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only had significance to the people of those times. People
understand the significance in whichever time period they are
in; however, when the time period changes, that is when the
confusion arises.
These people have muddled everything! Now if you went
looking for Brahmaa, where would you find him? Would you
find him anywhere in this world? And if you tried to look for
Vishnu, would you find Vishnu? And what about Maheshwar?
We ask, ‘What work do they do? What is their business?’
And they say, ‘Brahmaa creates. Vishnu runs and preserves all
this. While Maheshwar (Shiva), is given to destruction.’ Hey
you! Should you be bowing to the destroyer over here?!
That is how it all is. If you want to know the truth about
this, then in this world there are six elements (tattva) that are
constantly evolving. And the six elements are eternal. Eternal
means, would it have a maker (creator)? Would you need
someone to create it? Is it wrong to say that an eternal thing
cannot be made unless someone makes it? Therefore, there is
no one to create it.
Nevertheless, people still say, ‘does there not have to be
someone to create it? Goodness! Why don’t you understand the
meaning of the word eternal! What is the nature (swabhav) of
these six eternal elements? They possess their own qualities and
roles (gunadharma). That is because you can only call something
eternal, if it comes with its own qualities (guna). It has its own
properties (gunas), and it also has roles and traits (dharma).
Dharma means condition or state (avastha); phases (paryaya)!
All these six elements come with their own properties and phases.
And they are regularly changing and constantly interacting with
one another. Just as when there is an eclipse from the changes
(parivartan) in the moon, the earth and the sun, the changes of
each of these six elements, causes all the circumstances and
conditions (avastha) to arise.