72-74. Brahma said: 'You are Svaha and Svadha. You are verily the Vasatkara and embodiment of Svara. You are the nectar. O eternal and imperishable One, you are the embodiment of the threefold mantra. You are half a matra, though eternal. You are verily that which cannot be uttered specifically. You are Savitri and the supreme Mother of the devas.
75-77. 'By you this universe is borne, by you this world is created. By you it is protected, O Devi and you always consume it at the end. O you who are (always) of the form of the whole world, at the time of creation you are of the form of the creative force, at the time of sustentation you are of the form of the protective power, and at the time of the dissolution of the world, you are of the form of the destructive power. You are the supreme knowledge as well as the great nescience, the great intellect and contemplation, as also the great delusion, the great devi as also the great asuri.
78-81. ' You are the primordial cause of everything, bringing into force the three qualities. You are the dark night of periodic dissolution. You are the great night of final dissolution, and the terrible night of delusion. You are the goddess of good fortune, the ruler, modesty, intelligence characterized by knowledge, bashfulness, nourishment, contentment, tranquility and forbearance. Armed with sword, spear, club, discus, conch , bow, arrows, slings and iron mace, you are terrible( and at the same time) you are pleasing, yea more pleasing than all the pleasing things and exceedingly beautiful. You are indeed the supreme Isvari, beyond the high and low.
82-87. 'And whatever of wherever a thing exists, conscient( real) or non-conscient (unreal), whatever power all that possesses is yourself. O you who are the soul of everything, how can I extol you (more than this)? By you, even he who creates, sustains and devours the world, is put to sleep. Who is here capable of extolling you? Who is capable of praising you, who have made all of us- Vishnu, myself and Shiva- take our embodied forms?
(Devimahatmyam, Anrufung der Devi von Brahma)
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Dieser Text stammt aus äh.. den hinduistischen "Puranas", das sind epische Texte, die zw. dem 5. und dem 7. Jh entstanden sind. Das Devimahatmyam ist ein Teil vom Markandeya Purana. Warum stelle ich den Text hier rein? Weil die Beschreibung der Devi in dieser Textstelle genau das trifft, was die große Göttin für mich ist. (Wäre natürlich noch schön, wenn ich die Sanskrit-Ausdrücke verstünde).
Und weil die Sicht der Göttin in hinduistischen Texten sich sehr von dem unterscheidet, was in westlichen neuheidnischen Kreisen von der Göttin gehalten wird (Erdgöttin, Fruchtbarkeit, oder Mondin, jedenfalls sehr oft ein leibliches, passives Prinzip), und die Texte von Devi sprechen mehr von einem abstrakten, energetischen, aktiven Prinzip, in welchem Devi zwar das Universum ist, aber weit über das hinausgeht was wir als die sichtbare Welt sehen. Faszinierend gelle?
Noch n Text dazu
