All posts in this series
- Worshipping Name & Form (Sanskrit IAST)
- Power of Bhagavan’s Name & Form (Sanskrit IAST)
- Thirty-Three Crore Deities (Sanskrit IAST)
- Recognizing our Ishta Devata (Sanskrit IAST)
33 koṭidevatāḥ
33 koṭidevatāḥ santi iti janāḥ manyante. asmākaṃ saṃśayānāṃ śuddhyarthaṃ asmin viṣaye purīśaṅkarācāryaḥ avadat.
saccidānandaḥ eva bhagavān. bhagavattattvaṃ sat cit ānandaṃ ca vedeṣu prakīrtitam. ayaṃ saṃsāraḥ śāśvataḥ nāsti. bhagavān tu paramaṃ satyaṃ. bhagavān śāśvataḥ. jagat acetanaṃ kintu īśvaraḥ cetanaḥ asti . jagad duḥkhaiḥ paripūrṇam asti. īśvaraḥ anantasukhasya srotaḥ asti.
bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣade trayastriṃśaddevatāḥ. saṃskṛtasya koṭi iti śabdasya arthadvayam. koṭi iti saṅkhyāpi vargo’pi ca. upaniṣade vargīkaraṇaṃ asti tritriṃśatprakāradevatānāṃ viṣaye. ete trayastriṃśat tataḥ pañca mukhyadevāḥ.
bhagavatā jagataḥ sṛṣṭiṃ prakaṭayati tadā pañcakarmāṇi kāryāṇi kartavyāni bhavanti . etadarthaṃ sa pañcarūpaṃ saccidānandaṃ mūlarūpaṃ prakaṭayati . ete pañca rūpāṇi karmāṇi pūjakāḥ ca.
pañca mukhyadevāḥ
| nāma | kāryam | bhaktajanāḥ |
|---|---|---|
| prathamaṃ tu ādityahṛdayabhūto bhāgavān brahmā devatā | sṛjanaṃ kāryaṃ | tasya saurāḥ bhaktāḥ |
| dvitīyaṃ viṣṇuṃ harim | pālanakartā saḥ | vaiṣṇavāḥ bhaktāḥ |
| tṛtīyasya nāma śivaṃ | mahādevaṃ nāśaṃ karoti | śaiva pūjayati |
| caturthī śakti bhagavatī| | saṃyama dadāti devīḥ | śākta dhyāyati tāṃ |
| pañcamaṃ gaṇapatim | janān āśīrvādaṃ dadāti | gaṇapatyaḥ pūjayanti |
pañcatattvam
| tatvam | kāryam |
|---|---|
| pṛthvī | janayati |
| jalaṃ | poṣayati |
| agniḥ | nāśayituṃ śaknoti |
| vāyuḥ | niyantrayati |
| ākāśaḥ | sthiratāṃ dadāti |
ataḥ śāstreṣu 33 koṭi iti vargāḥ. teṣu pañcadevāḥ pañcatattvaṃ ca. saccidānanda eko’pi.