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Yoga Vashishtha 3.85.1–10
(How the World was created by Brahma's mind)
श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच।
पुरा मे ब्रह्मणा प्रोक्तं सर्वं तत्कथयानघ।
यदिदं तत्प्रवक्ष्यामि त्वयि पृच्छति राघव ॥ १॥
पुरा मया हि भगवान्पृष्टः कमलसंभवः।
इमे कथमुपायान्ति ब्रह्मन्सर्गगणा इति ॥ २॥
तदुपाश्रुत्य भगवान्ब्रह्मा लोकपितामहः।
ऐन्दवाख्यानसहितं मामुवाच बृहद्वचः ॥ ३॥
ब्रह्मोवाच।
सर्वं हि मन एवेदमित्थं स्फुरति भूतिमत्।
जलं जलाशयस्फारैर्विचित्रैश्चक्रकैरिव ॥ ४॥
दिनादौ संप्रबुद्धस्य संसारं सृष्टुमिच्छतः।
पुराकल्पे हि कस्मिश्चिच्छृणु किं वृत्तमङ्ग मे ॥ ५॥
कदाचिदखिलं सर्गं संहृत्य दिवसक्षये।
एक एवाहमेकाग्रः स्वस्थस्तामनयं निशाम् ॥ ६॥
निशान्ते संप्रबुद्धात्मा संध्यां कृत्वा यथाविधि।
प्रजाः स्रष्टुं दृशौ स्फारे व्योम्नि योजितवानहम् ॥ ७॥
यावत्पश्यामि गगनं न तमोभिर्न तेजसा।
व्याप्तमत्यन्तविततं शून्यमन्तविवर्जितम् ॥ ८॥
सर्गं संकल्पयामीति मतिं निश्चित्य तन्मया।
समवेक्षितुमारब्धं शुद्धं सूक्ष्मेण चेतसा ॥ ९॥
अथाहं दृष्टवांस्तत्र मनसा विततेऽम्बरे।
पृथक्स्थितान्महारम्भान्सर्गान्स्थितिनिरर्गलान् ॥ १०॥
Sage Vasishta said:
3.85.1–3
> “O Pure One, I will tell you everything that Brahma told me long ago. O Raghava, I will explain this to you as you ask.”
> “Long ago I asked the blessed lotus-born lord: O Brahma, how do these groups of Creations come into being?”
> Hearing this, Lord Brahma, the grandfather of the Worlds, spoke great words to me together with the story of the moon-related tale.
Lord Brahma said:
3.85.4–10
> “All this is indeed only the mind. It shines forth powerfully like water in a lake spreading into many wonderful whirlpools.”
> “At the start of the day, when I woke up wanting to create the world, listen to what happened to me in some ancient cycle.”
> “Once, after dissolving the entire Creation at the end of the day, I remained alone, focused and peaceful, and passed that night.”
> “At the end of the night, after waking and performing the twilight worship properly, I turned my wide eyes to the sky to create living Beings.”
> “As far as I could see, the sky was not filled with darkness or light. It was extremely vast, empty and without any limits.”
> “Deciding in my mind to create the World, I began to observe it with a Pure and subtle Consciousness.”
> “Then with my mind I saw in the vast sky many separate great Creations existing freely without any obstruction.”
Summary of the Teachings:
The verses explain that the entire Universe is a Creation of the mind. Lord Brahma teaches that what we see as the world is the mind expressing itself in different forms, just as water in a pond naturally forms many swirling patterns. This shows that Reality is not solid and separate but arises from one Conscious mind.
Lord Brahma shares his own experience to illustrate the process of Creation. After the end of a cosmic day when everything dissolves, he rests peacefully alone. This teaches the importance of inner stillness and the cycle of creation and dissolution that happens repeatedly.
When the new cycle begins, Lord Brahma performs his duties and then looks into the empty sky with focused Awareness. The vast empty Space represents pure potential before any World appears. It reminds us that before Creation there is only limitless emptiness.
With a clear decision and subtle observation, Lord Brahma sees many possible Worlds already present in that Space. This reveals that Creations exist as ideas or potentials within the mind even before they fully manifest. The mind has the power to bring forth entire Universes from within itself.
Overall, these verses teach that the World is mind-made. By understanding this, one can Realize the Freedom and creative power of Consciousness. It encourages turning inward to the Peaceful mind instead of being lost in the outer appearances of the World.
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