Brahma-tejas
Brahma-tejas · brahma-tejas, “the radiance of Brahman”
Grammar: neuter noun; a compound of brahman (Brahman) and tejas (radiance): “the radiance of Brahman”.
Meaning: the shining of Brahman, with which the devatās shine when they give darśana.
In the scriptures: the Brahma Vaivarta Purāṇa names those who shine with brahma-tejas.
- Bhagavān Śaṅkara gave darśana to the gandharva king, lighting up all the directions with brahma-tejas (Brahma Khaṇḍa, Chapter 12).
- The brāhmaṇa boy, who was Bhagavān Vishṇu (Janārdana) in a brāhmaṇa’s form, came to the devas shining with brahma-tejas (Brahma Khaṇḍa, Chapter 14).
- In the stotra of Devī Sāvitrī she is radiant with brahma-tejas, and she is the adhidevatā (presiding devatā) of brahma-tejas; she gives moksha to her bhaktas, and the dust of her feet purifies the whole world (Prakṛti Khaṇḍa, Chapter 1).
- Brahmā came forth from the navel-lotus of Bhagavān Vishṇu with his wife, a tapasvin, four-faced and shining with brahma-tejas (Prakṛti Khaṇḍa, Chapter 2).
- Śrī Rādhā shone with brahma-tejas, and she is the ādi-devatā (first devatā) of all the Brahmās (Prakṛti Khaṇḍa, Chapter 11).
- The brāhmaṇa boy who came to grieving Durvāsa Maharshi was dark in colour, wore red garments and a fine tilaka, held a daṇḍa and a chatra, and blazed with brahma-tejas (Śrī Kṛshṇa Janma Khaṇḍa, Chapter 24).
Related terms: Tejas · Brahman
Sources
- Brahma Vaivarta Purāṇa, Brahma Khaṇḍa, Chapters 12, 14; Prakṛti Khaṇḍa, Chapters 1–2, 11; Śrī Kṛshṇa Janma Khaṇḍa, Chapter 24