by Dr. K. Parvathi Kumar

Book Presentation Overview Wisdom

Since every one of us studies one book or the other from the esoteric standpoint to widen our comprehension, it is thought fit to give some information about the categories of Devas as they exist. Only then, we can understand the general order of the Cosmogenesis and also the general order of the Anthropogenesis. How these Devas are responsible for the formation of the creation and also for the formation of man is to be understood. We keep hearing so many names of the Devas from time to time.

Of course, what we discuss now is not an exhaustive description but it gives a general idea, so that we can see within, the framework of what is the Hierarchy of these Devas.

To start with, there are those we know as the Gandharvas.

The English term can be taken as the musical notes before creation. They exist even before the creation. They are like the waves and are symbolically presented by the sign of Aquarius. They move in waves. From that state to the state of music that we know, to the music of the soul, the Gandharvas preside over. They are the ones who conduct the song of breath in manifestation, but they are beyond creation. That is the state in which the Lord is. It is the absolute state. The Gandharvas can be referred to as God Absolute.

There are innumerable waves in space. When a wave becomes potential for creation, it becomes an egg. That is how nature emerges. Thereafter there are the Devas that are born in the egg. This is what we call the cosmic egg. In Sanskrit, it is called Brahmanda. Within that Anda or egg, the Devas exist potentially. It is not yet light, nothing is yet manifest.

The Gandharvas are beyond. Even if they are in creation, they are untouched by creation. They are above and beyond. I will try to describe these Devas with their names for your comprehension. Later you can contemplate upon them, so that slowly they become a reality for you.

The Gandharvas are like musical notes. They are the ones who crossed the ultimate bliss. The bliss of existence at any level is due to these Gandharvas. They can be called the blissful Devas. Bliss cannot be defined. Happiness relates to the senses and the body. Joy relates to the Soul. Bliss is a state where the Soul merges into the universal soul and ceases to be of individual existence. Such is the bliss. That is what we say in the prayer as:

“Master, please let us receive the influx of Thy Plenty of Prana into our system, so that we may transcend disease, decay and death, realize the highest truth, the pure love and the bliss of existence”.

It means that this bliss of existence is attuned to the universal Soul, by which the individual Soul ceases to be. Only when we come back from that bliss, we will know that we were in it. That is the final grace that the Lord can shower on us. That bliss is beyond any definition. Even the greatest initiates crave for that bliss through the grace of the Lord. It is received only by grace and cannot be attained. That grace that showers the bliss, is the presence of these Gandharvas.

Once again, please remember, they are beyond time, beyond space, and beyond all measures.