Neither word should be translated at all, and definitely not translated as Soul and Purusha. Soul is neither Purusha nor Atman, Purusha means the one who is present in the creation. Not just in the body. Generally, the all-pervasive Purusha is called Atman, not always though. The Purusha in the body is called Jiva. Our body is one kind of Pura, it is called the navadvaara pura (pura of nine gates). Atman is present in the body also, as Jiva, in the space of the heart, hridayaakaasha. That space is…