Slokam 9

This Slokam points to how the different elements are siloed at creation and do not interact with each other.   Because these elements are distinct in nature, they do not interact in a concerted action. 

The slokam then goes onto mention that the concerted action was enabled after the deities that control the elements invoked the Paramathma’s intervention to coordinate the elements into unison and thereby planted the seeds of creation of the material universe. 

It is important to note that the Slokam specifically says that the Paramathma entered into “these segments of Mahat” infusing “creativity” and unison among them.

So the conclusion is that without the Paramathma within them, these elements will not function in a concerted manner to accomplish the assigned objectives.

This is a very important/key assertion that needs to be noted with full attention.  The statement is that the manifestation of the physical world of actions is nothing but the swaroopam of the Paramathma Himself. It is very necessary that this aspect be clearly absorbed since the understanding of this aspect will fix Bhakthi in the mind of the devotee in an inseparable manner.  This will pre-empt us from an ascending of the Rajasic Guna, that tends to take ownership of all that is perceived.

The Slokam concludes by acknowledging that the Paramathma created the Universe (the “golden egg”) from which all the worlds emerged.

It is very important to absorb this Slokam, so that in our daily lives, we continually see only the hand of the Paramathma behind everything that we see and perceive. Such a mental orientation will completely cleanse our minds of all the miseries and obstacles that would otherwise come our way and overwhelm us.

May we pray to the Paramathma, to endow us with the ability to see His hand behind all actions.