by Sri Bmal Mohanty
VOL No. 17
Feb. 2002

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN- PRINCIPLES OF DIVINE MANAGEMENT - Part -2

"Based on the lectures by Sri Bimal Mohanty"

In the previous issue we started with our understanding of this cosmic enterprise around us. Now we shall try to understand the principles that govern it. In the Svetasvatara Upanishad , which deals with the ways of understanding Bramhan, there is a beautiful stanza or sloka which reads like this:

TATKARMA KRUTVAA VINIVARTYA BHUYAH

TATTVASYA TATTVENA SAMETYA YOGAM

EKENA DVAABHYAAM TRIBHIH ASTABHIH VAA

KAALENA CAIVA AATMA GUNEISCA SUKSHMEIH

Having done His job of creating this creation of His, He withdrew himself and set this in motion. How was it set in motion? By the ever continuing interaction of the `inherent nature' - the tattva - of all things. What it means is that each entity in this universe behaved as per the dictates of its own self nature. And with the interaction of one's natural characteristic with that of the other the whole creation was set into motion. The dynamic balance of the cosmos is the result of this interacting natural actions and reactions.

The nature of the water is to flow downwards, the nature of the seed is to sprout, the nature of the body is to enjoy, the nature of the mind is to think, the nature of the ego agent is to engage in action and so on and so forth. Each constituent in this creation - living, non-living scentient, non scentient, gross or subtle each is endowed with a nature. Every one is a slave to this nature. This nature describes the basic character of the millions of constituents with which this creation is run, and what is also very important, it describes the kind of potential each possesses which has to be exploited, optimized and refined towards a higher purpose.

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