|| Om Namo Bhagavathe Vasudevaya||

Chapter – 60 – The legend of Lord Krishna – The legend of King Pareekshith

Devadeva Namastheasthu Bhoothabhavana Poorvaja| Thadhvijaneehi Yajjanam Athma Thaththva Nidharshanam ||

Maharishi Narada enquired about the creation to Lord Bhrama whose four faces represents Antahkarana/Manas, mind/chiththam, intellect/Buddhi, and Ahamkara, “Oh! Poorvaja, you have a thorough knowledge of all the philosophies, what is the source of these Prapancham/five essential elements? Who is the creator of it? Where did it exist? Where did it go at the time of deluge/Laya? You are the knower of Prapancha/Prakrithi, therefore you have a thorough knowledge of its origin and Laya, kindly narrate all those to me. I think it is like a spider/Urnanabhi, the supreme Lord creates the Universe and its living beings, and absorbs it whenever he wants, like a spider that absorbs its web.”

Thasmai Namo Bhagavathe  Vasudhevaya Dheemahi | Yan Mayaya Dhurjayaya Mam Bruvanthi Jagathgurum ||Narayana Para Veda Narayanangaja: | Narayana Para Loka  Narayana Para Makha: ||Deva Narayanaparo Yogo Narayanaparam Thapa: |Narayana Param Gnanam Narayana Para Gathi: ||

Lord Bhrama speaks “ Oh! Vathsa, I shall describe all those queries you have raised, I shall narrate the creation which was taken place with the grace of the Supreme Lord, I am not the creator, and you have not understood the force behind my creation. I shall prostrate before the supreme Lord Vasudeva who resides as a soul in all the living beings, he is Jagathguru who creates the Universe and its living beings with his ‘Maya’.  Oh! Bhagavan, it is difficult to understand the function of your creation, especially for the ignorant swollen with self-importance.  The Iccha/Gnana/Kriyashakthi of supreme Lord, with the influence of Dhravyam, Kalam, Karma, Swabhava, Beeja and results in the creation of Jeeva, I have explained the process of creation in order,  happens in the presence of Lord Vasudeva who resides as soul, therefore all that originated from him, and this is how the process of creation takes place. I shall prostrate before the supreme Lord Narayana who is the essence of Veda, and all the deities, Lord Narayana represents the Universe and its living beings and fire sacrifices as well, Lord Narayana symbolizes Yoga, Thapa, Gnana, and Paramamgathi as well.  Therefore the supreme Lord Narayana/Nara+Ayanam/ who resides as a soul in us is the creator as well as the ultimate asylum of the Jeeva.   The Jeeva originated from those five essential elements such as Sky/space, Air/Vayu, Fire/Agni, water/Jalam, and Earth/Prithvi in order; therefore it has to return to the origin after leaving its mortal coil.  The two sets of sense organs, known as Gnanindhriyas and Karmendhriya.  The  Gnana Indhriyas are /Shabdha/sound, Sparsha/touch, Roopa/form, rasa/taste, Gandha/smell, Manas, buddhi, Chiththam, Ahamkara, Prana and Karma Indriyas/ear, skin, eyes, tongue, nose, and five Indriyas to react known as hands, legs, throat, productive organ and anus.  Therefore, the Upanishadhas addressed the supreme Purusha Narayana as the source of the functioning of all those Gnana and Karmendhriyas.  The Prakrithi promotes the lives on the Earth/ Jeeva providing various nutrients/Bhoga, to attain union with the supreme Bhramam with the practice of ‘Yoga’.”

The supreme Lord Adi Narayana depicts as reclines on the bed of thousand hooded serpent Anantha in the milky ocean, and Lord Bhrama born from the lotus of the Adinarayana.   The serpent Anantha symbolizes Fire, the milky ocean represents water, Narayana/Naram+ayanam symbolizes wisdom, lotus stalk represents ‘Prana’, the lotus flower represents Manas, lotus born Bhrama with four faces represents  Manas, Buddhi, Chiththam, and Ahamkara. This is the prime factor for the ‘creation’, the collective form of Agni, Water, wisdom, Prana, Manas, buddhi, intellect, Chiththam, and Ahamkara is ‘Jeeva’. The Agni, Vayu, and water are the most essential element required for the creation and existence of Jeeva.  The Agni is the source of forms/appearances and sounds. Prakrithi is the whole of positive and negative energy, good and bad, sorrow and happiness, joy and grief, day and night, good health and ailments, etc.  Space/Sky creates Air, the constant frictions in the air causes Agni, and the excess of heat produces Water and causes to settle on the Earth/Prithvi.