Shri Vishnu

Shri Vishnu

One day in November 1993, as Kash sat with the Great Adi Shakti in his Sahasrara, Shri Padmanabha Sahodari Devi decided to take him to visit Shri Vishnu and Lakshmi. She levitated him and they traveled at stupendous speed and soon reached their destination that was engulfed in thick mist. Kash could hardly see more than a few feet.

They landed on something unusual, and felt alive.

Kash was introduced by Shri Mataji to Shri Vishnu and MahaLakshmi. Kash saw the lotus-eyed Supreme Personality of God resting peacefully on the lap of Lord Ananta Sesa. The complexion of Shri Vishnu, who was wearing yellow garments, was like a dark-blue cloud. His face was very handsome and cheerful with its smiling glance and lovely eyebrows, its raised nose and finely formed ears, and its beautiful cheeks and red lips. Shri Vishnu's broad shoulders and expansive chest were beautiful, and His arms long and stout. His neck was strong, His navel deep, and His abdomen bore lines like those on a banyan leaf. He had large loins and hips, thighs like an elephant's trunk, and shapely knees and shanks. His raised ankles reflected the brilliant effulgence emanating from the nails on His petal-like toes of His lotus feet of causeless mercy, revealing the most beautiful flowerlike division.

Adorned with a head gear, bracelets and armlets, which were all bedecked with many brilliant gems, and also a belt, a sacred thread, necklaces, ankle bells and earrings, the Lord shone with dazzling effulgence. In one hand He held a lotus flower, in the others a discus, club and conch shell. Gracing His broad chest were the Srivasta mark, the brilliant Kaustubha gem and a flower garland.

His consort Shri Mahalakshmi, who wore a dazzling pink sari. He noticed that She had a ring in Her nose and a tikka (red dot) on the forehead. Her feet had a sheen of golden turtle. She had four arms with delicate and soft fingers. Her black hair was tiny, soft, and delicate. She wore rows of pearls interlaced with emeralds and a garland of gold hung over her shoulders with dazzling beauty.

Kash looked up and an incredible sight of immense power and matchless splendor held him spellbound — an awesome, gigantic multi-headed snake was standing guard over them! They were resting on the bed of the completely white gigantic Sesa-naga [snake] lotusflower, under the umbrella of the serpent hood of Shri Sesha. The Primordial Cosmic Serpent was all gloriously bedecked with priceless head jewels.

When Kash returned from meditation he narrated this incredible journey to his father, who believed it but had some difficulty about a giant snake. But Kash insisted that he was sure it was as he felt the body heat of this great Divine Serpent. The difficult portion of his story was that while sitting on the Sheshnaga he felt one peculiar sensation: It gently swayed from side to side, as if floating. But he could not see through the thick mist swirling all around, and was unsure if they were indeed floating on a body of water.

His father, quite ignorant of Hinduism, was skeptical that a serpent could float in a stationary coiled-up position. Kash was asked whether he was sure that they were surrounded by water. Perhaps they were on land all the while, a more plausible explanation for a serpent to support weight while motionless. His son replied that he felt that the Cosmic Serpent was floating and gently swaying, and was not completely stationary as on land.

Due to lack of visible confirmation of a body of water and Kash's own inability to give verifiable evidence, this floating fact was thus omitted in the original notes.

More than a year later the searing Truth of a child's Third-Eye Vision came streaming forth. As his father watched Ramayana, an epic mythical narration of ancient Hinduism, there appeared for the first time the glorious form of Shri Vishnu reclining on Shri Ananta in the vast Milky Ocean! Kash had indeed witnessed this Timeless Vedic Truth and his sensation of being afloat correct. The Spirit of the Living God, Shri Adhiparasakthi Shri Nirmala Devi, had indeed taken him to the Cosmic Causal Ocean where Shri Vishnu and Shri Lakshmi rested on the floating Shri Sankarsana — Shri Vishnu’s serpent bed!

Vishnu Sleeping on Shesha, Hucchappaya temple, Aihole, Deccan Early Chalukya period, 7th C. Prince of Wales Museum, Bombay

“The sayana-murti is the most common Visnu image in South India. Visnu is represented as resting on Sesa, the world-snake, attended by Sri and often also by Bhumi, who is considered to be his second wife. He represents the highest bliss, the state of absorption of everything in him; through his darsana one obtains highest bliss; It is the presentation of Vishnu in Vaikuntha. The snake itself is a highly symbolic figure in Vaisnavism; though it is the enemy of Garuda, it is also the symbol for eternal life and immortality, of secret power and mystery. The association of the serpent with the water is also very meaningful: water is the primeval element, the source of everything."

K. K. Klostermaier, Hinduism: A Short History, Oneworld Pub., 2000, p. 120

"Visnu, for example, who through his incarnation in Krsna became the revealer of the Bhagavad Gita, is represented in Hindu myth as the Milky Ocean of Immortal Life, out of which the transient universe arises and back into which it again dissolves. This ocean is personified as Adi-sesa, the primordial giant serpent of the abyss, who carries the unfolded universe on his heads and is the life-giving dragon in the depth of space. Meanwhile, in anthropomorphic form, Visnu is pictured as recumbent on this serpent. The serpent is both himself and his living couch, and supports him on the surface of the Milky Ocean, which again is himself in his elemental form. For this divine being is the primary life-sap or substance, which evolves and nourishes all the shapes of all the living creatures in the universe. The god is dreaming. From his navel, as from the universal water, the lotus-calix grows on which Brahma is seated, the first-born of the universe, who is about to supervise the cosmic process of creation. The shining lotus is the flower of the world, which is the dream of Visnu; and the god upon it, Brahma, the "Creator," is an emanation from the womb of Vishnu's cosmic sleep." ¹

"Vishnu, (from the Sanskrit root 'vish', to pervade) is the second god of the Hindu triad and as the preserver of the universe represents mercy and goodness. He is said to be the cosmic ocean nara, meaning water, which was the only thing in existence before the creation of the universe. For this reason, he is also known as Narayana, or "one who moves on the waters".

Vishnu is represented as a dark man with four arms. In one hand, he holds a club, in another a conch shell, in the third, a discus (Chakra), and in the fourth, a lotus (Kamal). He is usually dressed in yellow robes and therefore also known as Pitambara, or "one with yellow garments". The river Ganga is said to originate from Vishnu's feet. He is also depicted as resting on a coiled serpent Seshnaga or Ananta which floats on the cosmic ocean. According to the Mahabharata, Vishnu's abode, Vaikuntha, is made of gold and .jewels. However, he is usually depicted reclining on Seshnaga, who floats on the cosmic ocean. His vehicle is Garuda, and his weapon is the discus, Sudarshana Chakra.

Vishnu's consort is Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth and fortune. She is believed to have emerged from the samudra manthan, and considered to be the daughter of Bhrigu and Khyati. She is a fair woman who wears red clothes, and is always depicted as sitting or standing on a red lotus (see Kamal). She is often worshipped by herself as Sri, Bhagya Lakshmi and Dhana Lakshmi, the goddess of all things auspicious, of good fortune and wealth." ²

"In the Brahma Pr., in the Lalitapakhyana, Devi says, "My male form is bewildering the milk-maids." In the same place Visnu says to Virabhadra, "The ancient Sakti of the Lord is divided into four forms, that Sakti becomes Bhavani in its ordinary form [bhoga], in battle she takes the form of Durga; in anger that of Kali; and she is also my male form."

The Kurma Pr. when Himavin praises Devi says, "I salute thy form called Narayana, O Lalita, which has a thousand heads, which is of infinite energy, having a thousand arms, the ancient Person, reclining on the waters."

In the Kurma Pr. when Siva showed his universal form to Mankanaka, the latter said: "What is this terrible form of thine, facing every side; who is she shining by your side?" Thus questioned, Siva, after explaining the glory of his own nature, says, "She is my supreme maya and prakrti of triple qualities. She is said by munis to be the ancient womb of the universe." ³

Note: Nearly two years later on October 29, 1995, at 10:45 a.m. Kash was again asked to describe Shri Shesha on whose coils he had sat together with Shri Mataji, Shri Vishnu and Shri Lakshmi. His father wanted information on the number of heads.

He again replied that there were 6 heads (see first fax) and that the middle head was larger than the rest. He was requested to state the number of smaller heads on either side, that is, whether two on left or right of middle head, and the remaining three on the either side. Kash realized that he had all the while not counted the larger middle head. He then told that Shri Shesha had seven heads, with three smaller heads on either side of the larger middle one.

These Ramayana videotapes were borrowed from the Gulati family of Toronto. This trivial information is given as another piece of evidence that would enable readers to understand the Divine Drama of the Great Primeval Mother. The entire Shri Adi Shakti: The Kingdom of God is a tight tapestry of interlocking incidents, people, places and proof, crisscrossed by intertwining weaves of scriptural evidence and prophecies, all held firmly together from beginning to end with the unbreakable thread of Truth and Reality.

The Great Adi Shakti Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi

Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi

"He is the Shesha as they call the Serpent, which sleeps on the Bhavasagara, on which Shri Vishnu rests. The same Shesha had taken birth as Shri Lakshmana. Now for a western mind you see if you talk about snakes, they only know the Adam and Eve snake that's all. They don't understand anything, and they can't understand why people worship snakes . . ."

Sri Visnurupini Devi
Shri Rama's Birthday Puja, London, U.K. — April 2, 1982

(Vishnurupini [893] In the form of Visnu (Visnurupini.)

Padmanabha-Sahodari (280th): Sister of Vishnu. She was
born along with Visnu.

Vishnu Measures The Universe

I will proclaim the mighty deeds of Visnu,
Who measured out the earthly regions and propped the heavens above,
Accomplishing in his course three mighty strides. For this his prowess Visnu is acclaimed.
He inhabits the mountains like a savage beast wandering at will; In his three mighty paces are set all worlds.
Now may my prayer ascend to the far-striding Visnu, the Bull, who dwells upon the mountains,
To him who unaided measured with threefold step these far-flung spheres.
The marks of his three strides are filled with honey imperishable; each is cause of joy.
Alone he supports the three spheres — Earth and Sky and all things living.
May I attain to Visnu's glorious mansion where the faithful rejoice,
Where, close beside the Strider, within his highest footstep springs the well of purest honey!
O for your realms where dwell the tireless oxen, abundantly furnished with horns, whence shine,
From the highest step of the widely striding Hero, His multiple splendors!

Rig Veda I, 154

Shri Visnu, who is so dearly beloved and who has inspired, and indeed still inspires, in his devotees "fervent worship either of his own person or of his earthly manifestations Rama and Krishna, is not a major divinity in the Rig Veda. It is the Sama Veda and Shatapatha Brahmana, where Visnu is constantly identified with sacrifice, which accord him an important place, while at a later date the prolific literature of the Puranas, of which the myths concerning Visnu form the basis, made him immensely popular. This prominence has been maintained and indeed enhanced right up to modern times.

Our hymn mentions the famous strides (pada) of Visnu so frequently featured in later iconography and legend. Two of his strides are visible to Men (those encompassing the earth and the air) and the third is in the heights of heaven (the sky). This third step is like a veil affixed to the sky, the proper abode of Visnu. The sky is his favorite haunt, a place of happiness, where Men go after death and rejoice together with the Gods and where there is to be found a fountain of honey, that is, nectar (hence the allusion to his third step being filled with honey).

His trivikrama, or three strides, have also been interpreted in a temporal way, connected with the sun’s orbit: the rising, the zenith, and the setting of the sun. In any event Visnu, as the sacrificial rituals remind us, is the deity who encompasses both time and space, that is to say, past, present, and future as well as earth, air, and heaven. The power of Vishnu is a disguised one. Time and again he appears as a dwarf, thus hiding his true nature. It is in his dwarf’s form that he deceives the asuras and makes them accept the challenge described in so many texts.

The story is delightfully told in the Bhagavata Purana. Bali, king of the asuras and grandson of Prahlada, was performing the ashvamedha or horse sacrifice. Present at the sacrifice was Vamana, that is to say, Visnu in the form of a dwarf, one of his avataras. The king received Vamana and, though reluctantly and against the advice of his guru, adhered to the rules of hospitality to the extent of allowing Vamana to take for his own "as much land as he could cover with three steps." Thereupon Vamana assumed his divine form and with just two strides covered all the worlds. This he achieved by virtue of the identification mentioned just now, "Visnu is the sacrifice.’’ Another text affirms in this same connection that "much have they given us, who gave us that which has the same size as the sacrifice.’’ " ⁴

On January 23, 1994, Kash was told to ask Shri Mataji if he could be shown how Shri Vishnu measured the universe in three steps. Bhupinder told both father and son that this incident took place thousands of years ago in the Spirit World. Perhaps Shri Mataji might show Kash how such a feat was possible, difficult as it is to even visualize and even harder to believe. After all not all myths are true and if Shri Visnu did not measure the Universe in three steps (or more), then the Great Adi Shakti would just tell him so.

Kash went into Sahaj Samadhi and the coiled Kundalini (Nectar of Immortality) sprang into life, and coursed through Sushumna Nadi. It instantly revealed the Paramjyoti in the Sahasrara — This was the Absolute Truth revealed by ancient Hindus to humankind ages ago when the rest of the world was still spiritually primitive. The Divine Radiance shone ever so brilliantly from above Shri Vaisnavi Devi as the Holy Spirit sat in Bliss and Joy. He bowed to Her. As usual She greeted him with a smile.

Kash then asked if he could be shown how Shri Vishnu measured the Universe in only three steps. Shri Ayonih Devi smiled even more radiantly and assured the fulfillment of his request.

The Divine Messengers were already present, sitting in semicircle and waiting in eager anticipation to witness again such a rare feat of awesome spiritual powers.

When all were ready a three-dimensional projection suddenly appeared out of nowhere, suspended in mid-air like a giant drive-in movie screen — except that it was three-dimensional and real. Shri Vishnu appeared alone and took His first step. Shri Vishnu kept on widening His step until He became too minute to be seen. Countless constellations whizzed past as His leg expanded at super-warp speed. (Only His legs kept on stretching but not the body.)

After a while He appeared from another direction and again took another giant step far into empty space again. His third and last step appeared to be again starting from far, far away and Shri Visnu then returned back to His original starting point. (Kash said that he could not ascertain in which sequence the universe was covered — length, breadth or height — due to the sheer magnitude of the feat. All he knew was that Shri Vishnu was measuring it.)

Everyone then clapped very softly in appreciation of Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi's Supreme Power to materialize ancient Time into present, a vivid demonstration of the infinite Power of the Great Cosmic Matriarch. Again the Great Adi Shakti, the very Power of Brahman, had fulfilled Kash’s desire to witness something that hundreds of millions of Hindus have proclaimed for thousands of years.

The material projection then disappeared into thin air. Shri Yoni-nilaya Devi then requested that all meditate. They raised their Kundalinis in unison and went into Sahaj Samadhi.

After everyone had finished Kash asked permission from the Supreme Goddess for leave. He bowed down to Her, wished all the others, and then descended from the Tabernacle of God back to this decadent world of spiritual wastelands and religious badlands.

Note: According to Kash this materialization of a feat which had taken place aeons ago was very much real and vivid. It did not look like a projection at all for it had solid form. It should be understood that Shri Vishnu Himself was sitting in the semicircle and witnessing the whole ‘3D movie’ depicting one of His numerous spiritual feats that are epics of the Sanatana Dharma.

^{Vaisnavi (892nd):
She is the female counterpart of Visnu bearing Sankha, Cakra, and Gada; or
She is Mahalaksmi, the power of Visnu.
^{Ayonih (894th):
Yonih means Original Cause. She has no such cause because She is the Cause
of all causes. Or Yoni is the first triangle in ‘Sri-Cakra’ representing
‘Avyakta.’ She is beyond this Avyakta. Or ‘A’ means Visnu and
‘Yoni’ means ‘Mother’ meaning ‘Mother of Visnu.’
^{Yoni-nilaya (895th):
The Abode of all origins, as the Cause and Source of all causes. (Rukmavarnam
Kartaramisam Purusam Brahma-Yonim.) The golden-hued, the Doer, the Ruler,
the Self, the Mother of Brahma—(Mundakopanishad 3-1-3.) Or She resides in
the first triangle in Sri Cakra. Trikona-Rupini-Sakti Bindu-Rupah Sivah
Smrtah: Sakti is of the form of a triangle and Siva of circle (Sruti.)}}}

1. Heinrich Zimmer, Philosophies of India, Princeton U. Press, 1974, p. 425.

2. www.indiancultureonline.com/

3. R. Ananthakrishna Sastry, Lalita-Sahasranama, 1988, p. 338.

4. Professor Raimundo Panikkar, The Vedic Experience [www.cybrlink.com/]