|
44-50. Thus hearing Brahma's words, Bhagavan Narayana spoke :-- “O Brahman! I now speak out my mind to you; listen carefully. Though the Devas, Danavas and men and all the Lokas know that You are the Creator, I am the Preserver and Rudra is the Destroyer, yet it is to be known that the saints, versed in the Vedas, have come to this conclusion by inference from the Vedas that the creation, preservation, and destruction are performed by the creative force, preservative force and destructive force. The Rajasik creative force residing in you, the Sattvik preservative force residing in me, and the Tamasik destructive force residing in Rudra are the all-in-all.When these Saktis become absent, you become inert and incapable to create, I to preserve and Rudra to destroy.
O intelligent Suvrata! We all are always under that Force directly or indirectly; hear instances that you can see and infer. At the time of Pralaya, I lie down on the bed of Ananta, subservient to that Force; again I wake up in the time of creation duly under the influence of Time.
51-54. I am always subservient to that Maha Shakti; (under Her command) I am engaged in Tapasya for a long time; (By Her command) some time I enjoy with Lakshmi; some time I fight battles, terrible to all the Lokas, with the Danavas, involving great bodily troubles. O Know of Dharma! It was before Your presence that I fought hand to hand fight for five thousand years before Your sight on that one great ocean in long-past days with the two demons Madhu and Kaitabha, sprung from the wax of my ear, maddened with pride; and by the grace of the Devi, successfully killed the two Danavas.
55-61. O highly fortunate one! You realised then the great Shakti, higher than the highest and the cause of all causes; then why are you asking again and again that question. By the will of that Shakti, I have got this idea of man and roam on the great ocean; in yuga after yuga, I assume by Her will, the Tortoise, Boar, Man-Lion, and Dwarf incarnations. No one likes to take birth in the womb of inferior animals (especially birds). Do you think that I willingly take unpleasant births as in the womb of boars, tortoise, i.e., certainly not. What independent man is there who abandons the pleasurable enjoyment with Laksmi and takes birth in inferior animals as fish, etc. or leaves his seat on the seat of Garuda and becomes engaged in great war-conflicts. O Svayambhu! In ancient days you saw before your eyes that my head was cut off when the bowstring suddenly gave way; and then you, brought a horse's head and by that help, the divine artist Visvakarma, stuck that on to my headless body. O Brahma! Since then I am known amongst men by the name of “Hayagriva”. This is well-known to you. Now say, were I independent, would such an ignominy have happened to me? Never. Therefore I am not independent; I am in every way under that Shakti. O Lotus-born! I always meditate on that Shakti; and I do not know any other than this Shakti”.
62-66. Narada said :-- Thus spoke Visnu to Brahma. O Muni Vedavyas! Brahma spoke these to me. So you, too, better meditate the lotus feet of Bhagavati calmly in the lotus of your heart for the success of your idea. That Devi will give you all that you wish. Suta said :-- At these words of Narada, Satyavati's son Veda Vyasa went out to the hills for Tapasya, trusting the lotus feet of the Devi as the all-in-all in this world.
Thus ends the fourth chapter of the first Skandha on the excellency of the Devi in the Mahapurana Shrimad Devi Bhagavatam of 18,000 verses.
Редактирано от Jago Savera на 03.07.06 14:41.
|
The Shrimad Devi Bhagawatam
