question related to 14 lokas

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Jai srimannarayana, swamiji, please accept my humble obeisances

Actually I read in digest 1101 that there are 14 lokas ((athala, vithala,

suthala, talAtala, rasAtala, mahAtala, pAthAla, bhooloka, bhuvarlOka, suvarlOka,

tapOlOka, mahAlOka, janarlOka, and sathya lOka), and the lord is worshipped in

3 worlds. But in the digest it is mentioned there are alltogeter 14 lokas. and

the 3 worlds are referred to what ??

 

Please clarify this for me

 

Thanks

Vijay

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QUESTION)

Jai srimannarayana, swamiji, please accept my humble obeisances Actually I

read in digest 1101 that there are 14 lokas ((athala, vithala, suthala,

talAtala, rasAtala, mahAtala, pAthAla, bhooloka, bhuvarlOka, suvarlOka,

tapOlOka, mahAlOka, janarlOka, and sathya lOka), and the lord is worshipped in

3 worlds. But in the digest it is mentioned there are alltogeter 14 lokas. and

the 3 worlds are referred to what ?? Please clarify this for me

Thanks, Vijay Reddy

 

ANS:

WHY ARE YOU GETTING CONFUSED? BHU:LO:KA, IN WHICH WE LIVE IS 1 LOKA. ALL THE

BOTTOM LO:KAS, i.e., PA:THA:LA LO:KAS ARE CONSIDERED AS ONE MORE LO:KA. AND THEN

ALL THE ABOVE LO:KAS ARE ALSO CONSIDERED AS THIRD LO:KA. THAT IS HOW THEY BECOME

THREE LO;KAS.

 

THERE IS ANOTHER INTERPRETATION ALSO: THE WORD LO:KA MEANS LIVING CREATURES IN

THESE LO:KAS. THEY ARE ALSO IN THREE FORMS IN THIS WORLD. HUMANS OR VERTICALLY

MOVING CREATURES, DEVAS AND THIRYAKS OR HORIZANTALLY MOVING CREATES. GOD WILL BE

WORSHIPPED BY ALL THREE TYPES OF LIVES.

 

ANOTHER WAY OF EXPLAINING IS: ALL THE SOULS IN BONDAGE OF KARMA CALLED BADDHAS,

SOULS THAT WERE RELEASED FROM THE BONDAGE WHO ARE CALLED MUKTHAS AND NITYAS,

NEVER ATTACHED TO THE KARMAS. THESE ARE 3 LO:KAS. GOD IS WORSHIPPED BY ALL THESE

THREE LO:KAS.

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