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Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)
Mūrtyutpattiphala (मूर्त्युत्पत्तिफल) (lit. “the results of the creation of the aspects of God”) is the name of chapter 2 (Jñānapāda) of the Padmasaṃhitā: the most widely followed of Saṃhitā covering the entire range of concerns of Pāñcarātra doctrine and practice (i.e., the four-fold formulation of subject matter—jñāna, yoga, kriyā and caryā) consisting of roughly 9000 verses.
Description of the chapter [mūrtyutpattiphala]: The saṃhitā is divided into four sections: jñāna, yoga, kriyā and caryā. It is of the divya-type (i.e., it has a divine origin): who drinks deeply of this saṃhitā’s teaching will gain immortality [amṛta]. The jñāna-portion describes creation, and gives knowledge [vijñāna] of God Himself (1-6a).
God is described as He is in His Unmanifested, Primary State [nirupama-jyotis] (6b-10), from which was born [jāta] Vāsudeva; and from this two-handed Vāsudeva a second four-handed Vāsudeva was born holding the cakra-weapon which protects the world, the lotus from which creation proceeds, the conch which calls all to salvation and the club that destroys creation (11-14, 37). This second Vāsudeva displays Himself in two forms—the white Vāsudeva and the black Nārāyaṇa. From this white aspect of Vāsudeva, which is full of the six Guṇas [ṣaḍguṇa], is born Saṃkarṣaṇa (who is mainly jñānaguṇa), from whom in turn is born Pradyumna (who is mainly balaguṇa), and from him in turn is born Aniruddha (who is mainly aiśvaryaguṇa). From each of the last four aspects [mūrtis] are born three other aspects, making twelve beings [aṃśas] (15-25).
Once again each of the four aspects reproduces itself; and from each of these derivative Vāsudevas, Saṃkarṣaṇas, Pradyumnas and Aniruddhas—called collectively the vyūhas—is born yet another generation; and from this new foursome are born yet four others. All of these comprise the male progenitors of Pure Creation (26-28). Then, turning to the female beings, there were eight born from the first Vāsudeva (29-30).
The ten full avatāras of Viṣṇu are products of the four vyūhas (31-33a); also sixteen other aspects [mūrtis] of Viṣṇu came from each of the four vyūhas—Hayagrīva, Satya, et.al. (33b-36); and the goddesses, Garuḍa and the heavenly retinue, etc., all came from the first Vāsudeva (38-41).
The creation [sṛṣṭi] of the physical world is described [in terms remeniscent of the “Puruṣa Hymn” (Ṛgveda X.90)] wherein Vāsudeva Himself is the source for the component parts of the world (42-45). Vāsudeva who is of the form of the universe he had created, shines in the midst of the milky-ocean. [...viśvarūpadharo hariḥ] (46). At this point, Vāsudeva pauses; He abides now, resting on the milk-ocean (47-49).
Pancaratra (पाञ्चरात्र, pāñcarātra) represents a tradition of Hinduism where Narayana is revered and worshipped. Closeley related to Vaishnavism, the Pancaratra literature includes various Agamas and tantras incorporating many Vaishnava philosophies.
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