• prApyasya brahmaNO rupam prApthusccha pratyagAthmana: I
  prApthyupAyam palam praapthehe  thathA PRAAPTHI VIRODHI CHA
  vadhanthi sakalA vedA: sethihAsa -puranAkAha munasyascha mahaatmanaaha védha vedhartha vaadhinaha II

Five Swaroopas which one must understand

Upanishads, Ithihasa Puranas, be it any work, It has to necessarily talk about this Artha panchagam only. About Atman, Paramatman, Way to reach Him, Why we reach Him, Why did not we reach Him.

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• Jivatma swaroopam (One whose objective has to be accomplished; one who can achieve; got a goal to reach - Traveller

• Paramatma swaroopam (Ultimately where does atma/soul reach-Sriman Narayana) - Destination

• Upaya swaroopam -  The way to Destiny; The way which leads me to my destination. We will have to select a path to reach to my destination - We can choose Karma yoga, Gnana yoga or Bhakti yoga or if we are not eligible for these three, we can do Saranagati

• Virodi swaroopam - All our obstacles that have been stopping us/hindering us so long so that we could not reach our destination. We have to overcome such obstacles if we want to reach Paramatma. One must understand the obstacles to overcome.

• Upeya/Prapya swaroopam - Purpose of reaching the destination

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• Nature of Jivatma

• Nature of His Master Paramatma

• Nature of The path he selects,

• Nature of the obstacles that have been endearing his development

• Nature of his destination 

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Unless and until we find answers for these five questions,

there is no point in existing in this world at all.  

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We must know

Who we are .. Where we reach .. How we reach ..

Why we reach ... Why have we not reached so long 

These five questions have to be answered for anything. This holds good for everything. It holds good for any person starting from a place and reaching a destination for some reason.