| Canto 3: The Status Quo Chapter 6: Creation of the Universal Form |
cukṣobhānyonyam āsādya
yasmin lokāś carācarāḥ
[From - http://vedabase.net/sb/3/6/5/en ]
TRANSLATION
As the Lord, in His plenary portion, entered into the elements of the universal creation, they transformed into the gigantic form in which all the planetary systems and all movable and immovable creations rest.
PURPORT
The elements of cosmic creation are all matter and have no potency to increase in volume unless entered into by the Lord in His plenary portion. This means that matter does not increase or decrease unless it is spiritually touched. Matter is a product of spirit and increases only by the touch of spirit. The entire cosmic manifestation has not assumed its gigantic form by itself, as wrongly calculated by less intelligent persons. As long as spirit is within matter, matter can increase as needed; but without the spirit, matter stops increasing. For example, as long as there is spiritual consciousness within the material body of a living entity, the body increases to the required size, but a dead material body, which has no spiritual consciousness, stops increasing. In Bhagavad-gītā (Chapter Two) importance is given to the spiritual consciousness, not the body. The entire cosmic body increased by the same process that we experience in our small bodies. One should not, however, foolishly think that the individual infinitesimal soul is the cause of the gigantic manifestation of the universal form. The universal form is called the virāṭ-rūpa because the Supreme Lord is within it in His plenary portion.
The moment He thus entered there with His plenary expansion [of the material power], all the elements of creation that thus found each other therein transformed into the worlds of organic and anorganic existence.
The Lord entering by a plenary portion of His own self [Kâlî] all the elements of creation, transformed that way into the forms that He came to in combination, in which all the moveable and immovable [of the creations] of the worlds finds its peace.[From - http://www.srimadbhagavatam.org/canto3/chapter6.html#Text%205 ]
An attempt to understand - by Bharat Bhushan
Do you sometimes feel that there are greater forces at work? And that they will bring about the changes in your life only if and when you earnestly want them to do so? It seems to happen to one and all, most of the time, except that we do not pick up on the signals and we do not manage to recognise the image when we zoom out of our lives and events.
We tend to get too close to ourselves.
We do not recognise the larger circle of events that are taking place all about us. So, do the greater circle of events happen because we want them to do so? Does that mean that our inner mind can communicate with the outer world and cause events to unfold? Is there a medium through which the inner mind sends out its messages to the outer world? It sounds too strange and wierd to wander about in our thoughts even thinking of such absurd possibilities. Such thinking is not scientific.
Since when did thinking have to be done on scientific lines? Isn't that a paradox by itself? One needs to believe in oneself. That is so very true and extremely important. Belief in oneself leads to resolve which in turn leads to greater inner strength. Resoluteness and a strong belief that one can achieve the impossible would definitely lead to challenging dreams and ideas. It is only in the mastery of one's ideas that one can proceed to perfection.
Can one work at perfection? Yes.
If one relates to one's own work as a painting, one needs to be totally accurate in the planning, the choice of tools, the location, the ambience, the state of mind, the isolation towards silence within oneself, to "see" the painting even before it has been attempted. It may turn out to be different. The colours may not merge, as one would have hoped. The ambience would have disturbed the inner silence. Several actions may have gone wrong. But, the canvas can be painted upon, again and again.
Even an unfinished painting is a form of existence that was not "there", before you had started. It is in one's belief that one could paint a masterpiece. It is in the attempt.
January 6, 2011.
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