Vedas 19 - The Nirguna & Saguna Brahman Poem by Geeta Radhakrishna Menon
Vedas 19 - The Nirguna & Saguna Brahman
Advaita recognises
Two orders of Brahman.
The Nirguna Brahman
And Saguna Brahman.
Nirguna Brahman is
The metaphysical principle of the universe.
Saguna Brahman is
The theological or religious concept of God.
Saguna Brahman is both transcendent and immanent.
It is in this association that
‘Maya' makes its ‘appearance' of the world as many.
It is like a spider
which weaves a web out of its mouth
And withdraws it into itself.
In the world
The Saguna Brahman is
Referred to by several names of Gods and Goddesses
Like Vishnu, Siva, Devi, Ganapati, and so on.
Concept of Saguna is a necessity to worship,
To prepare oneself to meditate on Nirguna Brahman.
When true devotion dawns,
The knowledge will arise
That God is not in the temple only.
God is within every being of this world.
In Vedas - 19 you have vividly delineated about Nirguna brahman and Saguna brahman with their qualities and religious activities. It is a beautiful spiritual poem having a nice impact to the human society. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you Kumarmani ji as always for your gracious comment.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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8/18/2025 9:26:28 AM # 1.0.0
There is a lot of confusion about the idea of Nirgun and the Sagun Brahaman. This section does well to clear the air in respect of the two streams- Concept of 'Nirguna Brahman is.... The metaphysical principle of the universe' whereas Saguna is a necessity to worship. A very logical way to deal with the twin phases of Brahman i.e. Nirgun and Sagun. Thanks, Geeta ji, for such a nice poetic piece on Advaita & Vedanta.
Yes, Rajnish ji, you are absolutely right.There is a lot of confusion about Nirguna and Saguna. To transcend towards Nirguna, we need to pass through the Saguna state of worship. Thank you so much for this interesting comment.