Friday 10 June 2011

Why do we have 33 crore devtas?

The answer to this topic is quite interesting and consist of basic Science that we all have read in our school.

I will first start with simple definition of Atom: An atom is the defining structure of an element, which cannot be broken by any chemical means. A typical atom consists of a nucleus of protons and neutrons with electrons circling this nucleus.
Below is the image of an structure of atom:


 It is also proved that all substances (either living cells or non living things) are made up of Matter which consists of atoms.

In Hinduism we usually worship Three Powerful God viz. Bhrama, Vishnu and Mahesh  because they are responsible for creation of everything.
Proton, the creator(Brahma), 
Neutron the care-taker(Vishnu) and 
Electron the destructor (Shiva). 

Now coming back to my point why do we have  33 crore devtas?
Everything in the universe consists of Atma (which scientist now a days call Atom). The universe is sum total of all these atoms and is known as Paramatma. Since everything in this Universe consists a part of the universe so everything and anything in this universe can be regarded as God. As it is difficult to exactly states how many atoms are there in universe, the ancient Hindu sages used the figure crores, as possibly the concept of infinity had not come in at that time. They would have fixed the number 33 to the crores because numerological 33 signifies Dutiful, Nurturing, Responsible, Stable, Devoted, Champion of the Underdog. Possibly God is endowed with this quality and the number 33 would have got added to crores and the census statistics on number of God would have got published as 33 crores. Even with the advancement of science, as of today, there is no means to measure the quantity of Atom in the Universe. This could be the reason we are still sticking to the ball park figure of 33 crores provided by ancient Rishis.

Ending up with a Sanskrit Slok:

Sarvam Jagadidam Twatto Jayate |
Sarvam Jagadidam Twattas Tishthati |
Sarvam Jagadidam Twayi Layamesheti |
Twam Bhumiraponalo Nabhaha |
Twam Chatwari Wak Padani ||
The whole world is produced from you. The whole world is exists because of you. The whole world merged into you. The whole world again one can experience in only you. You are the Earth, water, air, fire and sky(the panchamahabhutas-the five elements). You are the four states of speeches. Sounded soul which is the origin of the Lord Ganesha is the self existent everlasting unexpressed total universal divine knowledge. The three states creation, maintenance(taking care) and destruction are originated from Lord Ganesha(Matter is originated from sound. The protons, neutrons and electrons are made up of atom. Atom is made from matter.) Proton, the creator(God Brahma), neutron the care-taker(God Vishnu) and electron the destructer (God Shiva). The five elements are originated from Lord Ganesha. From Ether the air is originated, from air the fire is originated, from fire the water is originated, from water the earth is originated. A human being is also originated from these five elements by processing cosmic energy.
 Lord Ganesha is the self existent original sounded soul. The knowledge of sound is visible or invisible. We can hear it but cannot see or feel it. Lord Ganesha(sound) is soul and the universe is the body. The source of words are from Lord Ganesha-the original sound. The four states of speeches are para, pashyanti, madhyama and vaikhari. The place of para is deep down inside the region of naval. The place of pashyanti is in the heart 
The 'Madhyanma' is the throat and 'Vaikhari' is the movement of tongue and lips. It means the presence of Lorf Ganesha(sound) is present in all the objects in the world.
 





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