The Twelfth Book. Chapter 8
The Twelfth Book
Chapter Viii
On The Appearance Of The Highest Sakti
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1-8. Janamejaya spoke to Veda Vysa :-- O Bhagavn! Thou art the knower of all the Dharmas and Thou art the chief, the crown of the Pundits, knowing all the Sstras. Now I ask Thee how is it that the twice-born have ceased to worship the Highest Sakti, the Gyatr and they now worship the other Devats, on the face of the distinct command in the Srutis that the worship of the Gyatr is nity, that is, daily to be done at all times, especially during the three Sandhy times, by all those that are twice-born?
In this world some are the devotees of Visnu, some, the followers of Ganapat, some are Kplikas, some follow the doctrines prevalent in China; some are the followers of Buddha or Chrvka; some of them again wear the barks of trees and others roam naked. So various persons are seen having no trace of faith in the Vedas.
O Brhmana! What is the real cause underlying secretly here in this! Kindly mention this to me. Again there are seen many men, well versed in various metaphysics and logic, our B.A.s and M.A.s but then, again, they have no faith in the Vedas. How is this? Nobody wants anything ominous to him consciously. But how is it that these so-called learned men are
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fully aware and yet they are wonderfully void of any trace of faith in the Vedas? Kindly mention the cause underlying this, O Thou! The foremost of the knowers of the Vedas.
There is, again, another question :-- Thou hadst described before the glories of Manidvpa, the highest and the best place of the Dev. Now I want to hear how is that Dvpa greater than the great. Satisfy this servant of thine by describing these. If the Guru be pleased, he reveals even the greatest and the highest esoteric secret to his disciple.
9-10. Sta spoke :-- Hearing the words of the King Janamejaya, the Bhagavn Veda Vysa began to answer the questions in due order. The hearing of this increases the faith of the twice-born in the Vedas.
11-30. Vysa said :-- Well has this been asked by you, O King! in due time and in an appropriate moment. You are intelligent and it seems that you have got the faith in the Vedas. I now answer. Listen. In ancient days, the Asuras, maddened with pride, fought against the Devas for one hundred years. The war was very extraordinary and remarkable. In this great war various weapons were used, variegated with numerous Mys or ingenious devices. It tended to destroy the whole world. By the mercy of the Highest and the Most Exalted Sakti, the Daityas were overcome by the Devas in that Great War. And they quitted the Heavens and the Earth and went to the nether regions, the Ptla. The Devas were all delighted and began to dwell on their own prowesses and became proud. They began to say :-- "Why shall not victory be ours. Why are not our glories great? We are by far the best! Where are the Daityas? They are devils, powerless. We are the causes of creation, preservation and destruction. We all are glorious! Oh! What can be said before us in favour of the Asuras, the devils?" Thus, not knowing the Highest Sakti, the Devas were deluded. At this moment, seeing this plight of the Devas, the World Mother took pity on the Devas and, to favour them, O King! She appeared before them in the form of the Most Worshipful, the Great Holy Light. It was resplendent like ten million Suns, and cool as well like ten million Moons. It was brilliant and dazzling like ten million lightning flashes, without hands and feet, and exceedingly beautiful! Never was this witnessed before! Seeing this Extraordinary Beautiful Lovely Light, the Devas were taken aback; they spoke amongst themselves, thus :-- "What is this! What is this! Is this the work of the Daityas or some other great My (Mayic) played by them or is it the work of another for creating the surprise of the Devas!" O King! Then they all assembled together and decided to approach towards that Adorable
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Light and to ask It what It was. They, then, would determine its strength and decide what to do afterwards. Thus, coming to this ultimate conclusion, Indra called Agni and said :-- "O Agni! You are the mouth-piece of the Devas. Therefore do you go first and ascertain distinctly what this Light is." Hearing thus the words of Indra, Agni, elated by his own prowess, set out immediately from the place and went to that Light. Seeing Agni coming, the Light addressed him thus :-- "Who are you? What is your strength? State this before Me." At this Agni replied :-- "I am Agni. All the yajs, ordained in the Vedas are performed through me. The power of burning everything in this universe resides in me." Then that adorable Light took up a straw of grass and said :-- "O Agni! If you can burn everything in this universe, then do you burn this trifling straw." Agni tried his best to burn the straw but he could not burn it. He got ashamed and fast went back to the Devas. Asked by the Devas, Agni told them everything and said :-- "O Devas! Know verily that the pride cherished by us that we are supreme, is entirely false."
31-50. Indra then asked Vyu (wind) and said :-- "O Vyu! You are dwelling in this universe, through and through; by your efforts, all are moving; therefore you are the Prna of all; it is possible that all forces are concentrated within you. Go and ascertain what is this Light? Verily I do not see any other person here than you who can ascertain this great adorable Light." Hearing these commendable words of Indra, Vyu felt himself elated and went at once to that place where was that Light. Seeing the Vyu, the Light, the Yaksa, the demi-god, the Spirit asked in a gentle language :-- "Who are you? What strength is there in you? Speak out all these to me." At this, Vyu spoke arrogantly, "I am Mtarisvan, I am Vyu; about my strength, I can move anything and I hold everything. It is through the strength of mine, that this universe is, and is alive and brisk with movements and works." That Highest Mass of Light then replied :-- "O Vyu! Move this straw that lies before you, and if you cannot, quit your pride and go back to Indra ashamed." At this Vyu tried all his might but, alas! He could not move the straw a bit from that place!
Vyu then gave up his pride and returned to the Devas and spoke to them all about the Yaksa (a sort of demi-god, a ghost). O Devas! Our pride is vain; in no way can we be able to ascertain the nature of that Light. It seems that that Holy Light, adorable by all, is extraordinary. Then all the Devas spoke with one voice to Indra :--
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\"When You are the King of the Devas, better go yourself and ascertain the reality of Its Nature." Indra, then, with great pride, went himself to the Light; the Light, too, began to disappear gradually from the place, and ultimately vanished from Indras sight. When Indra found that he could not even speak to That Light, he became greatly ashamed and began to conceive of his own nothingness. He thought thus :-- "I wont go back to the Devas. What shall I say to them? Never will I disclose to them my inferiority; one is better to die than do this. Ones self-honour is the only treasure of the great and honourable. If honour is gone, what use, then, is there in living?" O King! Then Indra, the Lord of Devas, quitted his pride and took refuge unto That Great Light which exhibited, ere long, such a glorious character. At this moment, a celestial voice was heard from the Heavens :-- "O Indra! Go on now and do the japam, the reciting of the My Vja Mantra, the basic Mantra of My. All your troubles will, then, be over." Hearing this celestial voice, Indra began to repeat the My Vja, the Seed Mantra of My, with rapt concentration and without any food.
51-61. Then on the ninth lunar day of the month of Chaitra when the Sun entered the meridian, suddenly there appeared in that place a Great Mass of Light as was seen before. Indra saw, then, within that Mass of Light, a Virgin Form in full youth. The lustre from Her body was like that of ten million Rising Suns; and the colour was rosy red like a full-blown Jav flower. On Her forehead was shining the digit of the Moon; Her breasts were full, and, though veiled under the cloth, they looked very beautiful. She was holding noose and a goad in Her two hands and Her other two hands indicated signs of favour and fearlessness.
Her body was decked with various ornaments and it looked auspicious and exceedingly lovely; nowhere can be seen a woman beautiful like Her. She was like a Kalpa Vriksa (celestial tree yielding all desires); she was three eyed and Her braid of hair was encircled with Mlat garlands. She was praised on Her four sides by the Four Vedas, Incarnate, in their respective Forms. The brilliancy of Her teeth shed lustre on the ground as if ornamented with Padmarga jewels. Her face looked smiling. Her clothing was red and Her body was covered with sandalpaste. She was the Cause of all causes. Oh! She was all Full of Mercy. O King Janamejaya! Thus Indra saw, then, the Um Parvat Mahesvar Bhagavat and the hairs of his body stood on ends with ecstasy. His eyes were filled with tears of love and deep devotion and he immediately fell prostrate before
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the feet of the Dev. Indra sang various hymns to Her and praised Her. He became very glad and asked Her, "O Fair One! Art Thou that Great Mass of Light? If this be, kindly state the cause of Thy appearance." O King! Hearing this, the Bhagavat replied.
62-83. This My Form is Brahm, the Cause of all causes, the Seat of My, the Witness of all, infallible and free from all defects or blemishes. What all the Vedas and Upanisadas try to establish, what ought to be obtained, as declared by all the rules of austerity, and for which the Brhmanas practise Brahmacharyam, I am all that. I have told you about that Brahm, of the nature of the Great Holy Light. The sages declare that That Brhman is revealed by "Om" and "Hrm", the two Vjas (mystic syllables) that are My two first and foremost Mantras wherein I remain hidden. I create this universe with My two parts (in My two aspects); therefore My Vja mantra is two. "Om" Vja is denominated as Sachchidnanda (everlasting existence, intelligence and bliss) and "Hrm" Vja is My Prakriti, the Undifferentiated Consciousness, made manifest. Know, then, That My as the Highest Sakti and know Me as that Omnipotent Goddess at present revealed before your eyes. As moonlight is not different from the Moon, so this My Sakti in the state of equilibrium is not different from Me. (The powerful man and the power he wields are not different. They are verily one and the same.) During Pralaya (the Great Latency period), this My lies latent in Me, without there being any difference. Again at the time of creation, this My appears as the fructification of the Karmas of the Jvas. When this My is potential and exists latent in Me, when My is Antarmukh, it is called Unmanifested and when the My becomes Kinetic, when the My is Bahirmukh, when She is in an active Kinetic state, it is said to be Manifested. There is no origin or beginning of this My. My is of the nature of Brahm in a state of equilibrium. But, during the beginning of the creation, Her form consisting of the several Gunas appears, when My is Bahir Mukh, She becomes Tmas, in Her Unmanifested state. O Indra! For this reason Her state of abstraction, and becoming introspective, this is Her Antarmukh state; it is known as My and Her looking outward is Her Bahirmukh state; it is denominated by Tmas and the other gunas. From this comes Sttva and then Rjas and Brahm, Visnu and Mahesa are of the nature of the three gunas. Brahm has the Rjo guna in Him preponderating; in Visnu, the Sttva guna preponderates and in Mahesa, the Cause of all Causes, is said to reside the Tmo guna. Brahm is known as of the Gross Body; Visnu is known as of the Subtle Body; and Rudra is known as of the Causal Body and I am known as Turya, transcending the Gunas.
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This Turya Form of Mine is called the state of equilibrium of the Gunas. It is the Inner Controller of all. Beyond this there is another state of Mine which is called the Formless Brahm (Brhman having no Forms). Know, verily, that my Forms are two, as they are with or without attributes (Saguna or Nirguna). That which is beyond My and the Myic qualities is called Nirguna (without Prkritic attributes) and that which is within My is called Saguna. O Indra! After creating this universe, I enter within that as the Inner Controller of all and it is I that impel all the Jvas always to their due efforts and actions. Know, verily, that It is I that engage Brahm, Visnu and Rudra, the causes of the several works of creation, preservation and destruction of this universe (they are performing their functions by My Command). Through the terror from Me the wind blows; through my terror, the Sun moves in the sky; through My terror, Indra, Agni, and Yama do their respective duties. I am the Best and Superior to all. All fear Me. Through My Grace you have obtained victory in the battle. Know, verily, that it is I that make you all dance like inert wooden dolls as My mere instruments. You are merely My functions. I am the Integral Whole. I give sometimes victory to you and sometimes victory to the Daityas; Yea, I do everything as I will, keeping My independence duly and, according to the Karmas, justly. Oh! You all, have forgotten me though your pride and sheer nonsense. You have been carried deep into dire delusion by your vain egoism. And know now that to favour you, this My Adorable Light has issued suddenly. Hence forth banish ever from your heart all your vain boastings and idle pratings. Take refuge wholly unto Me with all your head, heart and soul, unto My Sachchidnanda Form and be safe. (At times the Devas forget and so fall into troubles).
84-93. Vysa said :-- Thus saying, the Mla Pakriti, the Great Dev, the Goddess of the Universe, vanished from their sight. The Devas, on the other hand, began to praise Her then and there, with rapt devotion. Since that day, all the Devas quitted their pride and engaged themselves in worshipping the Dev devotedly. They worshipped the Gyatr Dev daily during the three Sandhy times and performed various Yajs and thus they worshipped Bhagavat daily. Thus, in the Satya Yuga, everybody engaged themselves in repeating the Mantra Gyatr and worshipped the Goddess indwelling in the Pranava and Hrmkra. So, See now for yourself, that the worship of Visnu or Siva or initiation in the Visnu Mantra or in the Siva Mantra are not mentioned anywhere in the Vedas as to be done always and for ever. They are done for a while and not required any more when the objects are fulfilled; only the worship of Gyatr is always compul-
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sory, to be done at all times, as mentioned in the Vedas. O King! If a Brhmana does not worship the Gyatr, know, then, for certain, that in every way, he is sure to go down lower and lower. There is no doubt in this. A Brhmin is not to wait, no never, to do any other thing; he will have all his desires fulfilled if he worships only the Dev Gyatr. Bhagavn Manu says that a Brhmin, whether he does any other thing or not, can be saved if he worships only the Divine Mother Gyatr. (This worshipping the Gyatr is the highest, greatest, and most difficult of all the works in this universe). If any devotee of Siva or Visnu or of any other Deity worships his desired Deity without repeating the Gyatr, he is sure to suffer the torments of hell. (But this age of Kl deludes the people and draws away their minds from reciting this Gyatr save a few of them.) O King! For this reason, in the Satya Yuga, all the Brhmanas kept themselves fully engaged in worshipping the Gyatr and the lotus feet of the Dev Bhagavat.
Here ends the Eighth Chapter in the Twelfth Book on the appearance of the Highest Sakti in the Mahpurnam Sr Mad Dev Bhgavatam of 18,000 verses by Maharsi Veda Vysa.
Chapter Viii
On The Appearance Of The Highest Sakti
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1-8. Janamejaya spoke to Veda Vysa :-- O Bhagavn! Thou art the knower of all the Dharmas and Thou art the chief, the crown of the Pundits, knowing all the Sstras. Now I ask Thee how is it that the twice-born have ceased to worship the Highest Sakti, the Gyatr and they now worship the other Devats, on the face of the distinct command in the Srutis that the worship of the Gyatr is nity, that is, daily to be done at all times, especially during the three Sandhy times, by all those that are twice-born?
In this world some are the devotees of Visnu, some, the followers of Ganapat, some are Kplikas, some follow the doctrines prevalent in China; some are the followers of Buddha or Chrvka; some of them again wear the barks of trees and others roam naked. So various persons are seen having no trace of faith in the Vedas.
O Brhmana! What is the real cause underlying secretly here in this! Kindly mention this to me. Again there are seen many men, well versed in various metaphysics and logic, our B.A.s and M.A.s but then, again, they have no faith in the Vedas. How is this? Nobody wants anything ominous to him consciously. But how is it that these so-called learned men are
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fully aware and yet they are wonderfully void of any trace of faith in the Vedas? Kindly mention the cause underlying this, O Thou! The foremost of the knowers of the Vedas.
There is, again, another question :-- Thou hadst described before the glories of Manidvpa, the highest and the best place of the Dev. Now I want to hear how is that Dvpa greater than the great. Satisfy this servant of thine by describing these. If the Guru be pleased, he reveals even the greatest and the highest esoteric secret to his disciple.
9-10. Sta spoke :-- Hearing the words of the King Janamejaya, the Bhagavn Veda Vysa began to answer the questions in due order. The hearing of this increases the faith of the twice-born in the Vedas.
11-30. Vysa said :-- Well has this been asked by you, O King! in due time and in an appropriate moment. You are intelligent and it seems that you have got the faith in the Vedas. I now answer. Listen. In ancient days, the Asuras, maddened with pride, fought against the Devas for one hundred years. The war was very extraordinary and remarkable. In this great war various weapons were used, variegated with numerous Mys or ingenious devices. It tended to destroy the whole world. By the mercy of the Highest and the Most Exalted Sakti, the Daityas were overcome by the Devas in that Great War. And they quitted the Heavens and the Earth and went to the nether regions, the Ptla. The Devas were all delighted and began to dwell on their own prowesses and became proud. They began to say :-- "Why shall not victory be ours. Why are not our glories great? We are by far the best! Where are the Daityas? They are devils, powerless. We are the causes of creation, preservation and destruction. We all are glorious! Oh! What can be said before us in favour of the Asuras, the devils?" Thus, not knowing the Highest Sakti, the Devas were deluded. At this moment, seeing this plight of the Devas, the World Mother took pity on the Devas and, to favour them, O King! She appeared before them in the form of the Most Worshipful, the Great Holy Light. It was resplendent like ten million Suns, and cool as well like ten million Moons. It was brilliant and dazzling like ten million lightning flashes, without hands and feet, and exceedingly beautiful! Never was this witnessed before! Seeing this Extraordinary Beautiful Lovely Light, the Devas were taken aback; they spoke amongst themselves, thus :-- "What is this! What is this! Is this the work of the Daityas or some other great My (Mayic) played by them or is it the work of another for creating the surprise of the Devas!" O King! Then they all assembled together and decided to approach towards that Adorable
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Light and to ask It what It was. They, then, would determine its strength and decide what to do afterwards. Thus, coming to this ultimate conclusion, Indra called Agni and said :-- "O Agni! You are the mouth-piece of the Devas. Therefore do you go first and ascertain distinctly what this Light is." Hearing thus the words of Indra, Agni, elated by his own prowess, set out immediately from the place and went to that Light. Seeing Agni coming, the Light addressed him thus :-- "Who are you? What is your strength? State this before Me." At this Agni replied :-- "I am Agni. All the yajs, ordained in the Vedas are performed through me. The power of burning everything in this universe resides in me." Then that adorable Light took up a straw of grass and said :-- "O Agni! If you can burn everything in this universe, then do you burn this trifling straw." Agni tried his best to burn the straw but he could not burn it. He got ashamed and fast went back to the Devas. Asked by the Devas, Agni told them everything and said :-- "O Devas! Know verily that the pride cherished by us that we are supreme, is entirely false."
31-50. Indra then asked Vyu (wind) and said :-- "O Vyu! You are dwelling in this universe, through and through; by your efforts, all are moving; therefore you are the Prna of all; it is possible that all forces are concentrated within you. Go and ascertain what is this Light? Verily I do not see any other person here than you who can ascertain this great adorable Light." Hearing these commendable words of Indra, Vyu felt himself elated and went at once to that place where was that Light. Seeing the Vyu, the Light, the Yaksa, the demi-god, the Spirit asked in a gentle language :-- "Who are you? What strength is there in you? Speak out all these to me." At this, Vyu spoke arrogantly, "I am Mtarisvan, I am Vyu; about my strength, I can move anything and I hold everything. It is through the strength of mine, that this universe is, and is alive and brisk with movements and works." That Highest Mass of Light then replied :-- "O Vyu! Move this straw that lies before you, and if you cannot, quit your pride and go back to Indra ashamed." At this Vyu tried all his might but, alas! He could not move the straw a bit from that place!
Vyu then gave up his pride and returned to the Devas and spoke to them all about the Yaksa (a sort of demi-god, a ghost). O Devas! Our pride is vain; in no way can we be able to ascertain the nature of that Light. It seems that that Holy Light, adorable by all, is extraordinary. Then all the Devas spoke with one voice to Indra :--
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\"When You are the King of the Devas, better go yourself and ascertain the reality of Its Nature." Indra, then, with great pride, went himself to the Light; the Light, too, began to disappear gradually from the place, and ultimately vanished from Indras sight. When Indra found that he could not even speak to That Light, he became greatly ashamed and began to conceive of his own nothingness. He thought thus :-- "I wont go back to the Devas. What shall I say to them? Never will I disclose to them my inferiority; one is better to die than do this. Ones self-honour is the only treasure of the great and honourable. If honour is gone, what use, then, is there in living?" O King! Then Indra, the Lord of Devas, quitted his pride and took refuge unto That Great Light which exhibited, ere long, such a glorious character. At this moment, a celestial voice was heard from the Heavens :-- "O Indra! Go on now and do the japam, the reciting of the My Vja Mantra, the basic Mantra of My. All your troubles will, then, be over." Hearing this celestial voice, Indra began to repeat the My Vja, the Seed Mantra of My, with rapt concentration and without any food.
51-61. Then on the ninth lunar day of the month of Chaitra when the Sun entered the meridian, suddenly there appeared in that place a Great Mass of Light as was seen before. Indra saw, then, within that Mass of Light, a Virgin Form in full youth. The lustre from Her body was like that of ten million Rising Suns; and the colour was rosy red like a full-blown Jav flower. On Her forehead was shining the digit of the Moon; Her breasts were full, and, though veiled under the cloth, they looked very beautiful. She was holding noose and a goad in Her two hands and Her other two hands indicated signs of favour and fearlessness.
Her body was decked with various ornaments and it looked auspicious and exceedingly lovely; nowhere can be seen a woman beautiful like Her. She was like a Kalpa Vriksa (celestial tree yielding all desires); she was three eyed and Her braid of hair was encircled with Mlat garlands. She was praised on Her four sides by the Four Vedas, Incarnate, in their respective Forms. The brilliancy of Her teeth shed lustre on the ground as if ornamented with Padmarga jewels. Her face looked smiling. Her clothing was red and Her body was covered with sandalpaste. She was the Cause of all causes. Oh! She was all Full of Mercy. O King Janamejaya! Thus Indra saw, then, the Um Parvat Mahesvar Bhagavat and the hairs of his body stood on ends with ecstasy. His eyes were filled with tears of love and deep devotion and he immediately fell prostrate before
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the feet of the Dev. Indra sang various hymns to Her and praised Her. He became very glad and asked Her, "O Fair One! Art Thou that Great Mass of Light? If this be, kindly state the cause of Thy appearance." O King! Hearing this, the Bhagavat replied.
62-83. This My Form is Brahm, the Cause of all causes, the Seat of My, the Witness of all, infallible and free from all defects or blemishes. What all the Vedas and Upanisadas try to establish, what ought to be obtained, as declared by all the rules of austerity, and for which the Brhmanas practise Brahmacharyam, I am all that. I have told you about that Brahm, of the nature of the Great Holy Light. The sages declare that That Brhman is revealed by "Om" and "Hrm", the two Vjas (mystic syllables) that are My two first and foremost Mantras wherein I remain hidden. I create this universe with My two parts (in My two aspects); therefore My Vja mantra is two. "Om" Vja is denominated as Sachchidnanda (everlasting existence, intelligence and bliss) and "Hrm" Vja is My Prakriti, the Undifferentiated Consciousness, made manifest. Know, then, That My as the Highest Sakti and know Me as that Omnipotent Goddess at present revealed before your eyes. As moonlight is not different from the Moon, so this My Sakti in the state of equilibrium is not different from Me. (The powerful man and the power he wields are not different. They are verily one and the same.) During Pralaya (the Great Latency period), this My lies latent in Me, without there being any difference. Again at the time of creation, this My appears as the fructification of the Karmas of the Jvas. When this My is potential and exists latent in Me, when My is Antarmukh, it is called Unmanifested and when the My becomes Kinetic, when the My is Bahirmukh, when She is in an active Kinetic state, it is said to be Manifested. There is no origin or beginning of this My. My is of the nature of Brahm in a state of equilibrium. But, during the beginning of the creation, Her form consisting of the several Gunas appears, when My is Bahir Mukh, She becomes Tmas, in Her Unmanifested state. O Indra! For this reason Her state of abstraction, and becoming introspective, this is Her Antarmukh state; it is known as My and Her looking outward is Her Bahirmukh state; it is denominated by Tmas and the other gunas. From this comes Sttva and then Rjas and Brahm, Visnu and Mahesa are of the nature of the three gunas. Brahm has the Rjo guna in Him preponderating; in Visnu, the Sttva guna preponderates and in Mahesa, the Cause of all Causes, is said to reside the Tmo guna. Brahm is known as of the Gross Body; Visnu is known as of the Subtle Body; and Rudra is known as of the Causal Body and I am known as Turya, transcending the Gunas.
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This Turya Form of Mine is called the state of equilibrium of the Gunas. It is the Inner Controller of all. Beyond this there is another state of Mine which is called the Formless Brahm (Brhman having no Forms). Know, verily, that my Forms are two, as they are with or without attributes (Saguna or Nirguna). That which is beyond My and the Myic qualities is called Nirguna (without Prkritic attributes) and that which is within My is called Saguna. O Indra! After creating this universe, I enter within that as the Inner Controller of all and it is I that impel all the Jvas always to their due efforts and actions. Know, verily, that It is I that engage Brahm, Visnu and Rudra, the causes of the several works of creation, preservation and destruction of this universe (they are performing their functions by My Command). Through the terror from Me the wind blows; through my terror, the Sun moves in the sky; through My terror, Indra, Agni, and Yama do their respective duties. I am the Best and Superior to all. All fear Me. Through My Grace you have obtained victory in the battle. Know, verily, that it is I that make you all dance like inert wooden dolls as My mere instruments. You are merely My functions. I am the Integral Whole. I give sometimes victory to you and sometimes victory to the Daityas; Yea, I do everything as I will, keeping My independence duly and, according to the Karmas, justly. Oh! You all, have forgotten me though your pride and sheer nonsense. You have been carried deep into dire delusion by your vain egoism. And know now that to favour you, this My Adorable Light has issued suddenly. Hence forth banish ever from your heart all your vain boastings and idle pratings. Take refuge wholly unto Me with all your head, heart and soul, unto My Sachchidnanda Form and be safe. (At times the Devas forget and so fall into troubles).
84-93. Vysa said :-- Thus saying, the Mla Pakriti, the Great Dev, the Goddess of the Universe, vanished from their sight. The Devas, on the other hand, began to praise Her then and there, with rapt devotion. Since that day, all the Devas quitted their pride and engaged themselves in worshipping the Dev devotedly. They worshipped the Gyatr Dev daily during the three Sandhy times and performed various Yajs and thus they worshipped Bhagavat daily. Thus, in the Satya Yuga, everybody engaged themselves in repeating the Mantra Gyatr and worshipped the Goddess indwelling in the Pranava and Hrmkra. So, See now for yourself, that the worship of Visnu or Siva or initiation in the Visnu Mantra or in the Siva Mantra are not mentioned anywhere in the Vedas as to be done always and for ever. They are done for a while and not required any more when the objects are fulfilled; only the worship of Gyatr is always compul-
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sory, to be done at all times, as mentioned in the Vedas. O King! If a Brhmana does not worship the Gyatr, know, then, for certain, that in every way, he is sure to go down lower and lower. There is no doubt in this. A Brhmin is not to wait, no never, to do any other thing; he will have all his desires fulfilled if he worships only the Dev Gyatr. Bhagavn Manu says that a Brhmin, whether he does any other thing or not, can be saved if he worships only the Divine Mother Gyatr. (This worshipping the Gyatr is the highest, greatest, and most difficult of all the works in this universe). If any devotee of Siva or Visnu or of any other Deity worships his desired Deity without repeating the Gyatr, he is sure to suffer the torments of hell. (But this age of Kl deludes the people and draws away their minds from reciting this Gyatr save a few of them.) O King! For this reason, in the Satya Yuga, all the Brhmanas kept themselves fully engaged in worshipping the Gyatr and the lotus feet of the Dev Bhagavat.
Here ends the Eighth Chapter in the Twelfth Book on the appearance of the Highest Sakti in the Mahpurnam Sr Mad Dev Bhgavatam of 18,000 verses by Maharsi Veda Vysa.
