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Creation as explained in TB-50

मनस: देवता चन्द्रमा | अहन्कारस्य रुद्र: | बुद्धे: ब्रम्हा | चित्तस्य वासुदेव: |TB-50|

मनस: देवता चन्द्रमा manasa: devatA chandramA = The deity for the mind is moon (not the physical moon we see) अहन्कारस्य रुद्र: ahankArasya rudra: = rudra is the devatA for the ego.. बुद्धे: ब्रम्हा uddhe: bramhA = bramhAji, the creator of the universe is the devatA for the intellect. चित्तस्य वासुदेव: chittasya vAsudeva: = vAsudeva is the deity for memory.



Well, our shAstram talks about the responsibility of many many deities. That is why they all have a job to do.. and THEY CAN NOT forget to do their jobs ever.. in fact, they are fearful and respectful of paramAtmA and they run to their tasks as ordained by bhagavAn.. Thus when we have a problem with our mind.. we perform a ritual to get well.. this is not the inert moon planet we see with our ordinary eye, but the "unseen" and "NEVER see-able" dEvatA shakti that is named as "chandramA". This power known as chandramA is a tiny aspect of bhagavAn to manage the minds of every single body that has a mind. So when we offer our prayers with shraddhA to the chandramA devatA, the mind gets better.. BY ADDING A LITTLE BIT OF PUNYAM FROM OUR OWN SK BAG (if possible).. bhagavAn's grace that flows our way due to our shraddhA..and the puNyam that is created by performing the ritual with shraddhA.. and such factors..Then if the mind is still not getting better, then we do not blame chandramA devatA but accept the fact that our own PK and or SK does not allow the necessary results.

bramhA is prayed to for gaining a sharp intellect. Similarly, every one of us is blessed with an ego.. Ego is the most significant component of our psyche.. Even shankara retained his ego to write the commentaries on our scriptures, geetA and bramha sUtram. He retained his ego to travel from himAchalam to Cape Comerin to re-establish sanAtana dharmam.. Thus we pray to rudra to keep our ego under check.. We pray to vishNu for better memory.. A peaceful coexistence with creation and its forces!

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