102. The combination of qualities with Prakritis forming eighty-four currents

DISCOURSES ON

RADHASOAMI FAITH

BY

MAHARAJ SAHAB

Pandit Brahm Sankar Misra, M.A.

102. THE COMBINATION OF QUALITIES WITH PRAKRITIS FORMING EIGHTY-FOUR CURRENTS

            157. The three Gunas (qualities) in their downward course became associated with the twenty-five prakritis mentioned in Article 93, and also entered into combination with each other. Thus eighty-four compound currents, viz, seventy-five currents of matter and nine of the qualities referred to, descended into the third division of creation. These eighty-four subtle currents are known as the chaurasi laksh[1] (the subtle eighty-four). The material constituents and the functions of all animate and inanimate creation in the third grand division have been evolved out of these eighty-four currents. The seventy-five material currents are in the nature of elements known to us, each endowed with separate properties in accordance with the nature of the various forces they were subjected to, and with reference to the tattvas from which their material element was derived.

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[1] i.e. lakshya, subtle