Power Vakyapadia by Birthrhari Verse 3.7.32
Book 3 - Pada-kāṇḍa (7): Sādhana-samuddeśa (On the Means)
प्राङ् निमित्तान्तरोद्भूतं क्रियायाः कैश्चिदिष्यते ।
साधनं सहजं कैश्चित् क्रियान्यैः पूर्वमिष्यते ॥ ३२ ॥
prāṅ nimittāntarodbhūtaṃ kriyāyāḥ kaiścidiṣyate |
sādhanaṃ sahajaṃ kaiścit kriyānyaiḥ pūrvamiṣyate || 32 ||
32. Some are of the opinion that power is produced in a thing before action
through other causes; others say that it is inborn in a thing; others still
that action takes place first.
[There are some other views concerning ‘means’. The question of manifesting
something arises only when it is already there. As the existence of power
is inferred from its effects, it is not known before the action which
produces the effects. We conclude, therefore, that the powers of things
favourable to action, are produced by the circumstances which must be
presumed to have existed before the action. Even When it does exist, there
must be something to manifest it and that would be the cause. Things become
causes when the accompanying circumstances are present, that is, they lend
their powers to one another for producing the effect. By themselves, they
cannot produce it. That which produced the substratum of power cannot
produce the power also.
Some other circumstance must have done it. Before power is generated and
after, the thing remains the same. This is one view. Others believe that
the power of a thing is not different from it. It is a thing’s nature to
have a certain power or not to have it. Others think that the power of a
thing is born with it and thus support the previous view. Others still are
of the view that the cause of action is not the same as that of the power
of a thing to act but different. The different things which cooperate to
produce an action lend their powers to one another. Therefore the powers
and action are produced at the same time. In that sense the powers are
sahaja. As the powers produce action in the next moment after their own
production, the relation of sādhya and sādhana between the two is not
impaired.]
Śakti (शक्ति).—The sound 'Ś' means welfare or prosperity and 'kti'
prowess. Therefore Śakti means she, who is the embodiment of prosperity and
prowess or she, who grants prosperity and prowess. The definition of
'Bhagavatī' is, she who combines in herself knowledge affluence, wealth,
reputation, power and the female organ. Therefore, the word 'Śakti' may be
taken to mean Bhagavatī and Pārvatī, and what are termed as Bhagavatī,
Śakti, Devī, Ambikā, Pārvatī etc. are the manifestations of Śakti, Śiva’s
spouse. This Śakti exists fractionally in all Devas. When, once upon a time
the devāsura war broke out the Śaktis of Devas like Brahmā emerged to help
Caṇḍikā. The vehicle, ornaments, weapon etc. of each Deva, his Devī also
possessed. The Śaktis (Devīs) of the Devas appeared in the following
manner. Brahmāṇī, wife of Brahmā, rode on the swan wearing beads around her
neck and holding the water-vessel in her hands. She was followed by
Vaiṣṇavī Viṣṇu’s Śakti on Garuḍa wearing yellow clothes and with the conch,
disc, lotus etc. in her hands. Śāṅkarī Śiva’s Śakti rode on the ox with the
crescent moon and serpents as ornaments and holding in her hands the Śūla.
'Kaumārī', Subrahmaṇya’s Śakti rode on Airāvata with śūla in hands. The
Śakti called 'Vārāhī in the form of a great boar rode carrying a corpse,
Nārasiṃhī' Śakti took the form of narasiṃha (half man and half lion).
Yāmyā, Yama’s śakti, rode on buffalo holding in her hands a long stick.
Śaktis called Kauberī and Vāruṇī took their respective forms and in this
manner all the Śaktis came to the help of Devī. This sight pleased not only
the Devas, but the mother of the universe also. Along with them incarnated
on earth Śaṃkara, who gives 'śaṃ' (happiness) to the world and blessed
Caṇḍikā on the battle-field (Devī Bhāgavata, 5th and 9th Skandhas).
(Parāśakti): the Goddess as potency in all creatures; by
worshipping her in any manner one gets salvation; by worshipping her Śiva
became Ardhanārīśvara; as also other Gods like Brahmā; known as Tripurā;
mind-born daughter of Brahmā by name Prakṛti; was born during the course of
the churning of the ocean; known also as Bhagavatī and Māyā; angry at not
getting a share in the yajña of Yuvanāśva but appeased by Brahmā that she
may be propitiated with paśu offerings. A number of Śaktis mounted on
cuckoos, swans, mungooses followed Lalitā's army.
So, power gives the confidence; but who will give the
power? Power is already in existence. Power must be used by all of us;
wrong usage of power, wrong interpretations by power leader, wrong
pronouncements by some power monger camouflaged as elders etc are only the
opposite of power; but the disasters caused by all of them takes time to
repair. Even the best elements dance to power thinking erroneously the
power of the powers. Powers are impermanent and may have Jpiles but becomes
Jaded at the end. K Rajaram IRS 25125
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