{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/dg/dg03.htm","path":"hin/dg/dg03.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/dg/dg03.htm","text":"1-19. The Dev\u00ee said:--\"O Girir\u00e2ja! This whole universe, moving and unmoving, is created by My M\u00e2y\u00e2 S'akt\u00ee. This M\u00e2y\u00e2 is conceived in Me. It is not, in reality, different or separate from Me. So I am the only Chit, Intelligence. There is no other intelligence than Me. Viewed practically, it is known variously as M\u00e2y\u00e2, Vidy\u00e2; but viewed really from the point of Brahman, there is no such thing as M\u00e2y\u00e2; only one Brahman exists, I am that Brahma, of the nature of Intelligence\nI create this whole world on this Unchangeable Eternal (Mountain-like) Brahma, (composed of Avidy\u00e2, Karma, and various Samsk\u00e2ras) and enter first as Pr\u00e2na (vital breath) within it in the form of Chid\u00e2bh\u00e2sa. O Mountain! Unless I enter as Breath, how can this birth and death and leaving and retaking bodies after bodies be accounted for! As one great \u00c2k\u00e2s'\u00e2 is denominated variously Ghat\u00e2k\u00e2s'a (\u00c2k\u00e2s'\u00e2 in the air), Pat\u00e2k\u00e2s'a (\u00c2k\u00e2s'\u00e2 in cloth or picture), so I too appear variously by acknowledging this Pr\u00e2na in various places due to Avidy\u00e2 and various Antahkaranas. As the Sun's rays are never defiled when they illumine various objects on earth, so I, too, am not defiled in entering thus into various high and low Antahkaranas (hearts). The ignorant people attach Buddhi and other things of activity on Me and say that \u00c2tman is the Doer; the intelligent people do not say that. I remain as the Witness in the hearts of all men, not as the Doer. O Achalendra! There are many J\u00eevas and many \u00ces'varas due to the varieties in Avidy\u00e2 and Vidy\u00e2. Really it is M\u00e2y\u00e2 that differentiates into men, beasts and various other J\u00eevas; and it is M\u00e2y\u00e2 that differentiates into Brahma, Visnu and other \u00ces'varas. As the one pervading sky (\u00c2k\u00e2s'a) is called Mah\u00e2k\u00e2s'a Ghat\u00e2kas'a (being enclosed by jars), so the One All pervading Param\u00e2tm\u00e2 is called Param\u00e2tm\u00e2, J\u00eev\u00e2tm\u00e2 (being enclosed within J\u00eevas). As the J\u00eevas are conceived many by M\u00e2y\u00e2, not in reality; so \u00ces'varas also are conceived many by M\u00e2y\u00e2; not in essence. O Mountain! This Avidy\u00e2 and nothing else, is the cause of the difference in J\u00eevas, by creating differences in their bodies, indriyas (organs) and minds. Again, due to the varieties in the three Gunas and their wants (due to the differences between S\u00e2ttvik, R\u00e2jasik and T\u00e2masik desires), M\u00e2y\u00e2 also appears various. And their differences are the causes of different \u00ces'varas, Brahma, Visnu and others. O Mountain! This whole world is interwoven in Me; It is I that am the \u00ces'vara that resides in causal bodies; I am the \"Sutr\u00e2tman, Hiranyagarbha that resides in subtle bodies and it is I that am the Vir\u00e2t, residing in the gross bodies. I am Brahm\u00e2, Visnu, and Mahes'vara; I am the Br\u00e2hm\u00e2, Vaisnavi and Raudr\u00ee S'aktis. I am the Sun, I am the Moon, I am the Stars; I am beast, birds, Chand\u00e2las and I am the Thief, I am the cruel hunter; I am the virtuous high-souled persons and I am the female, male, and hermaphrodite. There is no doubt in this. O Mountain! Wherever there is anything, seen or heard, I alway exist there, within and without, There is nothing moving or unmoving, that can exist without Me. If there be such, that is like the son of a barren woman. Just as one rope is mistaken for a snake or a garland, so I am the One Brahma and appears as \u00ces'vara, etc. There, is no doubt in this. This world cannot appear without a substratum.\nAnd That Substratum is My Existence. There can be nothing else.\n20. The Him\u00e2lay\u00e2s said:--\"O Dev\u00ee! If Thou art merciful on me, I desire, then, to see Thy Vir\u00e2t form in the Fourth Dimensional Space.\nThis sight is developed when the mind resides in the heart centre or in the cenlre of the eye-brows. A proper teacher is necessary.\n21-41. Vy\u00e2sa said:--\"O King! Hearing the words of Girir\u00e2ja, Visnu and all the other Devas gladly seconded him. Then the Dev\u00ee, the Goddess of the Universe, knowing the desires of the Devas, showed Her Own Form that fulfils the desires of the Bhaktas, that is auspicious and that is like the Kalpa Vriksa towards the Bhaktas. They saw Her Highest Vir\u00e2t Form. The Satyaloka is situated on the topmost part and is Her head; the Sun and Moon are Her eyes; the quarters, Her ears; the Vedas are Her words; the Universe is Her heart; the earth is Her loins; the Bhuvarloka is Her navel; the asterisms are Her Thighs; the Maharloka is Her neck; the Janarloka is Her Face; the Taparloka is Her head, situated below the S'atyaloka; Indra and the Devas and the Svarloka is Her arms; the sound is the organ of Her ears; the As'vin twins, Her nose; the smell is the organ of smell; the fire is within Her face; day and night are like Her two wings. The four-faced Brahm\u00e2 is Her eyebrows; water is Her palate; the juice thereof is Her organ of taste; Yama, the God of Death, is Her large teeth; the affection is Her small teeth; M\u00e2y\u00e2 is Her smile; the creation of Universe is Her sidelooks; modesty is Her upper lip; covetousness is Her lower lip; unrighteousness is Her back. The Praj\u00e2pati is Her organ of generation; the oceans are Her bowels; the mountains are Her bones; the rivers are Her veins; and the trees are the hairs of Her body. O King! Youth, virginity, and old age are Her best gaits, positions or ways (courses) paths, the clouds are Her handsome hairs; the two twilights are Her clothings; the Moon is the mind of the Mother of the Universe; Hari is Her Vijn\u00e2na S'\u00e2kti (the knowledge power); and Rudra is Her all-destroying power. The horses and other animals are Her loins; the lower regions Atala, etc., are Her lower regions from Her hip to Her feet. The Devas began to behold Her this Cosmic (Vir\u00e2ta) appearance with eyes, wide awake, with wonder. Thousands of fiery rays emitted from Her form; She began to lick the whole universe with Her lips; the two rows of teeth began to make horrible sounds; fires came out from Her eyes; various weapons were seen in Her hands; and the Br\u00e2hmanas and Ksattriyas are become the food cf that Awful Deity. Thousands of heads, eyes and feet were seen in that form. Crores of Suns, crores of lightnings flashes, mingled there. Horrible, Awful, That appearance looked terrific to the eyes, heart and mind. The Devas thus beheld and began to utter cries of horror and consternation; their hearts trembled and they were\ncaught with immoveable senselessness. \"Here is the Dev\u00ee, our Mother and Preserver.\" this ides vanished away at once from their minds.\nAt this moment the Vedas that were on the four sides of the Dev\u00ee, removed the swoon of the Devas and made them conscious. The Immortals got, then, the excellant Vedas; and, having patience, began to praise and chant hymns in words choked with feelings and with tears flowing flowing from their eyes.\n42-53. The Devas said:--\"O Mother! Forgive our faults. Protect us, the miserable, that are born of Thee. O Protectress of the Devas! Withhold Thy anger we are very much terrified at the sight of Thy this form. \"O Dev\u00ee! We are inferior immortals; what prayers can we offer to Thee! Thou Thyself canst not measure Thy powers; how then can we, who are born later, know of Thy greatness! Obeisance to Thee, the Lady of the Universe! Obeisance to Thee of the nature of the Pranava Om; Thou art the One that is proved in all the Ved\u00e2ntas. Obeisance to Thee, of the form of Hr\u00eem! Obeisance to Thee, the Self of all, whence has originated the Fire, the Sun, and the Moon and whence have sprung all the medicinal plants. Obeisance to the Dev\u00ee, the Cosmic Deity, the Self in all whence have sprung all the Devas, S\u00e2dhyas, the beasts, birds, and men! We bow down again and again to the Great Form, M\u00e2h\u00e2 M\u00e2y\u00e2, the Self of all, whence have-sprung the vital breath Prana, Ap\u00e2na, grains and wheats, and Who is the source of asceticism, faith, truth, continence and the rules what to do and what not to do under the present circumstances. The seven Pr\u00e2nas, the seven Lokas, the seven Flames, the seven Samidhs, the seven Oblations to Fire, have sprung from Thee! Obeisance to Thee, the Great Self in all! Obeisance to the Universal form of the Deity of the Universe whence have sprung all the oceans, all the mountains, all the rivers, all the medicinal plants and all the Rasas (the tastes of all things). We bow down to that Vir\u00e2t Form, the Great Self, the Mah\u00e2 M\u00e2y\u00e2, whence have originated the sacrifices, the sacrifical post (to which the victim about to be immolated is bound) and Daksin\u00e2s (the sacrificial fees) and the Rik, the Yajus, and the S\u00e2ma Vedas. O Mother! O Mah\u00e2 M\u00e2y\u00e2! We bow down to Thy front, to Thy back, to Thy both the sides, to Thy top, to Thy bottom and on all sides of Thee. O Dev\u00ee! Be kind enough to withhold this Extraordinary Terrific Form of Thine, and sbew us Thy Beautiful Lovely Form.\n54-56. Vy\u00e2sa said:--\"O King! The World Mother, the Ocean of mercy, seeing the Devas terrified, withheld Her Fearful Cosmic Form and showed Her very beautiful appearance, pleasing to the whole world. Her body became soft and gentle. In one hand She held the noose, and in another She held the goad. The two other hands made signs to dispel all their fears\nand ready to grant the boons. Her eyes emitted rays of kindness; Her face was adorned with beautiful smiles. The Devas became glad at this and bowed down to Her in a peaceful mind and then spoke with great joy.\nHere ends the Thirhy-third Chapter of the Seventh Book on the Dev\u00ee's Vir\u00e2t R\u00fbpa in the Mah\u00e2 Par\u00e2nam, Sri Mad Dev\u00ee Bh\u00e2gavatam, of 18,000 verses, by Maharsi Veda Vy\u00e2sa.","title":"Chapter XXXIII: The Goddess displays her Cosmic Form","type":"page"}