33 koti devathas

 in Hinduism!

Posted by : shoumik dasTuesday, April 29, 2014

The concept of 33 koti devata in Hinduism:

 The Vedas refer to not 33 crore Devatas but 33 types (Koti in Sanskrit) of Devatas. They are explained in Shatpath Brahman and many other scriptures very clearly.

 "Yasya Trayastrinshad Devaa Ange Sarve Samaahitaa, Skamma Tam Bruhi Katamah Swideva Sah”. ~(Atharva Veda 10-7-13)

 Which means: with God’s influence, these thirty-three (supporting devta) sustain the world.

 In Brhadaranyaka Upanishad while discussing Brahman, Yajnavalkya is asked how many gods are there. He says that there are three hundred and three and three thousand and three gods. When the question is repeated? He says, thirty three. When the question is again repeated he says, six. Finally, after several repetitions he says ONE. (Chapter I, hymn 9, verse 1)

 The number 33 comes from the number of Vedic gods explained by Yajnavalkya in Brhadaranyaka Upanishad – the eight Vasus, the eleven Rudras, the twelve Adityas, Indra and Prajapati. (Chapter I, hymn 9, verse 2)

 They are: 8-Vasu, 11-Rudra, and 12-Aaditya, 1-Indra and 1-Prajaapati.

 8. Vasus are: Earth, Water, Fire, Air, Ether, Moon, Sun, and Star. They are called Vasus, because they are abode of all that lives, moves or exists. (also mentioned in Mahabharat, 1/66/18)

 11. Rudras: The ten Pranas (Praana, Apaana, Vyaana, Samaana, Udaana, Naag, Kurma, Krikal, Devadutta and Dhananjaya) i.e. nervauric forces which live in the human body. The eleventh is the human soul. These are called ‘Rudras’ because when they desert the body, it becomes dead and the relations of the deceased, consequently, begin to weep. Rudra means one who makes a person to weep. { also mentioned in Harivansha 13/51-52})

 12. Adityaas ---the twelve months of a year called Adityaas, they cause the lapse of the term of existence of each object or being. { also mentioned in Mahabharat 1/65/15-16})

 1. Indra which is also known as the (all-pervading) electricity, as it is productive of great force.

 1. Prajaapati , also called the “Yajna” because it benefits mankind by the purification of air, water, rain and vegetables and because it aids the development of various arts, and in it the honor is accorded to the learned and the wise.

 

 The master of these 33 Devatas is the Mahadeva or Ishwar who alone is to be worshipped as per 14th Kanda of Shatpath Brahman.

 భారతీయ ఆధ్యాత్మికత మరియు వ్యాకరణ శాస్త్రం ప్రకారం వాక్కు (మాట లేదా ధ్వని) పుట్టుకకు మరియు అభివ్యక్తికి పరా, పశ్యంతి, మధ్యమ, వైఖరి అనేవి నాలుగు ప్రధాన దశలు. ఆలోచన రూపం ధరించి స్పష్టమైన మాటగా మారే ప్రయాణంలో ఇవి కీలకమైన స్థాయిలు.వాక్కు నాలుగు దశలుపరా వాణి:ఇది వాక్కు యొక్క మొదటి మరియు అత్యున్నత సూక్ష్మ స్థాయి.నాభి స్థానం (మూలాధారం) వద్ద ప్రాణశక్తితో కూడి ఉంటుంది.దీనికి రూపం లేదా శబ్దం ఉండదు, కేవలం దివ్యమైన స్పందనలా ఉంటుంది.పశ్యంతి వాణి:ఇది రెండవ స్థాయి, హృదయ స్థానం వద్ద ఉద్భవిస్తుంది.ఇక్కడ ఆలోచనకు ఒక సూక్ష్మ రూపం లేదా దర్శనం కలుగుతుంది.భాషతో సంబంధం లేకుండా అనుభూతి లేదా భావన స్పష్టమయ్యే దశ ఇది.మధ్యమ వాణి:ఇది మూడవ స్థాయి, గొంతు మరియు మనస్సు (బుద్ధి) మధ్య నడుస్తుంది.ఆలోచనలు పదాల రూపంలో రూపుదిద్దుకునే మేధోపరమైన దశ ఇది.ఇది బాహ్యానికి వినిపించదు, కేవలం అంతర్గతంగా మనసులో మాత్రమే నడుస్తుంది.వైఖరి వాణి:ఇది నాల్గవది మరియు చివరి స్థూల రూపం.నాలుక, పెదవులు, దంతాల సహాయంతో శబ్దంగా బయటికి వెలువడుతుంది.మనం ఇతరులతో మాట్లాడేటప్పుడు వినిపించే స్పష్టమైన మాట వైఖరి వాణి.ఈ నాలుగు దశల గురించి మీరు మరింత తెలుసుకోవాలనుకుంటున్నారా? ఉదాహరణకు:దీని వెనుక ఉన్న ఆధ్యాత్మిక లేదా యోగ రహస్యంభర్తృహరి వంటి తత్వవేత్తల శబ్దబ్రహ్మ సిద్ధాంతంమీకు ఏ అంశంపై మరింత సమాచారం కావాలి?Google GroupsPara Pashyanti Madhyama Vaikhari vani - Google GroupsThis is his Pashyanti. The 'how' of the creation process is his Madhyama, and the prakatana of cosmos is his Vaikhari. So our VakSakti is similar to Paramatma .yogamag.netధ్వని యొక్క దశలుఅనువదించబడింది — ఈ శబ్దం నాలుగు విభాగాలను కలిగి ఉంటుంది: ప్రాణంలో మాత్రమే అభివ్యక్తిని కనుగొనే పరా , ...sreenivasarao's blogsవాణి | శ్రీనివాసరావు బ్లాగులుఅనువదించబడింది — వాక్ యొక్క నాలుగు దశలు: పరా, పశ్యంతి, మధ్యమా మరియు వైఖరి అనేవి పరిణామం యొక్క ...WordPress.comవైఖరి | - Blog - WordPress.comఅనువదించబడింది — భారత ఋషి ధ్వనిని 4 దశలుగా వర్గీకరించాడు - పరా, పశ్యంతి, మధ్యమ మరియు వైఖరి. ఈ 4 ...

transformation

For total transformation, come out the sanskars that have been acquired at birth, from family, society, heredity, education etc''

----yes, tallies with ''nisthraigunyo bhavarjun'', geeta

 

''Remember the gunas or attributes of the soul, and pray that you may imbibe them''----but soul is nirgun , so we need only to go beyond the gunas , to the pure nirgun soul .

 

''behaving like one of your relatives, or ancestors or tries to label you'

'---truly, human personality has all the traits of all the personalities in the universe, individual is a universe in miniature form , yatha pinde thathaa brahmande

one should be able to activate and deactivate the chosen traits at will , masterfully,

without any of the traits leaving a permanent mark ,

ie purity should not get polluted, like an expert actor ,while acting every one of navarasas , yet remains untouched by any in the core by being in contact with that pure field within,

 

each of the several traits can be cultivated to their ultimate level,

one can grow to be a poet, writer, philosopher,painter, sculptor, engineer, doctor, manager, computer expert , dancer, singer, architect, leader, soldier, saint

---any traits, or many traits, or all traits in balanced proportion and grow to be a fully blossomed flower of human personality

alert is,, not get stuck on the path by any traits, not negating any

but navigating properly, skillfully thru all the ocean of traits ,

successfully ,

 

so, first requirement is  attaining the purity of the system and then to be able to reap a crop of infinite virtues, leading to a glorious life, worldly and other worldly, iha and para , nothing overtaking any other thing out of proportion , yet all growing simultaneously to fullest stature"

 

"The whole idea of spirituality is to develop purity of the system at all levels inner, outer , getting rid of all the remnants of sanskars and be reborn in original ''yatha poorve '' state of original purity"

 

"Personality being nirgun + sagun , by proper cultivation of nirgun , yoga kshethra, we get the abundant crop of sagun , all the infinite desirable traits

 

one can develop the godly traits, traits of any chosengod, like say, one can grow to be kishan, ram, lakshmi, siva, seeta, durga, or hanuman, any devi devatha , or beings of any loka

 

hence , the need of seeds of manthra , beeja aksharas, these seeds planted in the yogakshethra sprout as those devatha mahimas in the personality"

 gallery

by tuning to gallery, one will come down from excellence one wants to create and express, censored by own discretion 

saints did not bother 

meera ho gai magan

akka mahadevi, lived bare body unmindful of others 

any manipulation is adulteration of original impulse to flow perfectly 

pioneers dared to go against the established conformist approach

 Jesus , kabir, tukaram, gyaneshwar , sai had nothing yet gave many things to mass.

but first , they earned abundance of divinity

then only their help overflowed / is now overflowing to all

help need not be only money things and service

wisdom is the true help one can share to all in plenty , never exhausting

and thru that rich wisdom one can proceed on the right path in the same way , not needing any help from outside

thus wiping the poverty and tears on the earth

 good" --i mean, not as good as god [since ,good=god], rather very ordinary, down to earth, plain people who live their own life, take care of family, work, and do not resort to such activities as may be found in crime file, with over intelligence, greed, cunningness, --but people who have some sensitivity to surroundings, unable to influence, be silent, cursing the evil doers, and still have a hope to see improvement, --these people may definitely commit small unavoidable mistakes like bribe a little to get their little things done,--all out of helplessness, but who will not accept bribe,  may not fight like mahathma, but who do not do illegal mining, print notes, organise goondas etc.

i have seen many or in majority.

 after that what?

after attaining to that ultimate evolution, 

becoming a all knowing ''know all'', a all capable ''do all'' , all pervading ''be all'''

the scientist becoming the creator,

the creator becoming the creation,

the creation continues, 

as the ''ever changing'' new expressions 

of the ''never changing'' original ''nothing''

''nothing'' remains the unseen cause,

causing all to happen continuously non stop

and all creation becoming ever curious 

to know ''nothing'' and to be ''nothing''

and becomes ''nothing''

and 

'' nothing '' becomes ''every thing''

'' every thing '' becomes ''nothing''

.......cycle repeats, 

seed to tree, tree to seed