The jiva's illusion of being the enjoyer dissolves through intimate association with Krishna in all His forms.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 6.1.55 — August 13, 1975, London, 750813SB-LONDON [32:35 Minutes] SB-06.01.55_750813SB-LONDON Harikeśa: Oṁ namo bhagavat vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavat vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavat vāsudevāya. [devotees repeat] Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, Sixth Canto, First Chapter, text number 55. eṣa prakṛti-saṅgena puruṣasya viparyayaḥ āsīt sa eva na cirād īśa-saṅgād vilīyate [SB 6.1.55] [break] [01:43]
Prabhupāda: eṣa prakṛti-saṅgena puruṣasya viparyayaḥ āsīt sa eva na cirād īśa-saṅgād vilīyate Viparyaya, in the reverse condition, unfavorable condition... So... [children making noise] [aside:] Stop. Haṁsadūta: The children should go out.
Prabhupāda: Puruṣa. Puruṣa means enjoyer, and prakṛti means enjoyed, or, in simple word, puruṣa means male, and prakṛti means female. So this material world is called prakṛti, and the living entities who are struggling in this material world to enjoy it, they are called puruṣa. Of course, puruṣa is Kṛṣṇa only.
Puruṣa means enjoyer. Nobody is enjoyer, therefore nobody is puruṣa. And in the Bhagavad-gītā, the living entities have been described also as prakṛti—apareyam itas tv bhinnāṁ me prakṛti..., apareyam itas tv bhinnāṁ me prakṛtiṁ parā—superior prakṛti, not puruṣa. But because we are conditioned, we are under illusion.
Although we are prakṛti, we are thinking that we are puruṣa. But actually we are not puruṣa. We are also prakṛti. So this living entity, on the false understanding of becoming a puruṣa, they have come to this material world to enjoy the material nature. kṛṣṇa bhuliya jīva bhoga vāñchā kare pāsate māyā tāre jāpaṭiyā dhare [Prema-vivarta] Just like a male and female. That movement is very strong now in America.
The female wants to become male, or equal rights. This is māyā. How woman can become in equal with man? Of course, we are not going to study the social welfare activities or something like that, but puruṣa and prakṛti, they are different.
Purusa means enjoyer, and prakṛti means enjoyed. So here the prakṛti, this material nature—earth, water, air, fire, sky, mind, intelligence and ego, egotism—these are eight material things. So in the Bhagavad-gītā it is said, bhūmir āpo 'nalo vāyuḥ khaṁ mano buddhir eva ca, bhinnā prakṛtiṁ me aṣṭadhā [Bg. 7.4]. These are eight kinds of material energy.