Category:Adhidaivam
Theme Analysis
The term adhidaivam refers to the controlling principle of the material universe, often identified with the universal form of the Lord (virat-rupa) which encompasses all the demigods and their respective planets. Śrīla Prabhupāda explains that adhidaivam is one of three inseparable features of material existence, the others being adhyatma (the spirit soul/body) and adhibhuta (gross matter). While adhibhuta represents the raw materials and adhyatma represents the user, adhidaivam represents the functional or controlling system maintained by the demigods. For example, the tongue is the instrument (adhibhuta), the soul is the enjoyer (adhyatma), and the deity of water, Varuṇa, who controls the sense of taste, is the adhidaivam. This conception of the Lord as the cosmic administrator is particularly recommended for neophytes who are not yet capable of meditating on the personal form of the Supersoul.
- The Universal Form: Adhidaivam is the gigantic universal form comprising all demigods and planets.
- The Triad: It functions alongside adhibhuta (matter) and adhyatma (soul) to facilitate material experience.
- Controlling Deities: Specific demigods like Varuṇa (water/taste) or the fire deity (speech) represent the adhidaiva principle.
- Maintenance: It is the system of supply and maintenance for the material world.
- Neophyte Meditation: Meditating on this aspect is a stepping stone for those unable to perceive the Supersoul.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: Ādhidaivam - The Universal Form and Controlling Deities.
Subcategories
This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total.
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Pages in category "Adhidaivam"
The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total.
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- Because it (physical nature) is created at a certain point and will be annihilated at a certain point, the conception of the universal form of the Supreme Lord that includes all the demigods and their different planets is called adhidaivatam. BG 1972 p
- Behind the material manifestations, there are adhibhuta, adhyatma and adhidaiva actions, which the conditioned soul in the mode of ignorance cannot see
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- The adhibhuta manifestation entails repetitions of births and deaths with old age and diseases, the adhyatma manifestation conditions the spirit soul, and the adhidaiva manifestation is the controlling system
- The conception of the universal form of the Supreme Lord, which includes all the demigods and their different planets, is called adhidaivata
- The director of the fire element is the controlling deity, or the adhidaiva. The speeches delivered are adhyatma, or bodily functions, and the subject matter of the speeches is material productions, or the adhibhuta principle
- The four principles mentioned in this verse serve to explain the three main principles, namely the adhyatma, adhidaiva and adhibhutam, as explained before
- The gigantic universal form of the Lord called adhidaivata is contemplated by the neophyte who cannot approach the Supreme Lord in His manifestation as Supersoul
- The gigantic universal form of the Lord called adhidaivatam is contemplated by the neophyte who cannot approach the Supreme Lord in His manifestation as Supersoul. BG 1972 purports
- The gross matters are adhibhutam, their maintenance is adhidaivam, and the initiator of material activities is called adhyatmam
- The three categories (adhyatma, adhidaiva and adhibhutam) are also explained as to their birth after the opening of the mouth of the virat-purusa
- The tongue and the palate, being instrumental, are adhibhutam, or forms of matter, but the functioning deity, who is a living entity, is adhidaiva, whereas the person undergoing the function is adhyatma
- These (adhibhuta, adhyatma and adhidaiva actions) are the material manifestations of cause and effect and the sense of responsibility of the conditioned actors
- These three principles (adhibhutam, adhidaivam, and adhyatmam) act as prominent features, namely as raw material, its regular supplies, and its use in different varieties of material creations for sense enjoyment by the bewildered entities
- This gradual process of evolution suggests the explanation of the controlling deities (adhidaiva) because Varuna is the controlling deity for all relishable juices