Sangeeta Hans: Saadar Namaste Swamiji. I want to know how God created this srishti and what came first such as sun, moon,air, fire, plants, water, animals, humans or in other words what is the sequence and how long it took once God decided to creat the srishti. swami ji i hope this question is not very stupid but I don’t seem to find the answer that I can explain so clear to my children.
Swami Ram Swarup: My blessings to you .
CREATION
Sangeeta Hans: Saadar Namaste Swamiji. I want to know how God created this srishti and what came first such as sun, moon,air, fire, plants, water, animals, humans or in other words what is the sequence and how long it took once God decided to creat the srishti. swami ji i hope this question is not very stupid but I don’t seem to find the answer that I can explain so clear to my children.
Swami Ram Swarup: My blessings to you .
CREATION
The creation is eternal and automatic. There is no date of creation of the following:
(A) Almighty God who is alive, immortal, formless, creates, nurses and destroys the universe. He never indulges in any maya, mahamaya, illusion and deeds (good or bad. Yajurveda Mantra 40/8 and Yog shastra Sutra 1/26 also refer)
(B) Soul: Soul is alive, the purest, away from sins etc. but illusion covers the soul due to which soul forgets his original form and hence remains in sorrows, problems etc.
C) Prakriti: Non-alive and has three qualities. i.e., Raj, tam, Satva. At a proper time, the power of God acts in prakriti and the universe is created. So the creation is eternal and automatic.
Raj, Tam and Satva are the three qualities of prakriti. When the said gunnas remain idle dormant i.e., do not work, then combination of these three gunnas(qualities) in dormant stage is called prakriti and this time is called “final destruction” of the universe. When an appropriate time comes, the creation is to be started again. Then the power of God works in the above three gunnas i.e., in the prakriti and immediately the creation starts. Rajo gunn is a sign of sensuousness etc., Tamo gunn signifies laziness and sato gunn signifies ego, pride. Our human body is also made of the said three gunnas.
Vedas tell that there are three eternal/immortal matters- first: Almighty God, second: souls, third: prakriti. Almighty God creates, nurses and destroys the universe and again creates it. The said process of creation is eternal/immortal/everlasting. Almighty God creates the universe from prakriti. When the raj, tam and satva gunnas of prakriti remain idle (dormant condition/inactive) then creation does not take place. At an appropriate time, a power of Almighty God acts in prakriti (i.e., in Raj, tam and satva gunnas). Immediately the process of creation starts and the first matter of prakriti is made which is called –Mahat i.e., mind; from Mahat- ahankar is made, from ahankar panch (5) tan matrayein, from panch (5) tanmatrayein, panch (5) mahabhoot are created. From panch mahabhoot, the entire matter of universe i.e., Sun, Moon air, water , our bodies, bodies of other living beings etc., are created. The whole creation is thus created from prakriti
and remains still (in active) like a statue. This creation is called non-sexual creation. In the said creation, the young human bodies are created which are neither old nor babies. Then by the power of God, in the said bodies, breathing system (prann vaayu) starts operating. At last, God enters into the universe and immediately all the humans and other living beings become alive and start functioning. Similarly, the non-alive matters like Sun, moon, earth, air, water etc., start their respective functions.
Creation, Science, worldly matters etc., is not possible until the same is created by someone. Secondly, knowledge is attained when knowledge is imparted by someone.
Rigveda mantra 10/129/ 1-6 throw light about creation that at that time, there was nothing and no living beings did exist. So there was no learned acharya who could give the knowledge to the newly created living beings like parents who educate the children to make them able to speak language and to know about the matters like crow, animals, chapati, ghee, sun, moon i.e., all matters of the world. See, if a newly born baby is managed to live in dense jungle and nursed well but he is not given education about the worldly matters etc. i.e., mathematics, science, animals, sun, moon etc., then even at the young age of 20-25, 30 years, he will not be able to speak any language and when he will be brought out of the cave of dense jungle and will be asked about the sun, moon, animals, birds before him, then he will not be able to reply because he was not given the said knowledge.
When we see towards sun, moon, air, space, human body etc. It is clearly understood that the said creation has not been made by any human being but Almighty God, from whom the knowledge of four Vedas emanates. In Vedas, the knowledge right from straw to Brahma has been mentioned. So in the beginning of non-sexual earth, the Vedas originated in the heart of four rishis: Agni, Vaayu, Aditya and Angira, and from the rishis the knowledge of science, deeds and worship along with every matter is being given to the public by which the public became educated scientist and wrote books, etc.
In Vedas as well as in fourth chapter of Yog Shastras of Rishi Patanjali, it is mentioned that those who do not believe in God are provided more and more facilities by nature and such people get spoiled etc.
On the contrary those who worship God, they naturally try to kill their desires and accordingly under the law, nature, help them to follow the true path to realize the God.
It is also pertinent to mention here that in Vedas, there is no mention of avtarwad or any proper noun, please. Vedas do not even contain any story or past, present or future life of anyone. Vedas contain knowledge i.e., entire science, form of deeds/duties and worship of God. Actually Vedas give knowledge right from straw to Brahma (God) of entire universe.
All four Vedas tell to worship a formless, Almighty, omnipresent, omniscient God who creates, nurses and destroys the universe. God was one, is one and shall ever remain one. He is unchangeable, unchallengeable and beyond description. He has unlimited qualities and thus unlimited names but is one. Because He is Almighty and needs no help of anyone to create, nurse and destroy the universe therefore no need to take avtar.
You are also advised to study my book- Vedic Satsang Sangrah (Part I) if you so desire.
Amit Bajaj: Swamiji pranaam, I am very confused about the varna or caste system. Whether this system ever existed in Indian society? If yes was it based on birth or deed? Purusha sukta in 10th chapter of Rig veda says brahmins got birth from purusha’s mouth, kshatriyas from his arms, vaishyas from his thighs shudra from his feet? Is this sukta 10.9 in Rigveda authentic? In Mahabharat’s “Udyoga Parva” fifth book,section xxix; lord krishna says “shudra should not study ,only submit to brahmins,sacrifices are forbidden to him.” Is it true? At that time shudras were not allowed to study is it true? I want to study Rigveda please send me some books on Rigveda
Swami Ram Swarup: My blessings to you. The meaning of the Rigveda Mantra has been described by the commentator wrongly. The idea of purush sukta either in Rigveda or Yajurveda mantra 31/11 is that caste system has not been made by God and therefore four varnnas are based on deeds and not by birth.
Those shudras whose deeds are not according to Vedas, are themselves not able to study. If they are told or requested to listen to the Vedas, they themselves would deny otherwise Vedas are applicable too all human-beings but based on the previous lives’ and present life’s deeds. Very few people listen to Vedas and gain its knowledge in action i.e., performance of holy Yajyen, name jaap of God, practice of ashtang Yoga philosophy daily etc. Before entering the knowledge of Vedas you are advised to study some of my following books written based on Vedic knowledge, only.
(i) Vedas- A Divine Light Part I (English) worth Rs. 80
(ii) Vedic Satsang sangrah (Hindi) worth Rs. 51
(iii) Manav Dharma Shiksha (Hindi) worth Rs. 21
(iv) Brahamcharya – Ek Dukh Nivarak Divya Manni (Hindi) worth Rs. 100
