Devatha Taratamya- lof 4
1, shrl viShNu sarvottama---- Vishnu is far far superior to all in all
respects, who is only independent all are under His control.
2, shel lakShmI nityamuktaLu--—- Lakshmi who is infinite times lower to
Vishnu & superior to all jivas. She is equal in respect of existing space &
time with Vishnu & is called as Samana,
3. brahma vAyu nirdoShigalu-———- Brahma & vAyu. Sri Vayu attains Brahma’s
position & then attains Moksha. From that point, i is said that Sri Vayu is
little lower to Brahma & aslo the sAdhana for Brahma at that time is one
kalpa more than Sri Vayu. They are crore times lower to Mahalakshmi.
4, sarasvatl, bhArat! (level 1-4 are called parashuklatrayaru)-—--wife of
Brahma & Vayu.. Since Sri Bharati attains Saraswathi's position & then
attains moksha, it is spoken that bhArathi is little lower to Saraswathi.
Further one kalpa sAdhana is more to Saraswathi than Bharathi.
5. garuDa, sheSha, rudra- garuDa, SheSha attains Moksha from their
position. Rudra attains the position of Shesha & attains Moksha. All the
three, are 100 times lower to class 4,
6. jAmbavatl, bhadrA, nILA, kALindl, mitravindA, lakShaNA (shri
kriShNa's 6 wives) ------Jambavathi is little superior to other five because
she has avesha of Mahalakshmi.
7. sauparNI, vAruNI, pArvatl--—- wife of Garuda, Shesha & daughter of
ParvatarAja, i.e. pArvatl.------ pArvatl gets the position of vAruNI & then
reaches Mukthi. They are twice lower to the class 6.
8. indra, kAma.... They are 10 times lower to the earlier class of devathasDevatha Taratamya- 2 of 4
9, ahaN*kArika prANa—He is 10 times lower than the earlier class 8
10. svAyambhu Manu, dakShaprAjApati, bR“ihaspatyAchArya, aniruddha
(Manmatha’s son),
shachi (wife of Indra), rati (Manmatha's wife)
11. pravaha vAyu (son of Vayu)
12. sUrya, chandra, yama, shatarUpAdevi (wife of svayambhuva Manu)
13. varuNa (presiding deity for water).
14, devarShi nArada
15. agni, bhRigu maharShi, prasUtI devi (wife of Dakshaprajeswara)
16. prahl Ada (even though he is in the level of karmaja devas,
because of shri narada's blessings and shri vAyu's special
avesha he is in this level), brahmaputra-s (marIchi, atri, Anglrasa,
pulastya, pulaha, kratu, vasiShTha maharShi), vaivasvata manu,
vishvAmitra
17. mitra (sUrya), nirRAiti (security guard for the SW direction), prAvahi
or Kumudvati (who is the wife of Pravaha Vayu), tArAdevi (wife of
BrhaspatyAcharya)
18. vishvaksena, gaNapati, ashvini devatas (nAsatya, dAsra), kubera
(shatastha
sheSha-s, 85 devatas), 6 sUrya-s, 10 rudra-s
19. karmaja devata-s: a) jaya, vijaya dvArapAlakaru (56 devata-s)
b) vAyuputra marichi, agniputra pAvaka, indra putra jayantaDevatha Taratamya- 3 of 4
19 c) shatapuNya shlokarAja, priyavrata, uttAnapAda, gaya,
mAndhAta, :
dhruva, pR‘ithu (Vena's son), shashabindu, kArtavirya, kukutthsa,
dauShyanti bharata, parlkShita, janaka, haihaya,
ArShabha,
bharata 100 kings (rAjaru)
d) chyavana, uchathya, kardama . 92 r’uShi-s
¢) sanaka, sanandana, sanatsujAta (brahma mAnasa putrA-s)
£) viShNu pArShada-s - chandaka (kriShna’s brother gada),
sudAma
(mAIAKAra), vApitA (nApita)
g) 8 gandharvA-s, 92 apsarA-s, 7 pitRAi-s, 11 manu-s out of 14 (not included
are Taapasa (vishnu avatara), Svayambhuva manu & Vaivasvata manu),
vishvakarma
h) yaj~nasAdanAbhimAni devategal.u
i) archira, dhumA, (mArgadeva-s)
i) rAhu, ketu, maN*gaLa, shukra
_k) bali (chakravarti), 7 indrA-s
1) sulekhA (chitragupta)
m) digabhimAni, ababhimAni deviyaru (20 wives of bhima)
vAhanA-s of dvArapAlakA-s, nandi, hamsa,
20. sUrya named parjanya (deva for clouds), varuNA's wife gangA, yama's
aan sUrya's wife samj~na, chandra's wife rohiNi, aniruddha's wife
virAT-h uShAdevi (wife of Aniruddha & daughter of bANAsura)
21. KUrmAdi anAKyAta devata-s
22, svAhA devi (mantrAbhimAnini agnipatni)
23. budha (jalabhimAni)Devatha Taratamya- 4 of 4
24, devakl devi, yashodA devi, uSha (ashvini patni), nAmAtmikA- What is told
in Shatprashna upanishad in 16 kAlas, & in that 16, one is nAma & its
presiding deity is Usha, who is wife of Ashwini devathas.
25. shaneshvara, dharAdevi (pR“ithvi)
26. puShkara (karmAbhimani)
27. AjAnaja devata-s (siddaru, sAdhyaru, guhyaru, kinnararu,
kimpuruSharu, chAraNaru, yakSharu, rAkShasaru, vidyAdararu,
asuraru, gandharvaru, apsarAstrlyaru, gopikAstrlyaru (shri
kriShNA's wives), and more than 100 million R“iShi-s
28. chirapitRigaLu
29, devagandharvaru
30, manuShya gandharvaru
31. kShitipati (rAjAru, lower than manuShya gandharvaru)
32, manuShyottamaru, pashugaLu (bhUchara), pakShigalu (khechara),
krimikITagaLu (jalachara), sthAvara jlvigaLu, vRikShalatAgulma
vande viShNuM namAmi shriyamatha cha bhuvaM brahma vAyU cha vande
‘eAyotrIM bhAratIM tAM api garuDamanantaM bhgje rudradevam.h |