prashna: devta dikhte kyon nahin?
uttara: devta sadharan purushon ke charma-chakshuon ka vishay nahin hain. devta ko dekhne ke liye ‘divya netra’ chahiye. apne hi parmmitra v sakha ko jab apna asli (dev) rup batane ki avashyakta pari to bhagvan shrikrishn ne kaha - ‘divyan dadami te chakshu, pashya me yogmaishvaram’. -shrimadbhagavadgita -he arjun ! lo main tumhen divya netra deta hun, inse mere ishvariya yog yukt virat rup ko dekho. isi prakar sanjay ko bhi divya-drishti di gai to vah bhi devadarshan kar paya. devta andhikariyon ko nahin dikhte. aittarey brahman men kaha gaya hai- n h va avratasya deva havirashnanti.’ devta rishiyon dvara parishkrit dharma-marg par n chalne vale anariyon se havi nahin lete. ve yam-niyam adi vraton ka palan n karne valon se pradatt vastuen grahan nahin karte. nirukt ka kahna hai- ‘yad rupan kamyte tattad devta bhavti.’ - nirukt, adhyay 10/shlok 17 bhakton par prasann hokar devta jab, jaisa chahen vaisa hi rup banakar darshan de sakte hain.
prashna: taintis karor devta ka kya rahasya hai?
uttara: ashtavasu, ekadash rudra, dvadash aditya, indra aur prajapti nam se taintis sankhya vaidik devtaon ki kahi gai hai. pratyek devta ki vibhinn kotiyon ki drishti se taintis koti sankhya lok-vyavhar men prachlit ho gai. kuch vidvanon ke tark se akash men taintis karor tare hain.
prashna: avtaron ke munchen kyon nahin hotin ram-krishn adi avtaron ki bajaron-mandiron men jitni bhi murtiyan ya chitra dekhe jate hain unmen ve sada shodash varshiya sundar hi dikhte hain, bhagvan ram-krishn ke pote tak ho gaye fir bhi unke sharir par darhi-munchen kyon nahin?
uttara: devtaon ko divya sharir ki prapti hoti hai. unka sharir yogagnimay tej se alokit hota hai atah ve sada yuva, tejomay, abhamandal se alokit evan divya shariri hote hain. ved kahta hai- ‘‘n tasya rogo n jara n mrityuah. praptasya yogagnimyan shariram..’’ - shvetashvetar, adhyay 2/shlok 12 devtaon v yogiyon ko n rog satata hai n vriddhavastha unki mrityu prabhavit karti hai. shrimadbhagavat, adhyay 2, shlok 15-26 men raja parikshit ko jab bhagvan ke darshan hote hain tab ve unhen solah varsh ke sukumar dikh parte hain, unke charan, hast, uru, bhujaen, kandhe aur kapol tadrish sukumar v komal jan parte the.
prashna: bhagvan samast jagat ke palak v rakshak hain to fir sabhi avtar bharat bhumi men hi kyon?
uttara: saubhagyavash chah rituon ke darshan bharatavarsh men hi hote hain anyatra kahin nahin? anya deshon men ek-do rituen, taddeshiya manushyon ka ek hi rang, dabal roti, biskut, mans ek hi tarah ka bhojan. bhagvan ke avataran hetu ‘yagyaik desh’ punya pavitra bhumi chahiye, jahan gayen niahshank vicharan karti hon, krishnasar mrig charte hon, yagya ki dhum se vayumandal achchadit ho, aisi punya-salila, ahinsak, man ko ahladit karne vali tapasthali men hi ishvar ka avataran hota hai. jaise surya ka uday to nitya purva disha men hi hota hai par vah apne prakhar pratap se uttar, dakshin aur pashchim dishaon ka bhi ghor andhkar dur karta hai. thik usi prakar se shrimannarayan bhagvan ke lila v krirasthali to ek matra bharatavarsh hi hai parantu yahan avtrit hokar bhi anyanya deshon ke bhakton ki raksha ki hai.
jaise matsyavtar men pralyankar tufan ke samay manu maharaj ne sansar ke sabhi praniyon ki raksha ki, jiski gatha muslman v isai granthon men ‘nuh ki kishti’ ke nam se prakhyat hai. bhagvan krishn ne chin ke ‘bhagadatta’ ka yunan ke ‘kalyvn’ ka vadh kiya. bhagvti durga ne yurop ke ‘bidalaksha’ aur amerika ke ‘raktabij’ ka sanhar kiya.