OM

Chandogya Upanishad - First Kanda

1. LET a man meditate on the syllable  Om, called the udgîtha; for the udgîtha (a portion of the Sâma-veda) is sung, beginning with Om.

The full account, however, of Om is this:--

2. The essence  of all beings is the earth, the essence of the earth is water, the essence of water

 the plants, the essence of plants man, the essence of man speech, the essence of speech the Rig-veda, the essence of the Rig-veda the Sâma-veda , the essence of the Sâma-veda the udgîtha (which is Om).

3. That udgîtha (Om) is the best of all essences, the highest, deserving the highest place, the eighth.

4. What then is the Rik? What is the Sâman? What is the udgîtha? 'This is the question.

5. The Rik  indeed is speech, Sâman is breath, the udgîtha is the syllable Om. Now speech and breath, or Rik and Sâman, form one couple.

6. And that couple is joined together in the syllable Om. When two people come together, they fulfil each other's desire.

7. Thus he who knowing this, meditates on the syllable (Om), the udgîtha, becomes indeed a fulfiller of desires.

8. That syllable is a syllable of permission, for whenever we permit anything, we say Om, yes. Now permission is gratification. He who knowing this meditates on the syllable (Om), the udgîtha, becomes indeed a gratifier of desires.

9. By that syllable does the threefold knowledge (the sacrifice, more particularly the Soma-sacrifice, as founded on the three Vedas) proceed. When the Adhvaryu priest gives an order, he says Om. When the Hotri priest recites, he says Om. When the Udgâtri priest sings, he says Om. --all for the glory of that syllable. The threefold knowledge (the sacrifice) proceeds by the greatness of that syllable (the vital breaths), and by its essence (the oblations) .

10. Now therefore it would seem to follow, that both he who knows this (the true meaning of the syllable Om), and he who does not, perform the same sacrifice. But this is not so, for knowledge and ignorance are different. The sacrifice which a man performs with knowledge, faith, and the Upanishad  is more powerful. This is the full account of the syllable Om.

Mathematics in Chamakam

The Chamakam mentions completely the ideal of human happiness and defines in the highest degree the desires to be fulfilled without delimiting those to be asked for or to be granted.

In the Chamakam, in anuvakas or sections 1 to10, the devotee prays for almost everything needed for human happiness and specifies each item. But in the 11th anuvaka or 11th section of Chamakam, the devotee prays for the desired things not specifically but in terms of numbers, first in terms of odd numbers from 1 to 33 and later in multiples of 4 from 4 to 48, as follows:

“Eka cha me, thisrascha may, pancha cha may, sapta cha may, Ekadasa cha may, trayodasa cha may, panchadasa cha may, saptadasa cha may, Navadasa cha may, ek trimshatis cha may, trayovimshatis cha may, Panchavimshatis cha may, saptavimshatis cha may, navavimshatis cha may, Ekatrimshatis cha may, trayatrimshatis cha may, panchatrimshatis cha may, Chatasras cha may, ashtou cha may, dwadasa cha may, shodasa cha may, Vimsatis cha may, chaturvimshatis cha may, ashtavimshatis cha may, Dwathrimashatis cha may, shatstrimshas cha may, chatvarimshas cha may, Chatuschatvarimshas cha may, ashtachatvarimshas cha may”

which means:
“Let these be granted to me. One, three, five, seven, nine, eleven, thirteen, seventeen, nineteen, twenty one, twenty three, twenty five, twenty seven, twenty nine, thirty one and thirty three as also four, eight, twelve, sixteen, twenty, twenty four, twenty eight, thirty two, thirty six, forty, forty four and forty eight”.

One great scholar says these numbers represent a polymer chain of molecules that form apa or water that enables evolution of life and intelligence, and apa is nothing but the nitrogenous base pairs of the DNA. The numbers 1 to 33 represent the 33000 base pairs of mitochondrial base pairs of DNA. The numbers 4 to 48 represent the 48 million nuclear bases of DNA. The two sets of DNA bases combine to provide sustenance of human wellbeing and onward evolution of human life. When the devotee prays for the blessing of these numbers, actually he is praying for bestowing on him all these DNA bases which conduce to sustenance of human well being and happiness.

Krishnamachari Santhanam

Kathopanishad

Yathitham kincha jagath sarvam prana yejathi ni: srutham

All the Creations in the Universe happen due to the vibratory force of Prana or Life force.

What is Inert material? What happens to it?

Inert material has all the energy but latent in it. This Inert material subsides in the Akasha ( Ether).
This Akasha is the  source as well as resting place of everything inert. Prana or Life force is the source of all Energy.

Thus the entire Jagath or Universe is either inert or energic and has the source as Akasha (Ether) or Prana (Life force).

The movement of the prana is the cause of the creation (including Universe). This Pranic movement Akasha gets jostled and as creation starts this vibration gets expanded exponentially in waves. Then the heavenly bodies like the SUn and the Moon also are formed. Each gets a shape, identifiable luminosity etc.,

The jolts the Prana gives to the Akasha creates Vayu - Air. The Friction the vibration creates results in Heat- or Tejas is formed. This Tejas liquifies and becomes water principle (Appu). This water evoparates and becomes vapour.

Thus the Akasha (Ether) and Prana ( Energy) combines (yoga) and this vibration is the cause of creation and retraction as well.  This vibration creates heat,water and shrinks to vapour and thus the cycle goes on. while subsiding in inert it expands due to the friction of the Life force and subsides on its retreival.

This is simply Jagath ( Universe) which we call as real!!


Krishnamachari Santhanam.

Heritage

Did you know this?

HMV Company had once published a pamphlet giving the history of
gramophone record. Gramophone was invented by Thomas Alva Edison in the
19th century. Edison, who had invented many other gadgets like electric
light and the motion picture camera, had become a legend even in his
own time.

When He invented the gramophone record, which could record human voice
for posterity, he wanted to record the voice of an eminent scholar
on his first piece. For that he chose Prof. Max Muller of Germany,
another great personality of the 19th century. He wrote to Max Muller
saying, "I want to meet you and record your voice. When should I come?"
Max Muller who had great respect for Edison asked him to come on a
suitable time when most of the scholars of the Europe would be
gathering in England.

Accordingly, Edison took a ship and went to England. He was introduced
to the audience. All cheered Edison’s presence. Later at the request of
Edison, Max Muller came on the stage and spoke in front of the
instrument. Then Edison went back to his laboratory and by afternoon
came back with a disc. He played the gramophone disc from his
instrument. The audience was thrilled to hear the voice of Max Muller
from the instrument. They were glad that voices of great persons like
Max Muller could be stored for the benefit of posterity.

After several rounds of applause and congratulations to Thomas
Alva Edison, Max Muller came to the stage and addressed the scholars
and asked them, "You heard my original voice in the morning. Then
you heard the same voice coming out from this instrument in
the afternoon. Did you understand what I said in the morning or what
you heard this afternoon?"

The audience fell silent because they could not understand the language
in which Max Muller had spoken. It was `Greek and Latin' to them as
they say. But had it been Greek or Latin, they would have definitely
understood because they were from various parts of Europe. It was in a
language which the European scholars had never heard.

Max Muller then explained what he had spoken. He said that the language
he spoke was Sanskrit and it was the first sloka of Rig Veda, which
says "Agni Meele Purohitam." This was the first recorded public version
on the gramophone plate.

Why did Max Muller choose this? Addressing the audience he said, "Vedas
are the oldest text of the human race. And Agni Meele Purohitam is the
first verse of Rig Veda. In the most primordial time, when the people
did not know how even to cover their bodies and lived by hunting and
housed in caves, Indians had attained high civilization and they gave
the world universal philosophies in the form of the Vedas.”

Such is the illustrious legacy of our country!

When “Agni Meele Purohitam” was replayed the entire audience stood up
in silence as a mark of respect for the ancient Hindu sages.

This verse means:

"Oh Agni, You who gleam in the darkness, To You we come day by day,
with devotion and bearing homage. So be of easy access to us, Agni, as
a father to his son, abide with us for our well being."