Equivalence of the four great cosmic powers as Maheshwari-Mahakali-Mahalakshmi-Mahasaraswati with the four soul-qualities or swabhāvas as we have in the ancient revelations such as the Purusha Sukta or the Gita is unmistakable; caturvarņa as it is called is a spiritual order working in the occult domain of Nature or Prakriti. If we go by the account of the Purusha Sukta then these powers were brought down more or less easily by the efficacy of the Sarvahuta Yajna, the Sacrifice of the All; the descent of other powers indispensable for the supramental manifestation fall outside its scope. We may look into it by going through the story recounted by the Mother.

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