Srimad Bhagavatam — Dvitiya Skandha, Shloka 8
Daśa-lakṣaṇam: The Ten Topics, Virāṭ-Puruṣa Sense-Manifestation, and the Supreme Shelter (Āśraya)
योऽध्यात्मिकोऽयं पुरुष: सोऽसावेवाधिदैविक: । यस्तत्रोभयविच्छेद: पुरुषो ह्याधिभौतिक: ॥ ८ ॥
yo ’dhyātmiko ’yaṁ puruṣaḥ so ’sāv evādhidaivikaḥ yas tatrobhaya-vicchedaḥ puruṣo hy ādhibhautikaḥ
El individuo jīva provisto de los instrumentos de los sentidos se llama puruṣa adhyātmika. La deidad que rige los sentidos se llama adhidaivika. Y la forma corporal visible, surgida del vínculo y separación de ambos, se llama puruṣa adhibhautika.
The supreme controlling summum bonum is the Personality of Godhead in His plenary portion of Paramātmā, or the Supersoul manifestation. In the Bhagavad-gītā (10.42) it is said:
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This verse explains that the one Puruṣa (Supreme Person) is understood in three relations: as the indwelling Self (ādhyātmika), as the presiding divine principle (ādhidaivika), and as His manifestation connected with the physical/embodied plane (ādhibhautika).
Śukadeva Gosvāmī speaks this verse to King Parīkṣit while defining key Bhagavata topics and clarifying how the Lord relates to the inner self, the devatās, and the material world.
See one divine governance behind inner experience, external forces, and the physical body-world; this reduces fragmentation, strengthens devotion, and encourages responsibility and reverence in daily actions.