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By Jayaram V
Chapter 1- Section 2
1.
The divinities so created fell into the great ocean (of life).
The Self subjected them to hunger and thirst. And they asked
Him, "Find out an abode for us where we can sit and eat
food."
2.
He brought for them a cow. They said, "No, this is not enough
for us" He gave them a horse. They said, "No this is not
enough for us."
3.
He brought for them a person. They said this was an appropriate
creation. A person is indeed an appropriate creation. He said
to them, "Enter your respective parts."
This verse and the previous one contain some very
rudimentary elements of the modern theory of evolution
of man from the four footed beings. These verses say
that God first tried to put the sense organs in a cow
and then in a horse. But the divinities (senses) were not
happy with these creations. So he finally created the human
being , a very appropriate creation for the proper
functioning of the divinities.
4.
Fire becoming speech entered the mouth. Air becoming breath
entered the nostrils. The sun becoming sight entered the eyes.
The directions of space, becoming hearing entered the ears.
Plants and trees becoming hair, entered the skin. The moon
becoming mind, entered the heart. Death becoming the outgoing
breath, entered the navel. Water becoming semen, entered the
reproductive organs.
Here we have a detailed account of how the various divinities
entered man and established themselves in his personality. Man
is verily divine. He enjoys a very special status in the
creation of God. He is not merely divine in nature, but
contains with in himself all the divinities of the universe.
This way he even enjoys a better status in the universal
scheme of things than even the gods. He is verily the
purusha, in whom gather all the divinities to pursue
their regular activities. He is capable of transcending
greater heights than even gods and demi-gods.
5.
To Him hunger and thirst said, " Please find out an abode for
us also." And he replied, "For you I create a place in these
divinities and make you both co-sharers with them."
Therefore whatever offering is made to a divinity, hunger and
thirst co-share it with the divinity.
Hunger and thirst symbolically stand for desire, which
is the main motive power behind the functioning the sense
organs.
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