Brahma Creates the Universe

We often find questioning ourselves,

What was before this universe?

How the universe was created?

 

Well, In the beginning, there was the Parabrahman, the supreme principle that had no beginning and no end. The absolute reality that was timeless and boundless, self-created and self-contained, had no form nor was formless, a pure consciousness beyond the reach of thoughts and senses.

After the Parabrahman willed it, the creation of the material universe began. This will of the Parabrahman produced a vibration called OM, which was the first sound. 

Maha Tattva, or the primary element was first to form, from which 3 gunas or attributes originated. They were-

• Sattva Guna denoting preservation
• Rajas Guna denoting action, and 
• Tamas Guna denoting destruction

The interplay between these three gunas brought forward the Pancha Tattva, or the five physical elements, i.e., Air, Water, Earth, Fire, and Ether.

Together, they made Prakriti, or nature.

The gunas also gave rise to the five senses- Sight, Hearing, Touch, Smell, and Taste.

Now, water flowed and covered everything. The Parabrahman manifested itself as a divine entity that would lay on these waters. This entity was Narayana.

The Parabrahman then implanted its seed in the water, and after fertilization generated an egg which came to be known as Brahmanda, or the universe.

Narayana now entered the egg as Vishnu, the preserver, presiding over Sattva Guna.

A lotus emerges from Vishnu's navel, and out of this flower emerged Brahma, the creator, presiding over Rajas Guna.

 Brahma then split the egg into two. The upper half became heaven and the lower half, earth, and between the two stretched the sky. 

 

Brahma began the cycle and he knew how it would eventually end. Creation would lead to preservation and finally give way to destruction. But as soon as one cycle would die, a new one would be born. At the end of every cycle, when all would be reduced to the primeval ocean of chaos, he would initiate this all over again.