“the supreme Lord”, the supreme soul. He is Brahmā, the creator, it is Viṣṇu, the curator. For Sri Aurobindo, he is the supreme “Puruṣa“.
Īśvara
Īśvara
"the supreme Lord", the supreme soul.
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