Vedanta - Discussion Forum I (introductory))

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In further support of this view of 'Narayana':

1. brahmi-shakti is the creative aspect, when world evolves from the unity towards the multiplicity, consciousness proceeding from root to the branches.
2. Raudri-shakti is the destructive aspect, from multiplicity to unity, consciousness moving from branches to the root.
3. vaishnavi-shakti is the maintenance aspect, neither moving up nor down, but as argued above, oscillating between the two, a balance between creation and destruction.