[Advaita-l] All Shaivas, Vaishnavas are indeed Shaktas - Devi Bhagavatam/Haribhaktivilasa

[V Subrahmanian]

The header has to include 'All Dvijas.....'

regards
subbu

On Tue, Feb 13, 2024 at 1:49 PM V Subrahmanian <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com>
wrote:

> देवीभागवतपुराणम्/स्कन्धः ११/अध्यायः २१
> https://sa.wikisource.org/s/hsx
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> Addressing Gayatri as the 'Mother of Veda'  in this chapter, the Devi
> Bhagavatam concludes that all Gayatri worshipers are indeed Shaktas:
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> *सर्वे शाक्ता द्विजाः प्रोक्ता न शैवा न च वैष्णवाः ।आदिशक्तिमुपासन्ते
> गायत्रीं वेदमातरम् ॥ ६ ॥*
>
> Gayatri is called 'Adi Shakti' in this verse. Similarly the
> Mahanarayanopanishat of Krishna yajurveda also describes Gayatri as
> 'Jagatkaarana' (Creatrix of the world).
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> Also Sri Sanatana Goswami, a Gaudiya Vaishnava, has also said this in his
> Haribhaktivilasa:
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> हरिभक्तिविलासः
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> https://sa.wikisource.org/s/2mqg
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> *ब्राह्मणाः शाक्तिकाः सर्वे न शैवा न च वैष्णवाः ।यत उपासते देवीं गायत्रीं
> वेदमातरम् ॥ ३.३१० ॥या च सन्ध्या जगत्सूतिर्मायातीता हि निष्कला ।ऐश्वरी केवला
> शक्तिस्तत्त्वत्रयसमुद्भवा ॥ ३.३११ ॥*
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> These Vaishnavas call Gayatri as Jagatsuti (Source of creation), Mayateeta
> (That which transcends Maayaa).
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> So the Vedic consensus is that Gayatri is a female deity.
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> Om
>