Lakṣmī Tantra Chapter 5—Evolution of the World from Prakṛti
Channel: Consciousness Research Centre
Date: 2020-11-16

This series is classified Vivartha-vāda | Rāja-yoga | Suśupti | Viśuddhi-cakra
5.1: The Cosmic Egg
“I am the primary I-hood (egoity) of Hari (Nārāyaṇa), which has evolved into all forms, which is eternal, which incorporates pure bliss and consciousness, and which is absolutely inert. I, the same one, stimulated by My urge to create, have evolved the pure creation with an infinitesimally small particle of Myself, consisting of a form containing all six of the divine attributes and embodying the pure creation. Without changing My own transcendental form, a small part of Myself called Mahā-Lakṣmī evolves into the complex of the three guṇas. 
In the process of evolution, when I am dominated by rājas I am called Mahāśrī: Lakṣmī, the supreme Goddess. My form dominated by tamas is regarded as Mahāmāyā (Kālī). My form dominated by sattva is regarded as Mahāvidyā (Sarasvatī). I Myself, Mahāśrī and those two ladies Mahāmāyā and Mahāvidyā are all three stimulated to create, and according to Our three forms, have created three couples of male and female forms.” [5.1–6]
“The couple created to tally with My form is envisioned as beautifully formed. You should know that this couple, pregnant with the golden cosmic egg Hiraṇyagarbha, has lotus-shaped eyes, is handsome and seated on lotuses, and is a mental creation based on My form created from a part of Pradyumna. The male of the couple is known as Dhātā, Vidhi, Viriñci or Brahmā; while the female is called Śrī, Padmā, Kamalā or Lakṣmī. The pair that is created mentally in Mahāmāyā from a part of Saṅkarṣaṇa possesses three eyes and is beautiful in all parts of the body. There the male is called Rudra, Śaṅkara, Sthānu, Kapardī or Trilocana. Trayī, Īśvarā, Bhāsā, Vidyā and Akṣarā, also Kāmadhenu, Go and Sarasvatī are the names by which the female of that couple is known.” [5.7–12]
“Born from Mahāvidyā from a part of Aniruddha is the couple whose male is called Keśava, Viṣṇu, Hṛṣikeśa, Vāsudeva or Janārdana. The female there is known as Uma, Gaurī, Satī and Caṇḍā, is full of virtue and loyalty. By my order, Trayī became Brahmā’s wife; Gaurī became Rudra’s wife and Ambujā, Padmā became Vāsudeva's wife. With these evolutions of rājas, tamas and sattva as the three couples, the description of the first phase of creation is concluded. Now listen, I shall describe the middle phase of that evolution of the guṇas.” [5.13–15]
“Viriñci along with Bhāsā produced the cosmic egg. At My command, Śaṅkara with Gaurī broke it open. Brahmā created Pradhāna or Prakṛti (the primary germ, original source of the visible or material universe) in that egg, and Keśava along with Padmā preserved it. Thus is described the middle phase of evolution of the guṇas. Now listen to Me with attention while I describe the third phase. Pradhāna that exists in the cosmic egg consists of both reality and unreality. It has the complex of the three guṇas as its source, it is of the nature of vyoma (the Void); it is the source of all that is manifested, and is itself undecaying. Then, having turned this principle of pradhāna that is called avyakta (unmanifested) into water, god Hṛṣikesa and Padmā accompanied by Vidyā, lay on that water as He took to meditative sleep; and She who is called Mahā-Kālī became His sleep consisting of tamas.” [5.16–21] 
“Then O Puraṅdara, when He was lying there asleep, a lotus grew out of His navel. This paṅkaja (lotus), which did not grow from paṅka (mud), is called Kālamaya: that which consists of time. It is also called Jalādhikaraṇa, Padma, Ādhāra (the substratum), Puṣkara, Cakra (the wheel of time) and Puṇḍarika.” [5.22–23]
Śakra: “Both the realities—the conscious and the non-conscious—have been described; the sentient is said to consist of consciousness; the insentient of the complex of the three guṇas. How is finite time to be conceived?”
Śrī: “Finite time is a component of the non-conscious and is composed of the finite three gunas. During cosmic evolution the triad of bala, aiśvarya and vīrya, previously described amongst the six divine attributes, evolves into time. That triad itself is changeless, whereas only its aspect of three guṇas evolves. Kāla and kālya—time and its effect—are said to be non-conscious. Time, consisting of Me, acts as an instrument used by My Śakti Mahāśrī to create the diversity of objects.” [5.24–27]

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