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Prompted by Me, all these principles united together to form
the Egg which was My own abode. I incarnated in that Egg which
was immersed in the (Pralayic) water (as Sri XfirSyana or Virat
Purusha).
Out of my navel grew the Lotus called the Universe. Brahma 1
was manifested in that Lotus.
He brought into manifestation the Lokas (BhAr, Bhuvar ??c.,)
and the Lokapalas.
Svar was the abode of the Devas, Bhuvar of the Bhutas, Bhiir
ofmen, the higher Lokas of the Siddhas and the Lower Lokas of the
Asuras and Nagas.
All actions (Karma) bear fruits in the Triloki. Mahar, Jana
and Tapas are attained by Yoga, Tapas and Renunciation. My
abode (Vaikuntha, which is beyond the Seven Lokas) is attained by
Bhakti Yoga.
All beings in this Universe wedded to karma are made by Me,
who as Kalaam the Dispenser of all karma, to merge out of or to dive
down in the flow of Gunas (i.e. they are made to go up to the higher
Lokas or to come down to the lower Lokas).
All things big or small, thick or thin are pervaded by Prakriti
and Purusha.
That which is at the beginning and at the end of a thing is
also at the middle, as in the case of ornaments and earth-pots, the
intervening transformations having a separate existence only for the
sake of conventional use (thus the ornaments of gold are called by
different names only for temporary uses. But they are gold when
the forms are made and destroyed. The forms are all transitory
and the ornaments are essentially gold).
That is only Real which gives rise to the original transform-
ation, which is at the beginning and at the end. Prakriti the
material cause, Purusha that pervades Prakriti and K ??la or
periodicity which causes disturbance in the Gunas these are three in
one and I am that three-fold Brahma. The creative process flows on
in order of succession without a break. The multifarious creation
unfolds itself to serve the purposes of the jivas and it lasts so long as
the period of Preservation continues and so long as Isvara looks at it.
The order is reversed in Pralaya, and transformations are
merged in the principles from which they proceeded. The body
merges in to the food grains. The food grains merge in to the roots
of plants. The roots merge into the earth, The earth merges into
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