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Sakti:PowerImmanant

PublishedinTheTimesofIndia,NewDelhi,May29,1998
ThelateC.V.Seshadri,whilediscussingtheconceptofenergy,wrote,many
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conceptsthatareacceptedasabsolutelyselfevidentarereallybasedonvery
deepseatedculturalrootsthatneednotnecessarilybeuniversal.Theobjectiveconceptofspaceisonesu
chemistcitestheexampleofNewtonwhobeheldspaceandGodtobesynonymousashewasmerelyfollow
traditionofthereligionsoftheMiddleEast.Seshadrihimselfventuredtoproposetheideaofsakti,anevolutio
asanativeethosoftheconceptofenergy.ItsuggeststhatgivenhisentrenchedrootsinHinduism,thescie
energyandGodtobetheoneandthesame.
Sakti,thatisenergy,strengthorpower,isthefemininenounoftheSanskritverbSak,meaning,tobestrongo
capableofstrengthandpower.TotheHindu,SaktiisthecreativeimpulseinherentwithintheBrahmanorthe
whichactivatestheprocessofcreation,sustainstheuniverseandthensubsequentlydestroysit.Itisnotonly
butalsothematerialmatrixitselfinwhichthemanifestworldisgroundedandinthatsenseSaktiisatoncelat
staticandkinetic.Itisthemanifestationoftheunmanifest,greatvoidoftheNirgunaBrahmanasthefivegros
air,fire,waterandearth,thetriptychsofheat,water,foodred,whiteandblackthesattva,rajasandtamas
thetwentyfourtattvas.Saktiisspeechassabdbrahman,themasculineaspurusaandtheallpervadingOmn
consciousness.
TheenigmaofSaktimaybecontemplatedatvariouslevels.ItisextolledmostfrequentlyastheDivineFemin
personaoftheGreatGoddesswhodisplaysherdimensionsinavariegatedmazeofdeificincarnations.The
MarkandeyaPuranadepictsthecreative,sustaininganddestructiveaspectsofSaktiinatrinityofdeities:the
gloryofMahalakshmi,thepristine,moonlit,refinementofMahasarasvatiandthedark,carnalimageofthesku
Thesesublime,gentleandfuriousaspectsofSakti,alsoknownasthegoddessesVacSaraswati,RatriandS
scriptures,arethemarkersofenergyinHinduism.Betweenthesethreenodalities,amultitudeofmicrodimens
playedoutasthebenevolentnurturer,theuniversalmother,theprotector,therefuge,thebountiful,theprocre
virgin,theascetic,thewarrior,thefiendandthedownrightterrible.EachofthesedimensionsofSaktiisgraph
acorrespondingimageofagoddess.
Atanotherlevel,SaktiisthereflectionoftheinternalvagariesofhumannatureandtheSupremeBeingassum
Saktirup(form)tograpplewiththeneedsofthetimes.DestructivetimeorpralaymanifestsSaktiinheraggre
toannihilatethebestialorasuricqualitieswithinman,describedsopoignantlyintheRatrisuktamoftheRigVe
degreeofbanalityinthecreateduniverse,themoreferocioustheimageofSakti.Thetaleofthebattlewiththe
ShumbhandNishumbh,succinctlyportraysthetransitionalemergenceofSaktifromParvati,theserenedaug
totheexquisitebeautyoftheGoddessAmbika,theferociousblooddrinkingChamundaandfinallythehideou
Shivaduti,whosebattlecryrippedaparttheuniverseandchilledtheheartsofmanyanasura.
TheHinduphilosophicallegacyhasglorifiedthedifferentaspectsoftheParamatmanandhiseternalplayofE
timesinhistory.TheVedantistsforexample,perceivedtheeternal,unchangingAbsoluteandthemanifest
Ontheotherhand,theSamkhyaphilosophers,whoexecutedthemostelaboratediscussiononprakrti,believ
theBrahmanandSakti.ThePuranas,celebratedthemanydimensionsoftheSelfandSaktithroughthegrand
mythography,wherethedramaofSaktiisdescribedinitsmasculineandfeminineforms,Vishnu/ShivandKa
vividness.Finally,theTantrashastras,alsoknownaspractical/appliedVedanta,haveworshippedtheBrahm

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throughandasSakti,theworshipoftheSupremeSelfequallyinitsabstractandgrossincarnations.TheTan
mostextensivedescriptionofSaktiworship,rituallyaswellasphilosophically,worshippingtheirpresidingdei
asBhramasvarupini.
Saktiistheeternalflowbetweentheprogeniture(birth)andtheputrescent(death),theBrahman(unmanifest)
(manifest).Attimestranquilandattimesturbulent.Sometimeshidden,likeacoiledserpent(kundalini)andso
liketheinfinitepetalledlotus(sahasrarpadma).FortheHindu,thereisnoescapefromtheebbandflowofits
swirledthroughthevibrantglowofthisPrimordialEnergy,thatisSakti.

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