Srimadh Bagawatham - Creation

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The Lord begins the process of creation by producing Mahat from Prakruthi. From Mahat, ahankaram is created. Ahankaram is divided in to three types; satvika ahamkaram, rajasik ahamkaram and tamasik ahamkaram. The five gnana and karma indriyams along with manas come from satvika ahamkaram. The tamasik ahamkaram give rise to the five elements and pancha tan mathram.

The five elements are sky (ether), air, fire, water, and Earth. From ether air was created. Air is responsible for the sense of touch.  Since air was transformed from ether, it retained the sound as a characteristic that was remembered from ether along with its property of touch. Air was transformed in to fire; it inherited touch and sound along with its own quality of seeing shapes. Fire transformed into water. Thus water inherited touch, sound and form along with its individual quality of taste. From water came Earth with the inherited qualities of touch, sound, shape, taste and its individual quality of smell. Each of the five elements is associated with a form of perception which is known as pancha tan mathram. Fire is associated with shapes, sky with sound, water with taste, air with touch and Earth with smell. These perceptions are perceived with the help of our sense organs.

The Lord then blends the five elements. He takes an element and divides it into two halves. He then takes one half and proceeds to divide it into quarters. He mixes one quarter of an element with the other elements. This process is known as panchi Karnam. We know that we cannot make ornaments out of pure gold. Gold has to be mixed with either copper or silver to be able to fashion ornaments. Similarly, in order to fashion this Universe and the various life forms, the Lord blends the five elements. When we cook, we blend the five elemenst to make food. If we have to make semolina porridge, we need raw semolina, add water to it in a pot, place the pot on top of fire and then cook. The fire also needs air to burn efficiently. Thus all five elements are required to be blended even while cooking. The elements by themselves do not spoil but when mixed they undergo spoilage. The raw semolina has a longer shelf life compared to the cooked porridge.

The Lord then creates a body and places the atma of Lord Brahma inside this body. He then assigns the task of creating the rest of the Universe and life forms to Lord Brahma.

Lord Brahma then created Swayambhuva Manu, Prajapathis, the Rudras and so on. 

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