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KJ00000205960.Pdf Social Social Information Science ，Vo l. 3，175-187 ， 1997 Hinduism (Siva and Visnu): God as Superhero 輸 the Finite ， Infinite Dialectic 剛 Martin L ucas * ヒンズー教(シバとビシュヌ) スーパーヒーローとしての神一有限と無限の弁証法一 M. ルーカスホ The theme of this paper is the dual nature of the Hindu divinities ， as por- trayed trayed in the mythology. There are presented as human characters ， with human weaknesses ， but at the same time divine reveal attributes. These attributes jus- tify tify the devotion they receive ， yet that devotion is perhaps more likely to be ir ト spired spired by the more comprehensible human aspect of their being. 1 deal firstly with the fallibility of Brahma ， Visnu and Siva ， as presented in a story from the Bh αvisy αPuran α. 1 proceed to an account of the relationship between between Siva and Parvati in the Sα ur αand Sk αnd αPur αnαs ，and how the God and Goddess are self 網 conscious of their unity of human and divine attributes. My next section deals with the figure of Krisna in the Bh αgαuαtα Puran αthe love love and devotion inspired by the child and youth ， contrasted with the fear and trembling trembling associated with the occasional theophanic revelation. The supreme example of this contrast occurs in the Bh αgα vαd Git α. Here ， the divine form of Krisna Krisna is incomprehensible to Arjuna in the text ，and unimaginable to readers. For God to be represented at all in a way which we can appreciate we require some form of mythical or literary context ， to locate our imaginations. 1 end with a postscript discussing O'Flaherty's dichotomy of Order and Chaos ，and her association of myth with the chaotic realm. This is appropri- ate ， since myth reveals ，and uses ， the human need for m table images of the di 刷 vme.. vme.. Key Words (キ}ワード) Hinduism (ヒンズ…教)， Myth (神話)， Literature (文献)， Siva (シノ'¥)， Visnu (ピ シュヌ) . Clark Kent is human. He wears glasses and writes articles for a newspaper. When he steps steps into a telephone box to change his clothes he comes out superhuman: he can fly; he can save the world. 1 don't want to dwell on Superman 綱 he represents oly a very limited analogy to a mythological goιbut he does exemplify one thing: the human need for imaginative figures who combine in their person aspects of both the credible and the in- 本 Department of Creative and Critical Writing ， University of Wales ， Cardiff (ウエ}ルズ大学カーデイブ校文学科) 令、恥巾ι少け 九 Jド 176 176 Hinduism (Siva and Visnu): credible. credible. ln the mythology Hindu gods are represented as superhumans who combine the worlds worlds of the finite and the infinite. For much of the time they can appear largely ordi- nary ，fellow 幽 travellers in this conditioned world; now and again we are confronted by evi 雌 dence dence of their transcendence: transfigurations; theophanies 綱 the scales fall from our eyes and we see their glory. However ，it is not that their human elements are somehow false ， and their divine nature somehow The Truth. The human side of their character is equally important important in understanding the power of the figure as a whole; and indispensable. Visnu destroyer-of-worlds destroyer-of-worlds is not entirely separate from Krisna butter 柵 thief. 80mebody (C.8 Lewis 1 think) once said that while it might sound entirely rational to describe describe God as a cosmic or universal or all 四 pervasive spirit the unfortunate effect of this description description on the feeble human imagination is that we picture God as a vast tapioca pudding. pudding. We are not well equipped to deal with abstractions. We are left unsatisfied by the the cold truths of the philosophers and scientists. We need gods we can relate to. 80 an important important aspect of the divine beings of Hindu mythology is their belivable human char- acter 欄 the pranks of the young Krisna; the emotional slanging-matches betwen 8iva and Parvat i. We warm to their apparent imperfections. At the same time ，though ，if they are are to retain their status as gods (and not degenerate into the cast of an early soap- opera) opera) they must have qualities which are larger “than-life. Krisna's flute and 8iva's third eye eye are symbols by which we recognise their divine character and in which their power is concentrated. concentrated. 8uch characteristics alone would raise them only to the status of demi-god or or super 欄 hero. But throughout the mythology we get further glimpses of the above and beyond; beyond; of how ， through these characters ， the finite opens into the infinite ，and these be- ings ，who once seemed so accessible ， earn the title Supreme ‘ The dialectic between humanity and divinity ，finite and infinite ， takes different forms and operates in different ways ， according to the god in question and the source of the myth. myth. In this essay 1 want to f ocus closely on af ew extracts and look at how the inter 醐 play play between human and divine elements in these myths serves to create a total picture which which the worshipper can use as a focus for devotion. 1 will base most of my account on extracts extracts from W.D. O'Flahe .. .. 'r :r A Martin Martin Lucas 177 to to our leve l. In doing so ， the abstract is abandoned ， the concrete embraced ，and truth arises arises through the poetic medium of myth. There There is a story in the Bh αVt め1α Pu rar ωof a sage and his wife (Atri and Anasuya) meditating meditating beside the Ganges when they are approached by Brahma ， Visnu and Siva. The the the gods initially gret the sage ， but he is absorbed in contemplation and ignores them. 80 they turn to his wife ，and find themselves immediately overcome with desire: Rudra himself had a linga in his hand; Visnu was exhilarated with desire for her; Brahma's godhead was annulled by lust ，and he was entirely in the power of Kama. He said ，“ Grant me sexual pleasure ， or 1 will abandon my lif e' s breath ，f or you have have caused me to whirl about drunk with passion." (1) 8he 8he does not respond ， so the gods ，‘ out of their minds' ， prepare to rape her: … they were deluded by the Goddess' s magic power. Then the sage's beloved and faithful wife became angry and cursed them ，saying ， “You wiU be my sons ， for you have been infatuated by desire. The linga of the great great god ， the great head of Brahma here ，and the two feet of Vasudeva will al 欄 ways be worshipped by men ，and so the supreme gods will be the supreme laughing 幽 stock." stock." (2) In In order to dispel the curse the three gods must become incarnate as Anasuya' s ‘lit t1 e sons' ， the three yogis Candramas ， Dattatreya and Durvasas. This This tale is a good example of how Hindu mythology operates using both/ and logic rather rather than either/or. The supremacy of the gods would appear to be called into ques 剛 tion tion at three essential points: they are victims of Kama/ ‘the Goddess's magic power'; they they are reduced to laughing-stocks; they are forced literally to descend ， to become incar- nate nate as yogis. A naively ‘logical' reader would assume that ，on all three counts ，a re 幽 duction duction in status is proven. Yet the power of the tale resides in the f act that whatever happens happens the supremacy of these gods is assured. They are supreme both as gods and as laughing 刷 stocks. The two positions are not ， after all ， mutually exclusive. The symbols by which they are ridiculed - linga ，head ，feet 幽 are precisely those by which they are ver ト erated. erated. Kama ， sexual desire ， is a force powerful enough in the experience of mortals to be ac- ・1 corded corded the rank of god in its own right. In the (rather loose) Hindu hierarcy Kama would nevertheless ordinarily be subordinate to Brahma ， Visnu and Siva. Yet here these immortals immortals reveal their fallibility; the extent to which they are out of control is indicated by their readiness to commit rape. Kama has an ally in the Goddess 剛 it is suggested that 178 178 Hinduism (Siva and Visnu): gods gods have behaved like irresponsible mortals they are forced to take on mortal existence to to expiate the damage done. A further paradox is implicit here: to dispel the evil these yogic yogic incarnations must presumably lead exemplary and strenuously ascetic lives - mortal yet yet perfect 耐 the inverse of their immortality /imperfection in this myth. The three gods maintain maintain three parallel and co 欄 existing f orms: their final mortal incarnations; their roles acting acting as ‘ drunk with passion' in the narrative; and their assumed transcendence which is is coloured ，caricatured ， even mocked ， but which somehow survives. The brave suggestion of of the myth 凶ist山ha 叫t the 叫ulltimatωe ⑪⑪か働叩. lous. lous. The myth stretches the imagination to encompass this extreme view ，and reveals that that no contradiction need be involved. ln ln another myth ，from the Sα ura Pu ran α， Siva appears in a more majestic aspect and ， far far from being a victim of Kama ，actually destroys him. This tale begins when Brahma grants grants a boon to the demon Taraka ， which is that he can only be slain by a chld of Siva. Taraka Taraka proceeds to terrorize the gods and engages with Visnu in a fierce battle for ‘thir- ty ty thousand years ，day and night ， without respite'.
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