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II श्रीराम जय राम जय जय राम II
तरी हेचि प्रकृति किरीटी I मी स्वकीया सहजें अधिष्टीं I तेथ तंतुसमवाय पटीं I जेविं विणावणी दिसे II 106 II
मग तिये विणावणीचेनि आधारें I लहाना चौकडियां पटत्व भरे I तैसी पंचात्मकें आकारें I प्रकृतीचि होय II 107 II
जैसें विरजणियाचेनि संगें I दूधचि आटेजों लागे I तैसी प्रकृति आंगा रिगे I सृष्टिपणाचिया II 108 II
बीज जळाची जवळीक लाहे I आणि तेंचि शाखोपशाखीं होये I तैसें मज करणें आहे I भूतांचें हें II 109 II
अगा नगर हें रायें केलें I या म्हणणया साचपण कीर आलें I परि निरुतें पाहतां काय सिणले I रायाचे हात II 110 II
आणि मी प्रकृति अधिष्टीं तें कैसें I जैसा स्वप्नीं जो असे I मग तोचि प्रवेशे I जागृतावस्थे II 111 II
तरी स्वप्नौनि जागृती येतां I काय पाय दुखती पांडुसुता I कीं स्वप्नाभाजीं असतां I प्रवासु होय II 112 II
हा आघवियाचा अभिप्रावो कायी I जें हें भूतसृष्टीचें काहीं I मज एकही करणें नाहीं I ऐसाचि अर्थु II 113 II
जैसी रायें अधिष्ठिली प्रजा I व्यापारें आपुलालिया काजा I तैसा प्रकृतिसंगु हा माझा I येर करणें तें इयेचें II 114 II
पाहें पां पूर्णचंद्राचिये भेटी I समुद्रीं अपार भरतें दाटीं I तेथ चंद्रासि काय किरीटी I उपखा पडे II 115 II
जड परि जवळिका I लोह चळे तरि चळो कां I तरि कवणु शीणु भ्रामका I सन्निधानाचा II 116 II
किंबहुना यापरी I मी निजप्रकृति अंगिकारीं I आणि भूतसृष्टि एकसरी I प्रसवोंचि लागे II 117 II
जो हा भूतग्रामु आघवा I असे प्रकृतीअधीन पांडवा I जैसी बीजाचिया वेलपालवा I समर्थ भूमी II 118 II
ना तरी बाळादिकां वयसा I गोसावी देहसंगु जैसा I अथवा घनावळी आकाशा I वार्षिये जेवीं II 119 II
कां स्वप्नासि कारण निद्रा I तैसी प्रकृति हे नरेन्द्रा I या अशेषाहि भूतसमुद्रा I गोसाविणी गा II 120 II
स्थावरा आणि जंगमा I स्थूळा आणि सूक्ष्मा I हे असो भूतग्रामा I प्रकृतिची मूळ II 121 II
म्हणोनि भूतें हन सृजावीं I कां सृजिलीं प्रतिपाळावीं I इयें करणीं न येती आघवीं I आमुचिया आंगा II 122 II
जळीं चंद्रिकेचिया पसरती वेली I ते वाढी चंद्रें नाहीं केली I तेंवि माते पावोनि ठेली I दूरी कर्में II 123 II
"When threads are interlaced at right angles (horizontally and vertically), they form a two-dimensional plane, which we typically recognize as fabric. Similarly the universe is the Divine play Maya with Trigunas' Sattva, Raja, Tama interlaced as threads. Just like the small squares formed by threads woven at right angles, the Creation made of Panchamahabhutas' comes into being. Just like milk turns solid with fermentation, similarly Creation is the the result of the interplay between Prakruti and the Trigunas (Sattva, Rajas, and Tamas). Just like when seed is watered, it sprouts and grows into a young seedling, then a sapling, and eventually develops into a multi-branched tree. The analogy of a seed sprouting into a multi-branched tree effectively captures the process of Creation. The king built the city. Even though it is true, did he actually built it with his own hands? Similarly coming to a wakeful state, the transition from sleep to a conscious, the legs do not fatigue as after a long walk. The gist of it is that when the Creation unfolds, I don't hold the doership. Doership is the subjective experience of being the one who initiates and carries out actions. Subjects are under the rule of a monarch. Yet they carry out their duties, the tasks assigned to them diligently. Similarly with Me as the underlying support it is Prakruti that creates everything in the universe. I do not actually participate. During the full moon, the sea experiences higher high tide. For this do the moon need any additional effort? An iron that is otherwise difficult to be displaced, moves easily when it comes in the vicinity of a magnet. But for that does the magnet need to do any extra effort? In short the Maya enables the divine play of Creation to unfold. The divine uses its power of Maya to create the world as we experience it, allowing for the diversity and dynamism of existence. Prakruti is the root cause of all beings and the material source of the universe. It is the primal matter or nature from which all manifested forms arise. Essentially, it is the foundational, unmanifested substance that gives rise to the diverse world we experience just like it is the ground from which the seed sprouts into seedling, sapling, leaves etc. From the childhood to old age it is the state of the body that defines the different stages of life. The rainy season is the root cause of the rain clouds in the sky. Just like sleep is the primary cause of the dreams, similarly Prakruti is the primal cause of the Creation. Fixed or moving, subtle or gross, it is the Prakruti that is the root cause of the universe. And therefore the doership of the Creation or its sustainance, neither belongs to Me. The moonbeams reflect in water as long vines, yet this growth is not the making of the moon. Similar is My non-doership said Lord Krishna to Arjun."
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