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III.v.1) *Atha yeshyordhvaa rashmayas taa evasyordhvaa
madhunaadyo guhyaa evaadeshaa madhukruto, brahanaiva pushpa, taa amritaa
aapah/ *
(Brahman signifying the Unique syllable OM constitutes the upward rays of
Surya representing the upper honey cells. In this context, the secret
injunctions of Upanishads and Scriptures are indeed the bees and the flower
is of OM while the waters or juices are the nectars)
III.v.2) *Te vaa ete guhyaa aadeshaa etad Brahmaabhyatapah
tgasyaabhitaptasya Yashas, teja, indriyam, veeryam, annadyam, rasojaayata/*
(The mystical instructions issued by Upanishads are motivated by the
flower of Pranava and thus originate juices in the form of fame, luster,
vitality and strength provided by food)
III.v.3) *Tad vyaksharat, tad aadityam abhitoshrayat, tad vaa etad yad etad
adityasya madhye kshobata iva/*
( The juices flowed in abundance and settled on the side of Surya Bimba
which is what activises all across the Great Entity)
III.v.4) *Te vaa ete rasaanaam rasah, Vedaa hi rasaah, teshaam ete rasaah,
taani vaa etaani amritaanaam amritaani, Veda hi amritaah, teshaam etaani
amritaani/*
(Thus these flows of juices are indeed the essence of essences, as Vedas or
Sciptures are all the true nectars! What all are the Sacrifices, Rites,
Meditations, Dharmaacharanas, Guhya Mantras, splendours of Pranava and so
on are the quintessence of what Brahman and Reality is all about!)
The multi splendoured eminence of Gayatri is the heart and Soul of Earth
and of the Beings vis-a vis the Unknown! : Utmost Significance of OM as the
gateway to virtuous human birth and beyond
V.1-2) *Atha hainam Shaibhah Satya kaamah prapachha, sa yo havaitad,
Bhagavan, manushyeshu praanaaantam Omkaaraam abhidhyaaeeta, katamam vaa va
sa tena lokam jayateeti// Tasmai sa hovaacha etad vai, Satyakaama, param
chaaparam cha brahma yad omkaarah, tasmaad vidvaan etenaivaayatane-
naikataram anveti// *
(What precisely is the significance that is most discussed about the
singular word of OM asked Maharshi Pippalaada by Satyakaama the son of
Sibi: ‗what indeed the life- long meditation of which one accomplishes
from‘! The ‗abhidyaana‘ or the intense contemplation would call for
Self-Identification like the total absorption of senses into Paramatma
himself! Then the Maharshi explained that the Pranava Shabda connotes the
Realisation of the Self as also the Supreme which indeed are one and the
same or the quialified Atma and the Absolute Paramatma)
V.3-5) *Sa yadi eka mantram abhidhaayeeta, sa tenaiva samveditastura
jagatyaam abhisampadyate; tam Richo manushyaolak upanayante, sa tatra
tapasaa bhahmacharyena shraddhayaa sampanno mahimaanam anubhavati// Atha
yadi dvimaatrena manasi sampadyate sontariksham yajurbhir unneeyate soma
lokam, sa somaloke vibhutim anubhuuya punaraavarte// yah punaretam
trimaatrena Om iti ethenaiva- aksharena param purusham abhidhyaayeeta, sa
tejasi Surye sampannah;adhaa paadodaras-tvachaa vinirmuktah sa saamabhir
unneeyate brahma lokam, sa etasmaaj jeevaghanaatparaatparam purishayam
purusham eekshate: tad eatou shokam bhavet//*
(Even if one does not fully realise the true import of the Single word OM
nor comprehend the constitution and basis of it, by one‘s thought and
partial meditation of it should enlighten the person concerned and ensure
the attainment of birth next on earth. Rik Veda Mantras ensure human birth,
and that gives ample possibilties of ‗ tapasaa brahmacharyena shraddhayaa‘
or meditation, self control and faith leading to application of mind to the
Basic Truth and Reality. More intensive meditation on the OM mantra-
comprising three Letters viz. A-U-M, if coupled with another letter viz. ‗U
‘ signifying the mind as also the relevant Yajur Veda would elevate a a
virtuous person to Soma Loka or the world of the Moon and turns around to
human birth again. Further meditation by the third syllable ‗M‘ of the word
OM to ‗Param Purusham‘ or Hiranyagarbha Brahma then, one would get unified
with and identified by Surya Deva in the Solar Orbit resplendent with
extraordinary luminosity. Then just as a serpent gets rid of its skin, then
the enlightened person concerned deep in meditation gets rid of his sins on
account negative deeds and once led by the Saama Veda Chants is purified
and qualified from the pursuit of the Supreme.
V.6-7) *Tisro matraa mrityumatyah prayuktaa anyonyasaktaa
anaviprayuktaah, kriyaasu baahyaabhyan -tara madhyamaasu samyak prayuktaasu
na kampatejnaah// Rigbhiretam, yajurbhir antariksham, Saamabhuirtat kavayo
vedayante, tam aumkaarenaivaayatanaanveti vidvaan yacchachaantam, ajaram,
amritam, abhayam param cha// *
(The ‗tisra maatraa‘ or the three letters viz. A-U-M of OM are no doubt
within the range of death but itself. But together, the meditation of ‗
baahyaabhyantara madhyamaasu‘ or the three phases of
‗jaagrat-svapna-sushupta‘ or awakenness-dream stage-sleep viz. the
external- internal-intermediate stages leads to the realms of mortality or
of Immortality. Thus once all the three leters are united, then the person
of enlightenment is least distrubed. In sum, ‗ pathana-manana-tanmayata‘ or
reading-repetition-total absorption of Rigveda mantras achieves human
birth, of Yajurveda mantras accomplish Antariksham or the Intermediate
Interspace; of Saama mantra chantings one attains what the Seekers would be
delighted in for recognition viz. the Truth beyond. Thus the mere Pranava
could scale heights by steps to reach the top to realise the
Ananta-Ajara-Amrita-Abhaya Param or the Endless-Unaging- Everlasting-
Ageless-Immortal Supreme!) Maittreyopanishad Introduction : The teachings
of accomplishing Paramatma and Antaratma are similar: viz. Vidya-
Tyaga-Tapas- Knowledge- Austerity- Meditation- Worship of Brahma Swarupas
or of various Deva Swarupas. The symbol of AUM is the Supreme personified.
Kaalamaana is the vessel.Prana is the life force. Mind is the
navigator.Panchendriyas are the steering wheel and their steadiness. The
Utimate destination is right within! That Antarama is Paramatma. This
indeed is Brahma Jnaana the Awareness. The steps are
‗jaagrat-swapna-sushupta-tureeya‘, besides
‗pathana-manana-manthana-tanmayatma-and taadaatmya. Pranava the Tisra
Mantra AUM could scale the heights by the steps to reach the top to realise
the Ananta-Ajara-Amrita-Abhaya Param or the Endless -Unaging-Everlasting-
Unfailingly Protective-Supreme Bliss. Right within as Immortal in the
Mortal Body as motivated by one‘s Mind driven by Panchendriyas and their
acts of omission and commission , the Antaratma bears witmess as a mute
spectator yet as an ever active witness
. The symbol of AUM is the Paramartha Satyam-the Eternal Truth of the
Formless and the Form *Dve vaava Brahmano rupe murtaan cha aurmurtan
cha;atha yan murta tad asatyam, yad amurtam tad Brahma, tajjyotih, yaj
jyotih sa aadityah, sa vaa yesha ityedam atmaabhavat, sa tredhaatmaanam
vyakurutaa, Aum iti, tisro maatraa etaabhih sarvam idam otam protam
chaivaasmeeti, evamhyaahaiad vaa aaditya Aum ityevam dhyaayata aatmaanam
yunjeeteti/*
Paramatma is realisable in two ways-one with form and another the
formless. Now the Brahman with Form is stated as unreal or a empirical or
by way of observation while He who is Real is the Permanent and Everlasting
Truth which indeed is of Supreme Radiance and in a way like the Pratyaksha
Bhaskara from whom the three folded AUM is derived. The entire Universe as
woven like the warp and woof around Him who comprises the Three Letters and
the analogy thus is that the Solar Orb of Surya Deva be worshipped and
meditated upon as AUM. In sum, the Formed Paramatma is the Form and the
Reality is Formless Avyakta- Shashwata-Sarvavyaapi-Anantam-Ajam-Avyayam tha
is The Unknown-Everlasting- All Pervasive- Endless-Birthless-
Undiminishing!
4.*Athaanyatraapi uktam, atha khalu ya udgeethah sa pranavo yah
pranavah sa ugeetha esha pranavaa iti/ Evam hyaahodgeetam pranavaakhyaam
pranateraram bhaa rupam vigata nidram vijaram, vimrityum, tripaadam,
tryaksharam punah panchadhaa jneyam nihita guhaayaam ityevam hyaadhorddhva
mulam tripaad brahma shaakhaa aakaashaa vaayuvagni udaka bhumyaadaya
ekoshvaattha naamaaitad brahmaitasyaitat tejo yad asaa aadityah AUM iti
etad aksharasya chata, tasmaad AUM iti anenaitad upaaseetaajasram iti
ekasya sambodhaeti evam hyaaha/ Etad evaaksharam punyam, etad evaaksharam
param, etad evaaksharam jnaatvaa yo yad icchati tasya tat/ *It is stated
elsewhere [see Chhandogya Upanishad I.v.1 to be quoted hence] that pranava‘
or Omkaara is not only the prime performer of sacrificial tasks but the
manifestation of the ‗antaratma‘ the Three footed-Three Lettered AUM the
five folded Pancha Bhutas as represented in the Panchendriyas of the Beings
in ‗Srishti‘. Indeed Paramatma is comparable to a massive fig tree as
resplendent like Bhaskara whose essential radiance is what the syllable AUM
represents! Hence the magnificence of the Supreme.
Rig Veda vide X.90 -3-4 stanzas are relevent : *Etaavaanasya
mahimaato jyaayaancha Puurushah, paadosya vishvaa bhutaani
tripaadasyaamritam divi/ Tripaaduurthva udait Purushah paadosyehaa- bhavat
punah, tato vishvang vyakraamatsaashanaanashane abhi/ *
The entire universe is far bigger than the Virat Purusha; this
immortal Master is the Supreme Energy to the Universe and the various
Beings as sustained by food. Of His three feet, three lokas got manifested,
one sustained by food and others otherwise. AUM is the true reflection of
Srishi the Universe.
Atharvana Upanishad states: *Sarvaan praanaan paramatmani
pranaamayateeti pranavah/ *Once Pranava recital is taken up then the
‗dehendriya praana mano buddhi‘ or the body parts, life‘s energy, the mind
and its variationd get srirred up and rejuvinated. *Sarveshaameva
mantraanaam Pranavah praanamuchyate/ *or Pranava is the very Life‘s force,
and in reverse sense praana is pranava uitself literally! *Pranavaadaparam
japtvaa kadaa mukto bhavishyati/ *or there could be no worship nor puja nor
any ‗mantra‘ without AUM! Omkaara comprises A kaara-U kaara-Ma kaara.
[Bhagavad Gita sums up vide Chapter 8 stanza 12-13: *Sarva dwaaraani
samyamya mano hridi nirudhyacha, murdhnaa dhyaaya -atmanah praanamaasthito
yoga dhaaranaam/ Omityekaaksharam Brahma vyaaharan maamausmaran, yah
prayaatityajanam deham sayaati Paramaam gatim/ *Whosoever is able to
control the limbs and senses and stabilise the mind by ‗Yoga dhaarana‘ and
concentate one‘s thoughts and aim at Paramatma by reciting AUM and unite
praana the life energy into ‗brahma randhra‘ shal indeed accomplish HIM!
Thus Omkaara is like an unfathomable ocean into which all kinds of
meditations and worships of various forms of Paramatma merge into and
whosoever is steeped into all types of Devas with no barriers of kula-
mata-linga-vayo bhedas or differences of caste-faith-sex-age reach the
Almighty alone indeed!]
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