From Śaṅkara’s commentary
the Lord is the Self of the enjoyer (i.e. of the individual soul whose individual existence is apparent only, the product of Nescience)
Jīva
ŚaṅkaraAdvaita Vedānta
Interpretation
The individual self as ordinarily experienced (the empirical ego, ahamkartri, that identifies with the body and acts as agent and enjoyer), as distinguished from the true Self (Atman/Brahman), which is merely a witness and is, at the level of ultimate truth, non-different from Brahman. The apparent individuality of the jiva is due to Nescience, not a final ontological fact.
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Where Śaṅkara’s commentary grounds this interpretation. Open a sūtra to read the commentary context.
From Śaṅkara’s commentary
it is only this latter principle of egoity (ahamkartri), the object of the notion of the ego and the agent in all cognition, which accomplishes all actions and enjoys their results
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its knowledge and power are obscured by its connexion with the body
that art thou, O 5vetaketu