Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) c8.38

c8.38

**Dynamic Universe.** It is also to be understood that the world aptly called *Jagat*, "evolving," "moving," is not something that is static or stationary. It is emanating every moment into different objects. It is but the ceaseless working of "the Will of Brahma, the One, to be Many". This Will is being worked out by various agencies and forces like the Sun and Moon, Fire, Storm, Cloud, Rain, and the like, and these are conceived of as so many Manifestations of the Divine, and worshipped as so many deities, the *Adhi-Devatās* behind the cosmic forces shaping Creation. These Devatās are, like His Agents, carrying out the desire of Brahma for creation and are themselves His creation. All individuals thus created are called the *Kshara-purushas*, as distinguished from Brahma the *Akshara-Purusha* (the Eternal Being) or *Uttama-Purusha* (the Supreme Being) in the Upanishads. These *Devatās* are, therefore, aiding in the evolution of Creation and in the performance of the primeval Yajna by which the *Virāṭ-Purusha* outshapes Himself in Creation, as stated in the Purusha-Sūkta.