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(Śakti Vicāra Yogaḥ)
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[Some little excess power comes out like the water overfilling the tank. This is the case with the worldly items, in which the tank cannot contain more water than its capacity. But, in the case of Brahman, the little power that comes out is as per the will of Brahman only because Brahman can accommodate even the infinite power. In this aspect, you cannot compare Brahman with worldly items like a tank. The entire creation expressed is only one-fourth part of Brahman (pādo'sya viśvā bhūtāni - Veda).]
[In the final dissolution, the creation becomes subtle and dissolves in Brahman. The creation will not disappear but exists independently, like sugar dissolved in water, existing as different molecules from the molecules of water. The reason is that the same subtle world appears again in gross state for the entertainment of God after some interval.]
[You should not misunderstand that Brahman is unable to dissolve it in such a way that the world disappears even from the subtle state (Avyaktam). The world is preserved in a subtle state so that it can be exhibited again as it is (Dhātā yathā pūrva makalpayat – Veda). Will any fool destroy the old film reel after ending the first show of the cinema so that for the second show a second film reel is created again?]
[Therefore, we said that the brilliance of the intelligence is far far greater than the physical strength. In fact, the greatness of Brahman is characterised by both excellent intelligence and physical capacity. However, the intelligence related to awareness is always greater than mere inert physical strength.]
[God will exhibit some very little power to the outside and that power is in the form of inert items and non-inert souls, for the sake of entertainment of God. This little power is in the form of non-inert souls and inert items. The Veda says that God wanted entertainment due to loneliness and hence, He created the second item (Ekākī na ramate sa dvitīya maicchat – Veda).]
[Hence, one Brahman became many (Eko'haṃ bahu syām – Veda) to get entertainment as told in the Veda. By such statement only, the greatness of Brahman is retained forever. The word ‘Brahman’ itself means greater than all the greatest items. Therefore, Brahman entertaining with the world is like an awakened person dreaming something for entertainment. This entertainment is not like the dream of a sleeping person with ignorance of truth.]
[The scholars of Brahman say that Brahman inherently has infinite power. The power that is expressed by Brahman is only very little. Even Śrī Śaṅkara says that the expressed power is gifted to the world with the absolute reality of Brahman.]
[If Brahman wishes, the reality of the world is withdrawn by Brahman. Even then, as long as the existence of Brahman continues, the existence of the world gifted by God also continues forever as long as Brahman wishes. The shape of the pot remains forever as long as the mud retains it.]
[The above two points mentioned in the above two verses can be kept aside for some time. By this, we can assume that the world is also existing separately from God, just like we can assume that a pot is existing separately from mud as long as the mud retains the shape of pot. The philosophy can start from this point also and hence, Śrī Rāmānuja and Śrī Madhva started from the separately existing everlasting world. There is nothing wrong in this.]
[It was said that water was created in the beginning. But this is after the three elements were already created. Though it is not the actual beginning, it is told as a beginning. By telling this as the beginning, there is no damage to the subject in any other way.]
[The two Divine Preachers told some other created items by God as eternal truths. This does not mean that God has not created them. This only means that they started their philosophy from a starting point, which is one of the already created items in creation. By this, there is no contradiction between the stage before creation and after creation.]
[In order to enquire about the process of salvation for a soul, will anybody enquire about the situation before the creation of this world? Similarly, before cooking the food with grains, will anybody enquire about the quality of grains by going to the field to plough the field?]
[Therefore, the world is told as a beginningless and absolute truth like God and as one of the truths along with God. It is also logically correct because God has given His absolute reality as a gift to the world, which makes the world absolutely real. Not only that, but also the absolute reality is always born in the world continuously.]
[In the future, the destruction of the world is out of the question because the film reel must be saved in the present for the sake of future film shows. Hence, after the dissolution of the show, the subtle film reel exists for the sake of the future shows. This is just like the alternative operation of saving the film reel and projecting the film show.]
[Some say that everything is true. Some say that everything is false. Nobody touches the beginning and the end and they speak only by touching the middle. They never move from the middle and always go on quarrelling. They at least don’t see everything front and back. These are the followers of the Preachers!]
[The back fellow catches the tail of the front fellow and walks in the steps of the front fellow. Nobody sees even a little of that side or this side. Finally, they walk and fall into the deep well of ignorance.]
[We see the dance of Kālī above God Śiva. We also see the three Divine Gods becoming the four legs of the cot-like chair for Goddess Mahā Śakti as per Śrī Śaṅkara (Saundarya Laharī). In all these descriptions, the greatest position of Śakti is exhibited. Slowly, God and Goddess became equal like Ardhanārīśvara, where God Śiva is bearing Śakti in the left half side of His body. God Nārāyaṇa is always associated with Śrī or Lakṣmī equally, as per Śrī Rāmānuja. All these developments led by Śrī Śaṅkara and Śrī Rāmānuja show that Śakti was made superior to God and later on was made equal to God.]
[Śrī Madhva raised the greatness of God Viṣṇu, which is greater than everything and everybody. Goddess Śrī or Lakṣmī is the queen of all the male and female servants of God Viṣṇu. Goddess Lakṣmī is considered to be the first servant of God Viṣṇu.]
[By this, we are not saying that the respect for Shakti has come down gradually. Based on the love between the husband and wife, a correlation is brought. Sometimes devotees address even the God of Gods by very low words and this is due to the excess of love of the devotees on God.]
[Like this, the three Divine Gods are not different from each other. Generally, people are anxious about finding the differences among the three Divine Gods and are very fond of quarrels among them. This is the silly nature of ignorant people. They shall understand that devotion is nothing but love only and they shall find that everything in love becomes uniform without any differences.]
[A scholar of spiritual knowledge sees oneness between the male God and the female Goddess. Suppose two small statues of God and Goddess are made of sugar with little difference in the external forms. By this superficial external difference, will the sugar material of one of those two statues become salt?]
[There is only one unperceivable and unimaginable item called Parabrahman, which is well known by its existence and which is indivisible by male and female genders. Its any other characteristics are not known except that it exists.]
[Though it is inseparable as male and female in the beginning, it will split into male and female. The male gives entertainment to the female and the female gives entertainment to the male. This is natural and takes place in the world.]
[For the most intellectual God, there will be several entertainments, but each entertainment is suitable to the greatness of God. No entertainment will lower the greatness of God.]
[The game with marbles is not played by Kings, but ordinary kids play it. The game played by God for entertainment is beyond the games played even by kings above which no higher game can exist than that is played by God.]
[God will arrange a play in which the devotee having the highest love is tested. Finding out the highest devotee in the ladder of love to God is the essence of the test. This is not a mere game. To the winner, the highest salvation called Kaivalyam, which is the closest association with God, is presented.]
[In this playful drama, the Mahā Māyā, who is the female part that arose from that unimaginable item alone, can become His life partner. Leaving Her, nobody else in the creation can become His darling in this world.]
To be continued…
Chapter-1: The Association of Enquiry of Correlation of Three Vedantic Philosophies
Chapter-2: The Association of Enquiry of the Difference Between God and Soul
Chapter-3: The Association of Enquiry of the Difference Between God and World
Chapter-4: The Association of Enquiry of the Incarnation
Chapter-5: The Association of Enquiry of the Monism and Dualism
Chapter-6: The Association of Enquiry of the Difference Among Three Divine Philosophies
Chapter-7: The Association of Enquiry of the Analysis of the Three Divine Philosophies
Chapter-8: The Association of Enquiry of the Qualified Monism
Chapter-9: The Association of Enquiry of the Fundamental Component of Creation
Chapter-10: The Association of Enquiry of the Saamkhya Accepting God
Chapter-11: The Association of Enquiry of the Power of God
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