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Line 33: − + + − How then will creation proceed and who will go to hell.+ + + + + + + + + + − 28. О Agastya, listen. I shall tell you about the early times when people were not having devotion to Hari.+ + − 24-30. In olden times, the people of the Bhfiloka (Earth) performed sacrifice to janardana, and went to the Bhuvarloka, and from there worshipped Him and attained heaven being liberated in the gradual manner.+ − − 31. (Even) after being thus liberated, everyone began lo meditate on Hari, and He being present everywhere, appeared before them. − − 32. He asked them all as to what he might do for them. They then bowed to him and said: − − 33. "O great god, all people have been now liberated. How then will creation proceed and who will go to hell.1*" − − 34. Thus asked by Devas, lord Janardana told them: <nowiki>''</nowiki> − − 36. О you Rudra, you produce the Mohasastra (the science of stupefaction). With a little effort you produce delusion". − − 37. So saying, the great lord concealed himself and 1 was made very manifest. − − 38. From then onwards people became more interested in the sastras which I promulgated. − − 39. Following the Vedic path, (worshipping) lord Narayana and finding unity (in all the three gods), people get liberation. − − 40. Those who consider me as different from Visnu or Brahma, are driven to do sinful deeds and reach hell. − − 41. It is for the delusion of those who are outside the Vedic fold that I introduced the sastra called Naya, Siddhanta etc. − − 42. This is the rope (Pasa) that binds men (Pasu) and that should be snapped. Therefore, it is the Pasupata sastra which is Vaidik. − − 43. О sage, my body is of the Vedas. This truth is not known by those who propound other sastras. − − 44. I am to be known through the Vedas and particularly by the Brahmins. I am the three yugas and also Brahma and Visru. − − 45. I^am the three gunas Sattva, (Rajas andTamas), the three Vedas and the three fires, and three worlds, the three Sandhyas 1 and the three Varnas.2 − − 46. I am the three savanas3, the three bonds in the world. − − 47. He who knows this and also knows me as Narayana, the lotus-born Brahma and myself as one made different by the qualities (has right knowledge). I am essentially one, it is ignorance that produces the sense of difference. − − − 20. By Rajas associated with Sattva arises this creation which has got Rajas predominating. This is well known as the creation of Brahma. − − 21. The actions not laid down in the Vedas but are, however, based on Sastras, are called Raudra (pertaining to Rudra) and that is not commended for people. − − 22. Actions not out of Rajas, but purely out of Tamas, lead people to ruin both in the present world and in the world beyond. − − −
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Further, emphasizing on the oneness amongst the trio, it is stated that he who is Visnu is Brahma and he who is Brahma is Mahesvara too and therefore, people learned in the three Vedas and adept in yajnas have declared that one who draws a distinction amongst the three, is a Papi and wicked and faces downfall.<ref name=":1" /><blockquote>यो विष्णुः स स्वयं ब्रह्मा यो ब्रह्मा सोऽहमेव च ।। ७०.२७ ।।
Further, emphasizing on the oneness amongst the trio, it is stated that he who is Visnu is Brahma and he who is Brahma is Mahesvara too and therefore, people learned in the three Vedas and adept in yajnas have declared that one who draws a distinction amongst the three, is a Papi and wicked and faces downfall.<ref name=":1" /><blockquote>यो विष्णुः स स्वयं ब्रह्मा यो ब्रह्मा सोऽहमेव च ।। ७०.२७ ।।
वेदत्रयेऽपि यज्ञेऽस्मिन् याज्यं वेदेषु निश्चयः । यो भेदं कुरुतेऽस्माकं त्रयाणां द्विजसत्तम । स पापकारी दुष्टात्मा दुर्गतिं गतिमाप्नुयात् ।। ७०.२८ ।।<ref>Varaha Purana, [https://sa.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A3%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D/%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%A7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%83_%E0%A5%AD%E0%A5%A6 Adhyaya 70]</ref>
वेदत्रयेऽपि यज्ञेऽस्मिन् याज्यं वेदेषु निश्चयः । यो भेदं कुरुतेऽस्माकं त्रयाणां द्विजसत्तम । स पापकारी दुष्टात्मा दुर्गतिं गतिमाप्नुयात् ।। ७०.२८ ।।<ref name=":2">Varaha Purana, [https://sa.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A3%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D/%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%A7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%83_%E0%A5%AD%E0%A5%A6 Adhyaya 70]</ref>
yo viṣṇuḥ sa svayaṁ brahmā yo brahmā so'hameva ca ।। 70.27 ।।
yo viṣṇuḥ sa svayaṁ brahmā yo brahmā so'hameva ca ।। 70.27 ।।
=== One Supreme Reality ===
=== One Supreme Reality ===
It is stated that when the devas enquired with Janardana as to how the creation will proceed once every being became liberated by meditating on Hari, Janardana says that during the first three yugas, most people reach him. However, in the last yuga ie. Kaliyuga, only a few attain him. It is then that Bhagavan creates moha that deludes people. Rudra also mentions how Janardana asked him to produce Mohashastra and concealed himself. Thereby, making people interested in the shastras promulgated by Rudra himself.
It is stated that when the devas enquired with Janardana as to how the creation will proceed once every being became liberated by meditating on Hari, Janardana says that during the first three yugas, most people reach him. However, in the last yuga ie. Kaliyuga, only a few attain him. It is then that Bhagavan creates moha that deludes people. It is also mentioned how Janardana asked Rudra to produce Mohashastra and concealed himself. Thereby, making people interested in the shastras promulgated by Rudra himself.
Rudra further states that it is by following the Vedic path, worshipping Lord Narayana and finding unity in all the three deities that one may attain liberation. The shastras like Naya, Siddhanta, etc. are introduced for the delusion of those who are outside the Vedic fold. It is the rope (Pasha) that binds men (Pashu) and should be snapped. Therefore, the Pashupata shastra is Vaidik. And the truth about Rudra is known only by those who propound this shastra; that Rudra who can be known through the Vedas, who is the embodiment of various threesomes like
* the three yugas (Krtayuga, Tretayuga, Dvaparayuga)
* the triad viz. Rudra, Brahma and Vishnu
* the three gunas (Sattva, Rajas, and Tamas)
* the three Vedas (Rgveda, Yajurveda and Samaveda)
* the three fires (Garhapatya, Ahavaniya and Dakshina)
* the three worlds (Prthvi, Svarga and Naraka)
* the three Sandhyas (Morning, Noon and Evening)
* the three Varnas (Brahmana, Kshatriya and Vaishya)
* the three Savanas (Vedic rites to be perfomed in the morning, noon and evening)
* the three bonds in the world.
It is said that that the one who knows the multiple manifestations of the Supreme being and also knows him as Narayana, the lotus-born Brahma and Rudra; as one made different by the qualities, such a person has the right knowledge. For, the Supreme Being is essentially one; it is the ignorance that produces the sense of difference.<ref name=":1" /><blockquote>य एवं वेत्ति विप्रर्षे परं नारायणं तथा । अपरं पद्मयोनिं तु ब्रह्माणं त्वपरं तु माम् । गुणतो मुख्यतस्त्वेक एवाहं मोह इत्युत ।। ७०.४७ ।।<ref name=":2" />
ya evaṁ vetti viprarṣe paraṁ nārāyaṇaṁ tathā । aparaṁ padmayoniṁ tu brahmāṇaṁ tvaparaṁ tu mām ।
guṇato mukhyatastveka evāhaṁ moha ityuta ।। 70.47 ।।</blockquote>CHAPTER SEVENTYONE
CHAPTER SEVENTYONE
Rudragita II
Rudragita II