Illustration to
'In the Beginning'

How did Sat Purush create the planes: See the continuous text 'The Birth of Creation' and 'The Manifestation of the sixteen Shabdas' in the subchapter 'In the Beginning' as well as the subsection 'The Manifestation of the sixteen Shabdas' in this illustration below.

Kurma: The first of the sixteen following Shabdas of Sat Purush. (See the subsection 'The names of the sixteen Shabdas' in this illustration below.)

Shesh Nag: A primordial serpent figure, ruler of a clan whose forms are relevant in Indian mythology. On the whole, his role in the Anurag Sagar is minor. Later on he is a mother figure, nourishing the still 'unborn' earth in its embryonic stage. In Egyptian mythology this serpent figure is also known as 'Ouroboros.' It is symbolised as a serpent which bites into its own tail. Adoration of this serpent figure also is part of the Hebrew and Jewish religion and serves inter alia as a symbol for world domination.

Matsya: The first incarnation of Vishnu, in the form of a fish or whale.

Varah: The third incarnation of Vishnu, in the form of a boar.

Three gods: Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva, the three sons of Kal who will play a role later. In the Islamic-Christian and Jewish tradition they correspond to the archangels Mika‘il / Mikaal – Angel of natural phenomenons –, Dschibril – Transmitter of Divine Wisdom – and Israfil – Angel of the Last Judgement.

Sign of Dissolution: The small dissolution – Pralaya – is the dissolution of the physical universe. In the smaller scale of the microcosm it is the dissolution of the physical body, which is the image of creation in small terms. With the grand dissolution – Maha Pralaya – all Inner Planes below Sach Khand are going to be dissolved.

An initiated Soul having really understood the Inner Coherences and practising Truth with determination will rise above the three worlds and achieve liberation. Reaching Sach Khand, she has performed the grand dissolution – in small terms – for herself.

Sadaswat Parwant and Ganesha: Hindu gods.

Mahesh: Another name for Shiva. He is also referred to as Maha Dev or Rudra. In Islamic, Christian and Jewish tradition he is known as archangel Dschibril – also Gabriel. He heralded the nativity of Maria’s son.

Shastras and Puranas: Hindu scriptures, written in Sanskrit.

Vedas – Veda: The best known of all Hindu scriptures. Their origin – they are created by Kal – is an important event in the Anurag Sagar. (See in the subchapter '3. The Creation of the Lower Worlds' the sections 'The three Gods churn the Ocean: The Creation of fourteen Jewels' and 'The first churning of the Ocean' as well as the subsection 'Vedas' in the corresponding illustration.)

Souls: As the context shows, the Souls are created by Sat Purush out of Himself.

Four worlds: The Spiritual Creation or Sat Desh which is often divided into four planes: Sat Lok or Sach Khand – the region of Truth –, which is the Highest Manifestation of the Absolute – in Sach Khand there is the Highest manifested and most radiant Light and the Highest manifested Sound; Alakh Lok, the indescribable region, and Agam Lok, the inconceivable region, which are stages in the manifestation of the Absolute; and Anami, the nameless region, which is the Absolute Unmanifested Essence – in Anami there is neither Light nor Sound, neither darkness nor silence.

His desire is very fragrant: If there is nothing between the Almighty and the Soul – not even a thought – the Soul experiences the intensive fragrance of rose.

A female disciple wrote in a poem:

[…] Rose pervades my being, the fragrance when God real near […].

The Soul’s Journey – Part III,
My Life in Shabd, by A. M.

See also the subsection 'Agar Vasna' in the illustration to 'The Narration of Queen Indra Mati' and the according paragraph of the continuous text in the mentioned subchapter.

The Manifestation of the sixteen Shabdas: Each Shabda represents an aspect of Sat Purush which had to manifest itself separately so that creation could take place.

Kirpal Singh wrote,

Creation as such does not exist per se. The actual and the real is ever the same and is not the subject of change. The unconditioned cannot be conditioned as infinity cannot be finitised. All that is, is Brahman, and there can be nothing apart from the Absolute Unity. It projects itself into varying forms, which are an expression of its power […].

The Crown of Life (First Edition, 1961) –
Part I, Chapter IV: II. Nature of Creation,
by Kirpal Singh, 1894–1974

As you may see from the above, Kal – Niranjan, fifth Shabda – or time is also one of the sixteen 'sons'.

In this book the names of the Shabdas have mostly been left in Sanskrit as they are also common as proper names in India, whereas the according English translations are not used in this way.

The names of the sixteen Shabdas:

Second Shabda – Kurma: The aspect of the Father holding the entire lower creation in latent state in himself just as a reservoir. As it will turn out later, this includes the 'son Kurma' as well, who is a well-known figure in Indian mythology and who is commonly depicted in the shape of a tortoise that, as it had been pointed out, roughly conforms to the shape of the universe.

Third Shabda – Gyan: Knowledge in the Highest Sense. This is the 'son' of Sat Purush, Who will later embody as Sat Sukrit, Maninder, Karunamai and Kabir.

Fourth Shabda – Vivek: Discrimination, reasoning powers.

Fifth Shabda – Kal Niranjan: Full name of the Negative Power, often shortened to Kal. (See the subsection 'Kal' in the illustration to 'Indications of a Lover.') Niranjan means 'beyond illusion,' and is applied to Kal – time – because he is the creator of illusion.

Sixth Shabda – Sahaj: Effortlessness, fearlessness.

Seventh Shabda – Santosh: Contentment.

Eighth Shabda – Surat: Attention.

Ninth Shabda – Infinite Happiness.

Tenth Shabda – Forgiveness.

Eleventh Shabda – Nishkam: Selflessness.

Twelvth Shabda – Jal-Rangi.

Thirteenth Shabda – Achint: Worrilessness.

Fourteenth Shabda – Prem: Love.

Fifteenth Shabda – Din Dayal: The merciful one; the one who is gracious towards the poor and humble.

Sixteenth Shabda – Persistence, patience, forbearance.

Seventeenth Shabda – Yoga* and the Saints.

Most glorious part: Although Kal became froward, his original beauty is not completely destroyed; it makes his claim to be Sat Purush more credible and his temptations more effective.

World: All worlds that have been created by then.

Even the sun and the moon: Kal – the 'creator' of the physical sun and the physical moon – was created out of the most glorious part of Sat Purush. (See the continuous text 'The Manifestation of the sixteen Shabdas' in the subchapter 'In the Beginning' and the subsection 'Most glorious part' in this illustration above.)