The funniest part of stories depicted in the purana (epics) is the lineage and descent (avatara) of devi devata. The kourava and pandava, Bhishma or Shree Krishna are characters of a drama- Mahabharata, and they are not depicted as the humans! The pandava and the first-born karna are born to kunti as the blessings of a great sage who gave her five mantra and, as such, they are born as mantrasya putrah. the story depicts pandu left kunti on the very day of their marriage due to curse! Bhishma is the lowest level of prajnya where he took a decision not to marry and still continued to take care of the kourava leading to the catastrophic war and total destruction at the end! Shree Krishna chides him and asks Bhishma how could he take such a vow?
Thus, these characters created to show the frivolous mind in the drama of life unfolds itself! That way, William Shakespeare has created many characters and even the Creator brahma may wonder at that! There are icons, symbolic, indicating some secrets which we cannot decipher, and these are not the truth. The devi and devata do not come to us from some where. They are already within us as we are endowed with certain powers to discern. Yoga helps us to visualize these powers and experience them, too. It is clearly stated that devi Sharadamba's grace will help to decode the secrets of the Veda. We have certain family religious traits, faith and tradition and we firmly believe and many of us practice them. We experience the powers of these Shakti devata in our day-to-day life.
The epics (purana) depict the devi and devata and many commentators have presented them in an absurd manner and often obscene ways and create lot of problems to us in explaining them. For instance, sage vashishtha as kumbhodbhava is absurd (see the commentary by Asthan Mahavidwan P. H. Venkata Rao: Rugveda Samhita, mandala VII Sukta 20-80, especially sukta 33 on pages138-40). Here, the learned Mahavidvan states that a drop of semen fell down when mitra and varuna were copulating in the heavens! The elemental gods mitra and varuna are not the humans to copulate and it is it not absurd to state that semen fell down to create the sages, who are the stars? This narration is sickening. So also, the husband, wife, children and grandchildren and other relationship narrated in the epics. There are no physical bodies to these devi devata. However, these are Shakti that operate on our mind and buddhi.The power of sacred sound or mantra is attributed to these devi devata. The devata is an embodiment, the body, of the mantra and, as such, they have anga mantra and nyasa mantra. This is explained in the matrika concept in Shreevidhya.
Thus, these characters created to show the frivolous mind in the drama of life unfolds itself! That way, William Shakespeare has created many characters and even the Creator brahma may wonder at that! There are icons, symbolic, indicating some secrets which we cannot decipher, and these are not the truth. The devi and devata do not come to us from some where. They are already within us as we are endowed with certain powers to discern. Yoga helps us to visualize these powers and experience them, too. It is clearly stated that devi Sharadamba's grace will help to decode the secrets of the Veda. We have certain family religious traits, faith and tradition and we firmly believe and many of us practice them. We experience the powers of these Shakti devata in our day-to-day life.
The epics (purana) depict the devi and devata and many commentators have presented them in an absurd manner and often obscene ways and create lot of problems to us in explaining them. For instance, sage vashishtha as kumbhodbhava is absurd (see the commentary by Asthan Mahavidwan P. H. Venkata Rao: Rugveda Samhita, mandala VII Sukta 20-80, especially sukta 33 on pages138-40). Here, the learned Mahavidvan states that a drop of semen fell down when mitra and varuna were copulating in the heavens! The elemental gods mitra and varuna are not the humans to copulate and it is it not absurd to state that semen fell down to create the sages, who are the stars? This narration is sickening. So also, the husband, wife, children and grandchildren and other relationship narrated in the epics. There are no physical bodies to these devi devata. However, these are Shakti that operate on our mind and buddhi.The power of sacred sound or mantra is attributed to these devi devata. The devata is an embodiment, the body, of the mantra and, as such, they have anga mantra and nyasa mantra. This is explained in the matrika concept in Shreevidhya.
The first manifest form of para vasudeva or narayana is Aditya and the self effulgent manifest form of Aditya is the Sun, a mass of Hydrogen covered by a thin layer of Helium. These two gaseous elements are actually the the First manu, surya vivasvan as explained in the Bhagavad-Gita (Ch. IV. Verse 1). The first to manifest every manvantara is always the surya (Sun). Hence there will be fourteen manvantaras each one with the emergence of a Star as the first manu, and then come the planets and their satellites. The earth and the moon are the condensed form of the solar flares. The earth gets all its material content as air- with hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, argon, methane, ozone and other minor gases, water vapor that condense and form rain and snow, and then the elements, minerals and compounds (rocks and soil), etc- all from one single source, the surya only. The scriptures or the shastra describe them as pancha mahabhuta- akasha, vayu, agni, jala and pruthvi and their respective essence, tanmatra. Actually, everything manifest from the previous ones and these can be finally traced to brahman, narayan, para vasudeva. That which comes first, or prior to, may be called the father or mother and that which comes next may be son or daughter. This process of manifestation repeats every epoch or manvantara and, so far seven of them are over and another seven are to come! Every time the same process repeats. Followed by the first manu vivasvan comes the Creator barhma, and the sustaining force vishnu, rudra, maheshvara, sapta rushi, indradi devatas, elemental gods like vayu, agni, marut, etc. All these are within us!
The earth's atmosphere is thick with gaseous body (troposphere) and becomes thin higher and higher as in stratosphere, chemosphere, ionosphere and exosphere beyond which there is nothing. Thus, the shastra and purana explain the same thing that is explained in modern science. The only difference is that the names given to the forces as Shakti devata in shastra and purana are in scientific terminology in physics, chemistry, etc. Hence, narayana or para vasudeva manifest as sankarshana, pradyumna, aniruddha, sudarshana, lakshmi, etc. These are not in anyway different from the scientific version, excepting that these are subtle forces that precede the elemental world (padartha prapancha). The sound of breath is called dhvani or shabda (sound), vaak or vani and its deity is devi saraswati; saraswati is not the wife or daughter of brahma- the chaturmuka creative force. It is the creative force.
The earth's atmosphere is thick with gaseous body (troposphere) and becomes thin higher and higher as in stratosphere, chemosphere, ionosphere and exosphere beyond which there is nothing. Thus, the shastra and purana explain the same thing that is explained in modern science. The only difference is that the names given to the forces as Shakti devata in shastra and purana are in scientific terminology in physics, chemistry, etc. Hence, narayana or para vasudeva manifest as sankarshana, pradyumna, aniruddha, sudarshana, lakshmi, etc. These are not in anyway different from the scientific version, excepting that these are subtle forces that precede the elemental world (padartha prapancha). The sound of breath is called dhvani or shabda (sound), vaak or vani and its deity is devi saraswati; saraswati is not the wife or daughter of brahma- the chaturmuka creative force. It is the creative force.
Let alone these devi devatas are called husband and wife like Shree venkataramana, padmavati and lakshmi devi, the pundits literally attach sixteen thousand wives to Shree krishna little do they understand that he is the pati, the protector, to all mankind. Shree krishna had promised the widows and the orphans that He would protect them after the Mahabharata war was over and He fuldilled that promise. These pundits say He literally eloped with one subhadra or married rukmini and satybhama or give eight legal wives! Actually radha was mesmerized by krishna's flute and never married Him. There are female forms of ganapati, narasima (pratyangira), varahi, brahmi, vaishnavi, etc indicatuing the Shakti aspects. These should be properly understood.
Giving names, forms and functions and attributes are the human creation. Since they say god created man in his own image, as a pratibimba, it is natural that man also creates a god of his choice and gives name, form, function and attributes. Many pundits go to the extent of saying sankarshana is the son of vishnu and pradyumna and aniruddha are the grandson, etc. These are absurd statements. Lord Shree Krishna says, "These fools, mudha, make me a child and fondle Me, and later get me married (as in Srinivasa kalyana or the tulasi lagna)! There is no end to their foolishness. He, the Lord says, "Not even the great sages or devi devata ever know Me; I cannot be known from the scriptures or by any means. I am the nitya (eternal), nirantara (always existent), nirakara (form-less) parabrahman (the power-that-be beyond the universe).
Giving names, forms and functions and attributes are the human creation. Since they say god created man in his own image, as a pratibimba, it is natural that man also creates a god of his choice and gives name, form, function and attributes. Many pundits go to the extent of saying sankarshana is the son of vishnu and pradyumna and aniruddha are the grandson, etc. These are absurd statements. Lord Shree Krishna says, "These fools, mudha, make me a child and fondle Me, and later get me married (as in Srinivasa kalyana or the tulasi lagna)! There is no end to their foolishness. He, the Lord says, "Not even the great sages or devi devata ever know Me; I cannot be known from the scriptures or by any means. I am the nitya (eternal), nirantara (always existent), nirakara (form-less) parabrahman (the power-that-be beyond the universe).
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