Our Scriptures Reveal the Secrets of the Mind

Brahma continues to praise Devi.

प्रकृतिस्त्वं च सर्वस्य गुणत्रयविभाविनी।

What is the meaning of Prakriti? One meaning is 'Swabhava'. One meaning is 'Swabhava', nature.

If Brahma creates, it is using her power. If Agni burns, it is using her power. If Sun shines, it is using her power. If wind blows, it is using her power. If you and I are able to speak, it is by using her power.

Her power brings forth the three gunas. There cannot be action without these three gunas. The creative force, the sustaining force, and the destroying force—if you see, all actions in the world are these only, or a combination of these. She only brings forth these three gunas.

कालरात्रिर्महारात्रिर्मोहरात्रिश्च दारुणा।

Here Kalaratri, Maharatri and Moharatri are described.
Ratri means darkness, when everyone takes rest. Action at night is much less compared to day.

Kalaratri means the state of inaction at the end of a Kalpa, that is 4.32 billion years. The darkness, Ratri, which is there after a Kalpa, is called Kalaratri. One Kalpa is 4.32 billion years.

The night at the end of Mahakalpa, the lifespan of Brahma, is called Maharatri. That is also her. Moharatri is the daily night that we all undergo, the resting time. That is also her. Daruna means terrifying.

त्वं श्रीः – you are Lakshmi.
त्वमीश्वरी – she has the lordship of everything and everyone. This lordship is what is Ishwari means. There are many such Ishwaris. Every goddess is an Ishwari. Among all of them, you alone are Parameshwari.

त्वं बुद्धिः – you are intelligence.
त्वं ह्रीः – you are Hree. Hree is the Shakti Beejakshara.

त्वं बोधलक्षणा – Bodha is cognition, wakefulness, that is also you.

लज्जा पुष्टिस्तथा तुष्टिस्त्वं शान्तिः क्षान्तिरेव च।

त्वं लज्जा – what is Lajja?
अकृत्यप्रवृत्तौ परदर्शने दुष्टत्वधिया ततो निवृत्तिसाधने चित्तवृत्तिभेदे।
Something that should not be done, littering in a public place, throwing waste around in public places—why are we not doing it? Because of the fear that others will see. They will find fault with us. This is called Lajja. You refrain from doing wrong things because of Lajja. It is a feature of the mind. It is a function of the mind.

When we say that she manages the world, administers the world, it is through these various means that she does it. That function of the mind, Lajja, because of which people are law-abiding, disciplined—that is also you only.

त्वं पुष्टिः – you are the nourisher, you are the nourishment.
त्वं तुष्टिः – you are happiness. That state of mind is also you only.
त्वं शान्तिः – you are peace. The state of mind which is peace, that is also you only. This peace comes when the mind is away from the lure of the senses.

क्षान्तिः – tolerance. If someone offends you, you don't react. Even though you are capable of inflicting harm to that person, you don't react. That is Kshanti.

See, our scriptures are not just praises. This is psychology that we are talking here.

Ramaswamy Sastry and Vighnesh Ghanapaathi