In Namam 132 to 187, the Divine
Mother’s Japarupam or Formlessness will be the described.
The Divine Mother remains action
less, is free of all actions.
If anyone wants to do anything
there are three basic things to consider, namely, intention, objective, and
action itself (mental, speech, physical body). For the Divine Mother, these
things are not required as there is no action "Niskriya". For example,
if president of a country, being the head of the state does not do everything
but he assigns other designated persons to do things as per his needs. The
actions of these designated persons cannot be considered as actions of the
president himself; Even though these actions could not have been done without
president's instructions and or authority.
The cycle of universal creation,
maintenance and destruction by the Divine Mother does not constitute as Her
actions. For example, when a flower blossoms, the fragrance spreads all around
the flower. There is no special action done by the flower. Flower is action
less here. So the Divine Mother’s universal creation and re-creation processes
are action less.
If we are to think through the
Brahman, we can see a male part and powerful female part. Due to Her power, the
name Sakthi comes up. So the Divine Mother is in a powerful form. Then how the
Namam Niskriya will fit her? For example, a rich and wealthy person acts as a
beggar in a drama. In real life he does not have to beg for his living.
Likewise, the Divine Mother is controlling the universal affairs in split
seconds. Namam 281 "Unmesa nimisotpanna vipanna bhuvanavalih" with
the meaning that She causes a series of worlds to arise and disappear within
the opening and closing of Her eyes, tells about Her powers and strengths to
get things done in much faster way. She is not bonded or attached to anything
in this universe. By such unattached motions, She is teaching Her devotees
seeking liberation. She remains far away from actions; She is action less. Her
devotees try to reach that action less and unattached state. She is managing
all universal affairs; yet She is not bound by any of those actions.
Based on previous birth vasana, the
soul takes a different body in a new birth. The Divine Mother’s grace helps to
make sure that there will be no additional sin for the soul in new birth. If
the devotee does his duty properly in this new birth there will be no sin added
to him. If any such duty is performed, with selfish motive and desires, the
sins for the soul will continue to increase. The Divine Mother is action less
in this process. How we can say that She is causing problems for the
devotees. The devotees are living or acting in front of Her, the
powerful Sakthi. Electricity does not rotate the fan’s position. Yet without
electricity, the fan cannot give air to the surrounding place. Because of light
other things are visible. The light does not make any effort on the things to
be visible. Fragrance from the flower spreads without any actions from the
flower.
Shri Adi Sankara from his own
personal experience points out clearly in Manisha pancaka those actions by
anyone who abides in Brahman are not actions at all. The same concept is
explained in Gita (V 8.9) by Lord Krsna “I do nothing at all, thus would the
truth – knower think, steadfast through seeing, hearing, touching, smelling,
eating, going, sleeping, breathing, speaking, letting go, sizing, opening and
closing eyes, remembering that senses move among the sense – objects”.
The Divine Mother is the atman
considered as real self and inner most essence, eternal, imperishable, beyond
time, not the same as body or mind or consciousness are there; but She is far
beyond all these. Because of Her presence, the humans are making a living.
There is no specific action needed from Her.
She is Niskriya, free of actions.
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