‘O Rama! Here in this very ashrama Visnu had performed austerities. The Virat Purusa observed austerities for the fulfilment of yoga samadhi (a state of total identification with Brahman)’, says Viswamitra. The yoga (samadhi) was in search of his own self which is the same as Brahman in His Sahaja, Bhuma, Virat and Turiya forms. When Virat with his upadhi of samula karya becomes the Parama Karana, it is a matter of Turiya Brahma. Why is this yoga termed as viraja? The Turiya form having unlimited knowledge and power creates himself in every epoch and creates the five actions. Viraja has adhara sakti as its principle, Samraja has kriya sakti and Svaraja has jnana sakti. The Turiya form of Brahman, which is beyond all else and which has the other three forms of Brahman (virat, etc) as its lilamurti, has all the three games (adhara, kriya and jnana). All the Vedic texts bear testimony to the fact that Virat is always performing austerities. That is why he is called Sumahatapah.
Categories of gods 1.29.7
While Bali was performing a sacrifice a question arises as to how an asura could perform a sacrifice? What kind of sacrifice it is? To whom is it offered? Madhava Yogin infers that both the devas and asuras perform yajnas in order to achieve the eternal proximity with the Supreme Being according to their own thinking. As to the questions, who were the gods that the asuras addressed their sacrifice, the commentator observed that there are two categories of gods. Karmadevas are those who achieve godhood by their good deeds and once their merits have exhausted they fall from godhood. These are the gods who the asuras fight. Ajanajadevas are those without beginning or end. They are eternal truth and a part of the Brahman. They are connected with yajna. It is the Karmadevas who are afraid of other mortals or asuras achieving god-hood by performing sacrifices. So they usually try to put obstacles in the path of the sacrifice.
Yoga 1.29.2-3
‘O Rama! Here in this very ashrama Visnu had performed austerities. The Virat Purusa observed austerities for the fulfilment of yoga samadhi (a state of total identification with Brahman)’, says Viswamitra. The yoga (samadhi) was in search of his own self which is the same as Brahman in His Sahaja, Bhuma, Virat and Turiya forms. When Virat with his upadhi of samula karya becomes the Parama Karana, it is a matter of Turiya Brahma. Why is this yoga termed as viraja? The Turiya form having unlimited knowledge and power creates himself in every epoch and creates the five actions. Viraja has adhara sakti as its principle, Samraja has kriya sakti and Svaraja has jnana sakti. The Turiya form of Brahman, which is beyond all else and which has the other three forms of Brahman (virat, etc) as its lilamurti, has all the three games (adhara, kriya and jnana). All the Vedic texts bear testimony to the fact that Virat is always performing austerities. That is why he is called Sumahatapah.
Categories of gods 1.29.7
While Bali was performing a sacrifice a question arises as to how an asura could perform a sacrifice? What kind of sacrifice it is? To whom is it offered? Madhava Yogin infers that both the devas and asuras perform yajnas in order to achieve the eternal proximity with the Supreme Being according to their own thinking. As to the questions, who were the gods that the asuras addressed their sacrifice, the commentator observed that there are two categories of gods. Karmadevas are those who achieve godhood by their good deeds and once their merits have exhausted they fall from godhood. These are the gods who the asuras fight. Ajanajadevas are those without beginning or end. They are eternal truth and a part of the Brahman. They are connected with yajna. It is the Karmadevas who are afraid of other mortals or asuras achieving god-hood by performing sacrifices. So they usually try to put obstacles in the path of the sacrifice.