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How do the Goddesses Saraswati, Parvati and Lakshmi relate to Trikaranas?

[Shri Kishore Ram asked: How to correlate Goddess Saraswati, Goddess Parvati and Goddess Lakshmi with the Trikaranas (mind, word and body)?]

Swami replied: The three basic constituents of the creation are non-inert awareness, inert energy and inert matter. Awareness is related to knowledge and God Brahma, who is the author of the Vedas. His power is Goddess Saraswati, who is related to the mind, which is the non-inert awareness. Word is the inert sound energy; it is a form of inert energy representing Goddess Parvati since Her husband God Shiva is represented by the Shiva Lingam, which is the wave form of the inert energy. The meaning of word is again related to mind or awareness. Word as it is physically, is only sound energy. Goddess Lakshmi represents  wealth, which is in the basic form of matter. There is a story of Sage Bhrugu cursing Brahma not to be worshipped because the non-inert awareness cannot be physically worshipped. The Sage said that God Shiva will be worshipped in the form of the Lingam alone, which is a wave representing the inert energy. The Sage said that God Vishnu will be fully worshipped with His full form, which can be contained only by matter. In this way, the triad of instruments (trikaranams) represent the three divine forms of the Divine Mother. Goddess Parvati representing inert energy is also said to be the root form of energy or Adi Parashakti. In fact, the inert energy is the source for matter as well as awareness and this suits to the concept that Goddess Parvati is the root power.

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