Fascinating Facts about God Vishnu
Known fact is that God Vishnu is a highly revered god in Hinduism. He is considered the preserver God. He is in the middle amongst the brother trio of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva. However, there are unknown fascinating facts about God Vishnu which are mentioned in our Puranas but this knowledge is not commonplace. The following articles discusses unknown facts about God Vishnu such as
- God Vishnu is often seen meditating. Whom does he meditate upon?
- What are God Vishnu's views about Goddess Durga?
- Are there Two God Vishnu? Who is this mysterious second Vishnu?
- God Vishnu claims to be mortal
- What is the age of God Vishnu?
- How did Lord Shiva pacify the fight between Brahma and Vishnu?
1. Whom Does God Vishnu Meditate upon
One of the most fascinating fact about God Vishnu is that he is often seen meditating. The mystery however, is that whom does Lord Vishnu reminisce when he is meditating?
There is a very interesting account in Shrimad Devi Bhagwat Puran about the same thing. The same question is put to Lord Vishnu by Lord Brahma. Lord Brahma is surprised to see Lord Vishnu meditating and thus questions him as to why is he meditating and upon whom is he meditating (because Lord Brahma considers Lord Vishnu as God, he is perplexed to see Lord Vishnu meditating on someone else)
God Vishnu thus clarifies that he is always meditating upon Goddess Durga (Shakti Devi). God Vishnu makes it clear that he gets all his powers from Goddess Durga and also says that even Brahma and Shiva get their powers from Goddess Durga.
This is a fascinating fact about God Vishnu which proves that Goddess Durga is superior to Lord Vishnu and God Vishnu gets all his powers from Goddess Durga.
We will see later in Bhagawat Purana what advice Goddess Durga gives about whom should one worship.
Please see Shrimad Devi Bhagwat Purana First Skand.
Hindi - Shrimad Devi Bhagwat Puran, Skand 1, Adhyay 4
English - Shrimad Devi Bhagwat Puran, Skand 1, Chapter 4
Brahma had put this question to Shri Vishnu
31-37. Suta said :-- Thus questioned by Krisna Dvaipayan Veda Vyasa, the high souled Narada Muni, well versed in the Vedas, became very glad and spoke thus :-- O highly fortunate Parasara’s son. The question that you have asked me today was formerly asked by my father (Brahma) to Narayana. At this, Narayana Vasudeva, the Deva of the Devas, the Creator, Preserver and Destroyer of the Universe, the husband of Laksmi, the four armed, wearing yellow garment, holding conchshell, discus, club and with the mark Shrivatsa (a mark or curl of hair on the heart of Vishnu) adorning His breast and decorated with Kaustuvagem, the Divinity Himself, became merged in great Yoga; at this my Father became greatly surprised and said :-- “O Janardana! You are the Deva of the Devas; the Lord of the Present, the Past and the Future, the Lord of this Universe; why are you meditating in Yoga? And what is it that you are meditating? O best of the Devas! You are the Lord of the entire Universe and yet You are now merged in deep meditation. At this I am greatly surprised (my surprise is not without foundation; You can't Yourself see). What more wonderful than this can happen?
38-43. (Brahma is saying to Lord Vishnu) O Lord of Rama! I am sprung from the lotus from your navel and have become the Lord of this whole universe; who is there in this universe that is superior to Thee; kindly say this to me. O Lord of the world? You are the Origin of all, the Cause of all causes, the Creator, Preserver and Destroyer and the capable Doer of all actions. O Maharaja! at your will, I create this whole universe and Rudra destroys iu due time this world. He is always under your command. O Lord! By your command the Sun roams in the sky; the wind blows in various auspicious or inauspicious ways and the fire is giving heat and the cloud showers rain. I don’t see in the three Lokas any one superior to you. Then whom are you meditating while being questioned by his very intelligent son Shuka Deva! not born in the usual way from womb, Dvaipayana expounded all the secret excellent meanings of the Purana and thereby I also came to know them also. O saintly persons! Thus Shuka Deva, sincerely earnest to cross this endless bottomless ocean of Shamsara, tasted of the wonderful traits of the Veda, the Kalpa tree, this Shrimad Bhagavata with its numerous stories and anecdotes with great eagerness and intense pleasure.
38-43. Oh! Who is there in this world that is not freed from this terror of Kali, after he has heard this Bhagavata. Even if the greatest sinner, void of the right ways of living and Achara as ordained in the Vedas, hears on a pretence this excellent Devi Bhagavata, the chief of the Puranas, he enjoys all the great enjoyments of this world and in the end attains the eternal place occupied by the Yogis. She who is rare, in Her Nirguna aspect, to even Hari and Hara, who is very dear as Tattva Vidya to the Jñanins whose real nature can be realised only in Samadhi, She resides always in the cavity of the heart of the hearers of the Bhagavata Purana. He who getting the all qualified human birth and getting the reciter of this Purana, the boat to cross, as it were, this world, does not hear this blissful Purana, he is certainly deprived by the Creator. How is it that the way-ward dull-headed persons, getting the vicious ears, can hear always the faults and calumnies of others, that are entirely useless, and cannot hear this pure Purana that contains the four Vargas -- Dharma, Artha, Kama, and Mokhsa?
This is my main point of doubt. O One of good vows! I am your devotee; be merciful to me and speak this to me. There is almost nothing that is secret to Mahapurusas; this is a well known fact”.
44-50. Thus hearing Brahma's words, Bhagavan Narayana spoke :-- “O Brahman! I now speak out my mind to you; listen carefully. Though the Devas, Danavas and men and all the Lokas know that You are the Creator, I am the Preserver and Rudra is the Destroyer. Yet it is to be known that the saints, versed in the Vedas, have come to this conclusion by inference from the Vedas that the power of creation, preservation, and destruction that we have got, Goddess Durga (Shakti) is the originator of that. They say that you have Rajasik creative force residing in you, there is Sattvik preservative force residing in me, and Tamasik destructive force residing in Rudra. When these Shaktis become absent, you become inert and incapable to create, I to preserve and Rudra to destroy.
O intelligent Suvrata! We all are always under that Force directly or indirectly; hear instances that you can see and infer. At the time of Pralaya, I lie down on the bed of Ananta, subservient to that Force; again I wake up in the time of creation duly under the influence of Time.
51-54. I am always subservient to that Maha Shakti (Durga); (under Her command) I am engaged in Tapasya for a long time; (By Her command) some time I enjoy with Lakshmi; some time I fight battles, terrible to all the Lokas, with the Danavas, involving great bodily troubles. O Know of Dharma! It was before Your presence that I fought hand to hand fight for five thousand years before Your sight on that one great ocean in long-past days with the two demons Madhu and Kaitabha, sprung from the wax of my ear, maddened with pride; and by the grace of the Devi (Goddess Durga), successfully killed the two Danavas.
55-61. O highly fortunate one! you realised then the great Shakti, higher than the highest and the cause of all causes; then why are you asking again and again that question. By the will of that Shakti, I have got this idea of man and roam on the great ocean; in yuga after yuga, I assume by Her will, the Tortoise, Boar, Man-Lion, and Dwarf incarnations. No one likes to take birth in the womb of inferior animals (especially birds). Do you think that I willingly take unpleasant births as in the womb of boars, tortoise, i.e., certainly not. What independent man is there who abandons the pleasurable enjoyment with Laksmi and takes birth in inferior animals as fish, etc. or leaves his seat on the seat of Gaduda and becomes engaged in great war-conflicts. O Svayambhu! In ancient days you saw before your eyes that my head was cut off when the bowstring suddenly gave way; and then you, brought a horse's head and by that help, the divine artist Visvakarma, stuck that on to my headless body. O Brahma! Since then I am known amongst men by the name of “Hayagriva”. This is well-known to you. Now say, were I independent, would such an ignominy have happened to me? Never. Therefore I am not independent; I am in every way under that Shakti (Goddess Durga). O Lotus-born! I always meditate on that Shakti (Goddess Durga); and I do not know any other than this Shakti (Goddess Durga)”.
62-66. Narada said :-- Thus spoke Vishnu to Brahma. O Muni Vedavyas! Brahma spoke these to me. So you, too, better meditate the lotus feet of Bhagavati calmly in the lotus of your heart for the success of your idea. That Devi will give you all that you wish. Suta said :-- At these words of Narada, Satyavati's son Veda Vyasa went out to the hills for Tapasya, trusting the lotus feet of the Devi as the all-in-all in this world.
2. God Vishnu's Opinion on Goddess Durga
In the above account from Shrimad Devi Bhagwat, God Vishnu reiterates that Goddess Durga is the source of all power for Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva. God Vishnu concludes that he constantly meditates on Goddess Durga and consider no other God higher than her. In other words God Vishnu claims that Goddess Durga is the Supreme God.
The fact is that Goddess Durga is the Mother of God Vishnu, Brahma and Shiva.
3. What is the Mystery of Two God Vishnus
This is another fascinating fact about God Vishnu from Shrimad Devi Bhagwat Purana where God Vishnu sees another God Vishnu. In fact there are two Brahma, two Vishnu and two Shiva.
In Shrimad Devi Bhagwat Puran Skand 3 Adhyay 3, there is an account where Goddess Durga makes Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva sit in a plane and with her own power makes the plane airborne. The plane then visits various places where Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva who are sitting in the plane see another Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva. On witnessing this sight, the trio of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva get totally perplexed as they have no idea about who these immortal Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva are.
First please read this account.
Shrimad Devi Bhagwat Puran – Skand 3 Adhyay 3
Shrimad Devi Bhagwat Puran – Skand 3 Chapter 3
12-34. Next we saw with great wonder, Varuna, the lord of the aquatic animals, Kuvera, Yama, Surya (sun), fire and the other Devas; then we saw that in our front, Indra the Lord of the Devas, was coming out from a well decorated city. He was there situated in his palanquin, calm and quiet and carried by men. Then the car, where we were situated, began to get up high in the sky, and in the twinkling of an eye, we reached Brahma loka, that is saluted by all the Devas. There Shiva and Vishnu were greatly bewildered to see another Brahma of that place. In the council hall of Brahma, the Vedas with their Angas, the serpents, hills, oceans and rivers were seen. Seeing all these, Vishnu and Maheshvara asked me :-- “O Four-faced one! Who is this eternal Brahma? I replied :-- I do not know who is this Brahma? Who am I? and who is He? why has this error come over me? You, too, also are gods so you can better ponder over it.”
Next our car, going with the swiftness of mind went, in the twinkling of an eye, to the beautiful all auspicious Kailas'a mountain surrounded by bliss-giving Yaksas. It was beautified by the Mandara garden, resonated by the sweet cooings of S'ukas and cuckoos and the sweet sounds of lutes and small drums and tabors. When we reached there we saw the five faced, three-eyed Bhagavan Shankara, with ten hands, wearing tiger skin, and the upper garment of the elephant skin. He was then, getting out of his abode, riding on a bull. His two sons, the great heroes, Ganesha and Kartikeya, beautifully adorned, were attending Him as His body guards. Nandi and all other hosts were following Him, chanting victories to Him. O Muni Narada! we were greatly wondered to see another Shankara, surrounded by the Matrikas. So much so, that perplexed with doubts, I sat down there.
Next our aeroplane went on with the force of wind; and in an instant reached the abode of Vaikuntha, the amusement court of Laksmi. O Suta! There at Vaikuntha, we saw a wonderful manifestation of power. Our companion Vishnu was greatly surprised to see that excellent city. We saw there four-armed Vishnu, of the colour of Atasi flower, wearing yellow garments, adorned with divine ornaments sitting on Garuda. Laksmi Devi is fanning wonderful chowry to Him. Struck with wonder at the sight of the eternal Vishnu, we took our seat on the car and looked at one another's face.
for full account, you can read Shrimad Devi Bhagwat Purana in detail.
4. God Vishnu claims to be Mortal
There is a myth prevalent in the believers of God Vishnu that God Vishnu is immortal. This is purely based on hear-say knowledge. However, the fact is that God Vishnu himself claims to be in life and death. Shrimad Devi Bhagwat proves that God Vishnu is mortal.
Shrimad Devi Bhagwat Puran – Skand 3 Adhyay 4, Shlok 42
Shrimad Devi Bhagwat Puran – Skand 3 Chapter 4 Verse 42
O Daughter of the Himalaya mountain! The earth is not supporting this Universe; it is your endless might that is holding all this made of five elements. O Grantress of boons! It is through your power and lustre that the Sun is lustrous and becomes visible. Though you are the attributeless Self, yet by your Mayic power you appearest in the form of this Prapancha Universe. When Brahma, Mahesha, and I myself take birth by your power and are not eternal, what more can be said of Indra and other Devas than this that they are mere temporary things and created. It is only you that are Eternal, Ancient Prakriti and the Mother of this Universe. O Bhavani! Now I realise from my remaining with you, that it is you that imparts, out of mercy, the Brahma vidya to the ancient Purusa; and thus He can realise His eternal nature. Otherwise He will remain always under delusion that He is the Lord, He is the Purusa without beginning, that He is good and the Universal Soul, and thus suffers under various forms of egoism (Ahamkara).
Shrimad Devi Bhagwat Puran – Skand 3 Adhyay 5 Shlok 38-39
Shrimad Devi Bhagwat Puran – Skand 3 Chapter 5 Verse 38-39
38-39: O Mother! It is only by your help that I am able to create this creation; Hari, to preserve; and Shiv, to destroy. Without you aid, we are able to do nothing. Like Vishnu, Shiv and I (Brahma) have originated, have other souls not originated in the same way? or will they not originate? There is nobody, in this world, born or that was born or that will be born, who does not become doubtful as we are.
Read full details in Shrimad Devi Bhagwat Purana.
5. What is the age of God Vishnu?
The account above from Shrimad Devi Bhagwat Puran proves that God Vishnu in mortal which is an established fact. Now the question is that what is age of God Vishnu?
Age of God Vishnu is 7 times the age of Lord Brahma. You can read here Age of Brahma.
Age of Lord Vishnu is 2177280000000000 earth years (2 quadrillion 177 trillion 280 billion years). You can read here the full calculation of Age of Lord Vishnu.
6. How did Lord Shiva pacify the fight between Brahma and Vishnu?
In Shiva Purana there is an account where Lord Brahma visits God Vishnu while he is resting on his snake bed. God Vishnu does not greet Lord Brahma and an argument ensues which soon turns into a fight. To stop that fight, Lord Shiva produces a radiant pillar between them. Lord Shiva punishes Lord Brahma for telling a lie then tells them that they are mistaken if they consider themselves to be all powerful (almighty). The account from Shiva Purana proves that Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva are inferior to Sadashiv. The fact is that Sadashiv or Kaal is the father of God Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva.
Read full account from Shiva Purana
References
Astonishing Fact about Brahma Vishnu and Shiva God is in Human Form - Vedas
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