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Yoga Vashishtha 3.14.28-35
(Only Brahm, the Maha-Jiva, really exists forever. Countless jivas and Universes appear for some time because of its wish, just like millions of dreams appear in one sleeping person)
श्रीराम उवाच ।
एवमेतत्कथं ब्रह्मन्नेकजीवेच्छयाखिलाः।
जगज्जीवा न युज्यन्ते महाजीवैकतावशात् ॥ २८ ॥
श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
महाजीवात्म तद्ब्रह्म सर्वशक्तिमयात्मकम् ।
स्थितं तथेच्छमेवेह निर्विभागं निरन्तरम् ॥ २९ ॥
यदेवेच्छति तत्तस्य भवत्याशु महात्मनः ।
पूर्वं तेनेष्टमिच्छादि ततो द्वित्वमुदेति यत् ॥ ३० ॥
पश्चाद्द्वित्वविभक्तानां स्वशक्तीनां प्रकल्पितः ।
अनेनेत्थं हि भवतीत्येवं तेन क्रियाक्रमः ॥ ३१ ॥
तं विनानुदये त्वासां प्रधानेच्छैव रोहति।
शक्त्या ह्यजातया ब्राह्म्या नियमोऽयं प्रकल्पितः ॥ ३२ ॥
यस्या जीवाभिधानायाः शक्त्यपेक्षा फलत्यसौ ।
प्रधानशक्तिनियमानुष्ठानेन विना न तु ॥ ३३ ॥
प्रधानशक्तिनियमः सुप्रतिष्ठो न चेद्भवेत् ।
तत्फलं शक्त्यधीनत्वान्नेहितानां क्वचिद्भवेत् ॥ ३४ ॥
एवं ब्रह्म महाजीवो विद्यतेऽन्तादिवर्जितः ।
जीवकोटि महाकोटि भवत्यथ न किंचन ॥ ३५ ॥
Sriram asked:
3.14.28: O Brahman, if everything happens only because of the wish of one single Great Being (Maha-Jiva), then how can countless small living beings (jivas) and the whole world appear? It does not make sense that millions of jivas should appear just because of the will of One Great Jiva.
Maharishi Vashishta answered:
3.14.29: That Great Jiva is itself Brahm. It is full of all powers and has no divisions inside it. It remains forever as Pure wish alone, without any break or separation.
3.14.30: Whatever this Great Being wishes instantly becomes true for Him. In the beginning, He first wished “I want this and that.” Because of that first wish, the feeling of two things (duality) arises.
3.14.31: Later, He divides His own powers into many parts and decides: “By this power it will happen in this way, by that power it will happen in that way.” In this manner, He Himself creates the order of actions and events.
3.14.32: Without Him, none of these divided powers can ever arise or do anything. The main rule is that the great Brahm power must first wish; only then can the smaller powers start working. This rule is set by the Unborn Brahm-power itself.
3.14.33: The power that is called “jiva” (individual soul) needs the help of that main power to get its results. The jiva cannot get anything without following the laws set by the main power.
3.14.34: If the law of the main power is not firmly established and followed, then no result desired by the smaller powers can ever happen anywhere, because all results depend completely on that main power.
3.14.35: In this way, only Brahm, the Great Jiva, truly exists. It has no inside or outside, no beginning or end. Then millions and billions of small jivas appear, and later nothing at all remains (everything dissolves back into Brahm).
Summary of the Teaching:
These verses answer Rama’s doubt: “If there is only one Reality, how do many jivas and the world appear?” Vasistha explains that the highest Reality is Brahm, which is also called the Maha-Jiva (the Great Living Being). This Brahm is Pure, Unlimited Consciousness full of all powers. It has no divisions, no second thing exists beside it. Everything that seems to happen starts only from its own free wish.
In the beginning, Brahm is alone and wishes to experience something. The very first wish (“I want this”) creates the idea of duality – “I” and “this.” From that single wish, the appearance of two arises. All later multiplicity (many jivas, many worlds) comes only from this first movement of desire in the One Consciousness.
Brahm then splits its own infinite power into countless smaller powers and gives each a particular role and order: “You will do this, you will do that.” It sets fixed rules (niyama) so that everything happens in sequence. These rules are not made by anyone else; Brahm itself decides the laws of Creation while remaining Unborn and Unchanging.
Every individual jiva is nothing but one tiny part of Brahm’s power. A jiva can never act independently or get any result on its own. It is completely dependent on the main power of Brahm. If the great law set by Brahm is not followed, no small power can produce any fruit. All success, all experience, all worlds depend totally on the wish and law of the one Great Jiva.
Finally, the teaching is clear: only Brahm, the Maha-Jiva, really exists forever. Countless jivas and universes appear for some time because of its wish, just like millions of dreams appear in one sleeping person. When the wish ends, everything dissolves, and again only the one undivided Brahm remains. There is never truly more than One Reality; the many are only a temporary appearance inside the One Consciousness.
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