Sri Lalita Trishati (49. IkShaNasR^iShTa.nDakoTiH)

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49. IkShaNasR^iShTa.nDakoTiH

She whose desire created millions of universes.

 

"anDa" here denote Universe. "koTi" means a crore (10 millions). HER

desire created millions of Universes. The plularity here implies

universes created in the past, present and future.

 

"tadaikShata bahusyAM prajAyeya" [chandogya upaniShad 6-2-3]. He saw

(and desired) to become many and create. IkShAm chakre - He saw.

"AtmA vA idam eka agra eva AsIt nAnyat k.inchanamiShat sa EkSata

lokAnnu sR^ja | iti sa imAn lokA nasR^jata" [aitAreya upaniShad 1-1].

In the beginning there was only AtmA. There was no other agency. He

sa (desired) and created them. These shR^itis indicate that brahman

being both material and efficient cause, without an other aid,

created all this which is inseparable from Him. Just as the spider

weaves the web out of its own body. This is also stated in the

"prakR^itishcha pratij~nAdR^iShTantAnuparodhAt" [brahma sUtra 2-4-23]

For the pot, potter is the efficient cause (nimitta) and clay is the

material cause (upadAna). But in the case of jagat, brahman is the

nimitta and upadAna kAraNa.

 

AUM IkShaNasR^iShTa.ndakoTaye namaH