1.The fact is that the so called *चैतन्यम्* (consciousness), which is the fundamental and essential property of life - is the cause of the internal feelings such as सुखम् (comfort) and दुःखम् (worry) as well as the external transactions of all beings is not different from *वाक्** / * *शब्द* ( language / speech ) --
सैषा संसारिणां संज्ञा बहिरन्तश्च वर्तते । तन्मात्रामनतिक्रान्तं चैतन्यं सर्वजन्तुषु ॥ *126 , **ब्रह्मकाण्डः* *, * *वाक्यपदीयम्* 2.The वाक् or the चैतन्यम् in the form of शब्द, is the candidate that propels the beings in useful activities. And once the चैतन्यम् disappears from the body, the being is without movement and looks like a dry stick and a wall --अर्थक्रियासु वाक् सर्वान् समीहयति देहिनः । तदुत्क्रान्तौ विसंज्ञो’यं दृश्यते काष्ठकुड्यवत् ॥ *127 , ibid* *चैतन्यम्* (consciousness) is there spread across the ( मनस् - mind and ) complete नाडीव्यवस्था (nervous system - includes mind , spinal cord and the nerves across the body )-- *The armamentarium of Human Mind makes use of distributed neuronal networks* . As has been explained *चैतन्यम्* *is** वाक्** / **शब्द* । 3 Then how the audible शब्द is produced? *Panini, in his **शिक्षा* clearly explains the process and the same is endorsed by *शबरस्वामी** ( * *पूर्वमीमांसा** - **शाबरभाष्यम्** (**1-3-25) and **गान्धर्ववेद* *–* *सङ्गीतरत्नाकर **( 1-3-3,4 ) *-- आत्मा बुद्ध्या समेत्यार्थान् मनो युङ्क्ते विवक्षया । मनः कायाग्निमाहन्ति स प्रेरयति मारुतम् ॥ सो’दीर्णो मूर्ध्न्यभिहतः वक्त्रमापद्य मारुतः । वर्णान् जनयते .....................................॥ *पाणिनीयशिक्षा* *, 6,7,9* The अन्तरङ्गम् (inner mind) connects the things with intellect (बुद्धि ) and injects विवक्षा ( a desire to speak ) into the mind (मनस्) - then मनस् would push the जठराग्नि (digestive fire) , which in turn propels the वायु (air) . Such a वायु travels upwards , hits the palate , returns to mouth and generates वर्णs . Hari summarizes -- लब्धक्रियः प्रयत्नेन वक्तुरिच्छानुवर्तिना । स्थानेष्वभिहतो वायुः शब्दत्वं प्रतिपद्यते ॥ *108 , **ब्रह्मकाण्डः* *, * *वाक्यपदीयम्* शब्द is , no doubt , all-pervading but without any effort it cannot be produced as an audible sound . The above explanation clearly shows that मनस् plays an important role and it is the चैतन्यम् , with the help of वायु and अग्नि , that makes वाक् to be born . As recd from samskritham learnt professor KR IRS 12 1 23 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/CAL5XZoqZQMLRYm2Ffj5imM%2BLNT1NfRNadcsoxgVKowixje4q6Q%40mail.gmail.com.
