Hindu mythology, Vedic and Purânic . r to return. On re-entering,Brahma asked what she wished him to do with Gayatri. Savitriwas too bashful to speak ; whereupon Gayatri threw herself at herfeet. Savitri raised her, and embracing her said : A wife oughtto obey the wishes and orders of her husband ; for that wife whoreproaches her husband, who is complaining and quarrelsome,and instead of being his life, deprives him by her conduct oflength of years, shall, when she dies, most assuredly go to this, the virtuous wife will do nothing displeasing toher husband ; therefore let us b
Hindu mythology, Vedic and Purânic . r to return. On re-entering,Brahma asked what she wished him to do with Gayatri. Savitriwas too bashful to speak ; whereupon Gayatri threw herself at herfeet. Savitri raised her, and embracing her said : A wife oughtto obey the wishes and orders of her husband ; for that wife whoreproaches her husband, who is complaining and quarrelsome,and instead of being his life, deprives him by her conduct oflength of years, shall, when she dies, most assuredly go to this, the virtuous wife will do nothing displeasing toher husband ; therefore let us both be attached to Brahma. So be it, said Gayatri; thy orders will I always obey, andesteem thy friendship precious as my life. Thy daughter am I,O goddess ! Deign to protect me ! In a legend in the Varaha Purana, Sarasvati is addressed asGayatri, Sarasvati, Maheshvari (one of the names of Parvati),and also Savitri. Her most common name is Sarasvati, bywhich name, as the goddess of learning, she is regularly wor-shipped once a H 98 The Puranic Deities, CHAPTER IV. VISHNU AND LAKSHMI. VISHNU VlSHNU is called the second person of the Hindu Trimurti, orTriad : but though called second, it must not be supposed thathe is regarded as in any way inferior to Brahma ; in some booksBrahma is said to be the first cause of all things, in othersit is as strongly asserted that Vishnu has this honour ; whilein others it is claimed for Siva. As Brahmas special workis creation, that of Vishnu is preservation. In the followingpassage from the Padma Purana, it is taught that Vishnu is thesupreme cause, and also that his special work is to preserve:— Inthe beginning of creation, the great Vishnu, desirous of creatingthe whole world, became threefold ; Creator, Preserver, order to create this world, the Supreme Spirit produced fromthe right side of his body himself as Brahma ; then, in order topreserve the world, he produced from his left side Vishnu ; andin order to destroy
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