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only had significance to the people of those times. People understand the significance in whichever time period they are in; however, when the time period changes, that is when the confusion arises.
These people have muddled everything! Now if you went looking for Brahmaa, where would you find him? Would you find him anywhere in this world? And if you tried to look for Vishnu, would you find Vishnu? And what about Maheshwar?
We ask, 'What work do they do? What is their business?' And they say, 'Brahmaa creates. Vishnu runs and preserves all this. While Maheshwar (Shiva), is given to destruction.' Hey you! Should you be bowing to the destroyer over here?!
That is how it all is. If you want to know the truth about this, then in this world there are six elements (tattva) that are constantly evolving. And the six elements are eternal. Eternal means, would it have a maker (creator)? Would you need someone to create it? Is it wrong to say that an eternal thing cannot be made unless someone makes it? Therefore, there is no one to create it.
Nevertheless, people still say, 'does there not have to be someone to create it? Goodness! Why don't you understand the meaning of the word eternal! What is the nature (swabhav) of these six eternal elements? They possess their own qualities and roles (gunadharma). That is because you can only call something eternal, if it comes with its own qualities (guna). It has its own properties (gunas), and it also has roles and traits (dharma). Dharma means condition or state (avastha); phases (paryaya)! All these six elements come with their own properties and phases. And they are regularly changing and constantly interacting with one another. Just as when there is an eclipse from the changes (parivartan) in the moon, the earth and the sun, the changes of each of these six elements, causes all the circumstances and conditions (avastha) to arise.
