srimadbhagavatham-skandha3-chapters6 to9

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Chapter 6 and7- Creation is the Lord's maya

 

 

Maya is the power of the Lord by which the One manifested as the whole

universe. Out of Maya or

Prakrhi came the mahath thathva , also known as buddhi. Then the other

categories, ahankara and the

elements , manas and indriyas followed. All the thathvas remained separate and

lacked the capacity to

combine to produce the world.

 

Then the Lord entered into all these simultaneously and created the Virat

pursha, the cosmic being who

was endowed with three kinds of potencies, namely, devashakthi, karmashakthi and

bhogtrshakthi. Deva

shakthi is the one divine spirit functioning through all beings. Karmashakthi

consisits of the five vital airs

and their functions. Bhogtr shakthi is of threekinds, adhyaathma,(indriyas)

adhidhaivika , (deities) and adhi

bouthika.(body).

The questions 2 and 3 of Maithreya were thus answered by saying that it was all

the maya of the Lord just

as in a dream.

 

Chapter8- The creation described

 

The Lord Mahavishnu was in yoganidra and the Universe ceased to exist in

pralaya. The universe was held

by the lord in His stomach in subtle form. The energies necessary for creation

burst through His navel and

took the shape of a lotus bud, which illuminated the cosmic waters like the Sun.

In to that the Supreme

Being entered, anupravesa , and Brahma appeared. Brahma wanted to know who he

was and looked in all

the four directions to see where he came from, as a result of which he acquired

four faces but he could

see nothing except the cosmic waters. He went into the lotus stalk to find out

his origin still he could not

find anything. Abandoning the searc he went into samsdhi for 100years at the end

of which truth dawned in

his mind about the indwelling spirit and he had the darsan of the Lord.

 

Te darsan of the Lord asseen by Brahma is beautifully described in Bhagavatham..

He saw the Lord on the bed of Sesha, looking like a mountain surrounded by the

cosmic waters.he saw all

beings in that mountain, Adisesha with his numerous heads shone as the peaks

and the srivathsa appeared

as the quarry of precious stones. The vyjayanthi garland on the chest of the

Lord was His glory and the

humming of the honey bees hovering around it were the vedic chants.Also Brahma

saw a lotus coming out

of the navel of the Lord with himself seated on it.

 

Chapter9-Brahma blessed by the Lord to do creation

 

Brahma praised the Lord thus:

 

Those who surrender to Your feet escape the ills of samsara and those who do not

are afflicted by the ills

of samsara. You are the indweller of all. All the austerities like performing

sacrifices, doing penance and

giving charity etc are meaningful only when done as an offering to You.

Enveloping Yourself in yogic sleep

You give rest to the people from samsara for a while .when the whole world is

absorbed into Your body.

 

Then Brahma entreated the Lord to give him the knowledge in order to create the

world as before. The Lord

tblessed Brahma and told him to do thapas when he will be able to see all the

worlds and all beings

resting in the Lord.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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