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" Ekaiva moortirbibhide tridhaasaa
Saamaanyameshaam pratha maavaratvam;
Vishnor-harastasya harh kadaachit,
Vedhastayostaaavapi dhaaturaadyau."
One moorti (manifestation in the form ) appears as three, and there is no
question of any One of the Three being superior or inferior to the other Two
, says Kalidasa. If Brahma, Vishnu, Siva are One in essence , the, by the
same token, all the Gods of the Hindu pantheon are also one in the ultimate
analysis. Then why this wrangling that one god is superior to the rest? Some
assert that the deity they worship is alone the highest . To a man standing
under the arch at one end of a bridge , all the other arches will appear
smaller than the one under which he is standing. But we are aware that all
the arches of a bridge are of the same span. Similarly, to the votary of a
particular deity, all other deities will appear inferior on account of his
attachment to the deity of his choice. But the truth is that all deities are
manifestations, in particular ways , of one God.
kalidasa
cnu.pne
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