Posted on: 29 Dec 2021
[Shri Jayesh Pandey asked: Dandmat Pranaamam Datta, with You standing on me like You stood on the demon in Your Nataraj form. There's a story (katha) I've heard from Vaktas and its also mentioned in Yajurveda, pardon if i have mistaken. It is about the time in which Brahma ji and Vishnu ji starts fighting over their supremacy and then Shiv ji intervening in between takes the form of huge endless pillar of fire.
Please tell us the hidden meaning about this katha, if it happened and if it did, were all the three forms of You, Datta, were acting their parts in Leela or was it something otherwise? As I consider myself to be the devotee of Your form when You are Shiv ji. Pardon me if I'am committing the same mistake of differentiating between You and Shiva, and all Your other forms, for I'am just an ignorant jeeva and who can know it better than You, Datta. Dandmat Pranaamam, Datta!]
Swami Replied:- This point is already answered by Me for a question asked by Suganya Raman (Click here to read). The three divine forms are the energetic incarnations of the same God Datta only. These three acted in three different roles and the role does not touch the actor. This story only tells the humanity that both ego and cheating are not good especially before God. Here, Shiva is in the role of God whereas, Brahma and Vishnu are in the roles of devotees. The role of Vishnu is better than Brahma because Vishnu got only pride whereas, Brahma got pride as well cunning nature. Remember once again that these two roles of devotees have no connection with the divine personalities of the two actors, Vishnu and Brahma since all the three (Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva) are one and the same divine personality of God Dattta.