Aeshvarya
Aeshvarya (Bengali: ঐশ্বর্য, Devanagari: ऐश्वर्य) or Aeshvaryas), also known as Vibhúti are the occult power gained from the practice of the psychic mystic cult. There are eight Aeshvaryas or Vibhútis.[1]
Description
The meaning of the word Aeshvarya is "occult power". This is one of six attributes of Bhagavan.[2] This is explained in the following verse—[3]
Aeshvaryaiṋca samagraiṋca viiryaiṋca yashasah shriyah;
Jiṋána vaerágyayoshca tu śańńáḿ bhaga iti smrtam.
[Translation: Bhaga is a collection of six attributes: aeshvarya, viirya, yasha, shrii, jiṋána and vaerágya.]
According to Shrii Shrii Anandamurti, these powers acquired through sadhana. Through regular practice of sadhaná, these eight powers can be attained.
Eight Aeshvaryas
There are eight aeshvaryas or occult powers—
- Ańimá, to become small (small enough to enter any physical particle or any crevice of another’s mind);
- Mahimá, to become large (an expanded mind is omniscient, and feels love for the universe);
- Laghimá, to become light (a light body can fly through air, a light mind can study the minds of others);
- Prápti, to obtain any desired object;
- Iishitva, to control (this supreme control may be used to guide others’ minds);
- Vashitva, to psychically dominate others;
- Prakámya, to materialize the desired outcome of events; and
- Antaryámitva, to know the inner thought-wave and the inner need of any entity.