04-03-2007, 06:56 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-Husky+Apr 3 2007, 01:16 AM-->QUOTE(Husky @ Apr 3 2007, 01:16 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->And in the Lakshmi Ashthotaram, it says "Aditiim cha Ditim" meaning that Lakshmi is both Aditi and Diti: the Mother of all Beginnings, of all the Gods. All that ever was came from the Mother of the Universe.
[right][snapback]66472[/snapback][/right]
<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I had once heard this. One sant had explained the meaning of the metaphor of "Kashyap" begetting Devas from Aditi and the same "Kashyap" begetting Daityas from Diti. He had said, Kashyap is the jIva/Energy and Diti and Aditi are Gunas/prakritIs/mindsets. If Energy marries Tamas, it begest daityata. Whereas if it joins Sat, it begets godliness. He further explained, that is why Ganesh is always worshipped together with Gauri, and in Guari-Ganesh yugma. Ganesh who is the deva of mUladhar chakra, is lord of ekagrata, the concentration. If he is not coupled with Gauri - the devi of welfare and positive intentions, then the worship of the same Ganesha would even result in destructive energy.
When Sri Hanuman departed from Sita in Asoka Vatica, her blessings to him are very significant. She says, 'bhavahu tat balasheela nidhana' - 'son, be the ocean of bal and sheel (power and positive discipline)'. Tulsidas ji explains this in detail. Bal alone, without proper motivations and discipline, is not of good use.
That is why, when Lakshmi, was 'born' in manthan, she must have been 'married' to Vishnu. Lakshmi (wealth) can be both enormousely benefitting as well as destroying. She must be married to Vishnu so as to be of lokahita and not ahita.
There may be some deeper historical or philosophical meanings too, about Kashyap, Aditi, Diti and Laxmi being both.
[right][snapback]66472[/snapback][/right]
<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I had once heard this. One sant had explained the meaning of the metaphor of "Kashyap" begetting Devas from Aditi and the same "Kashyap" begetting Daityas from Diti. He had said, Kashyap is the jIva/Energy and Diti and Aditi are Gunas/prakritIs/mindsets. If Energy marries Tamas, it begest daityata. Whereas if it joins Sat, it begets godliness. He further explained, that is why Ganesh is always worshipped together with Gauri, and in Guari-Ganesh yugma. Ganesh who is the deva of mUladhar chakra, is lord of ekagrata, the concentration. If he is not coupled with Gauri - the devi of welfare and positive intentions, then the worship of the same Ganesha would even result in destructive energy.
When Sri Hanuman departed from Sita in Asoka Vatica, her blessings to him are very significant. She says, 'bhavahu tat balasheela nidhana' - 'son, be the ocean of bal and sheel (power and positive discipline)'. Tulsidas ji explains this in detail. Bal alone, without proper motivations and discipline, is not of good use.
That is why, when Lakshmi, was 'born' in manthan, she must have been 'married' to Vishnu. Lakshmi (wealth) can be both enormousely benefitting as well as destroying. She must be married to Vishnu so as to be of lokahita and not ahita.
There may be some deeper historical or philosophical meanings too, about Kashyap, Aditi, Diti and Laxmi being both.