Creation of Universe

During the period of Pralay, the nature exists in a state of equilibrium. There was neither day nor night, neither earth nor sky and neither darkness nor light. It is during this period that Purush (masculine forces of creation) separates from Prakriti (feminine forces of creation) and Kaalroop of God (eternal, unending form of the Lord) is visible. Purush is the first appearance of Lord. Prakriti is the sign of His action while Kaalroop is His supreme appearance. The Lord entered the Purush who is beyond all bonding. His entry is the first step. From here Prakriti infuse the Purush and sets the process of creation further.

Let’s put it in different way. In this world every thing is made up of something. Objects are made of compounds. Compounds are made of molecules. Molecules are made of atoms. Atoms are made of particles. While one evolves out of the other, all of these levels of reality coexist and interact with one another. So too, is the construction of the human being. While the human is made of physical material, we are also constructed of subtler levels of reality, which are products of the invisible, primal essence called Prakriti in Sanskrit. Prakriti, which can be loosely described as unmanifest, primordial matter. This Prakriti ("matter") is infused with pure consciousness, which is called Purusha. Everything else emerges from Prakriti, and then is infused with Purusha. So, for example, all the levels of manifestation of the human are Prakriti, but have life due to the infusion of Purusha. Prakriti meant “that which give shape” Purusha is pure consciousness that sets the entire process of creation. Now how Prakriti forms different tools for itself, this is explain in following steps

Stage I-First of all, a single great element originated encompassing all the other lesser elements.

Stage-II From this great element originated three egos- Sattvic, Rajas and Taamas.

Stage-III Taamas created the subtle matter called tanmaatra. It’s name was sound

Stage-IV Sound created.sky

Stage-V The sky then created the sense of touch. Touch produced air. Hence, touch is the main feature of air; no one can see air but only have an experience of it through touch.

Stage-VI Air created Roop, which gave birth to fire with Roop as its main virtue.

Stage VII- Fire gave birth to taste. Taste produced water with taste as its main property.

Stage-VIII From water originated scent, which produced earth with scent as the main feature.

Stage IX The ego Rajas produced ten sense organs

Satge X Every organ has a ruling deity. But the ruling deities of these organs were produced by Sattvic ego

Stage XI The eleventh entity mind are Sattvic in nature. So mind control all the 10 senses

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Budhi

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Ego

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Satwik Rajsik Taamsik

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10 senses         5 tanmatra

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5 MahaBhoot(Sky,Air,Fire,Water,Earth)

All these elements have unique powers. Without their combination, creation of the universe was impossible. In the beginning, all these elements were present in the great egg, which came into existence because of the inspiration of the Lord. As this ball increased in size, it formed the base as Prakriti in which, Lord Vishnu Himself entered as Hiranyagarbh.