந்த அறிவு (சித்) எனவும் விளக்கிய ஜகத்குரு, இந்த ஸ்லோகத்தில் ஆத்மா முழு இன்ப வடிவம் (ஆனந்த ஸ்வரூபம் ) என விளக்குகின்றார்.