OM mantra chant, the Sound of universe and Ganapati atharvashirsha
Ganapatiatharvashirsha is about lord Ganesh. It is a part of Atharveveda. Time frame of Atharvaveda is around 1500BC to 500 BC. Gana means group and esha means lord. Ganesh means lord of groups. There are
various groups mentioned in Ganapatiatharvashirsha that are owned by lord Ganesh. The groups include ‘Tridevas’ (Bramha, Vishnu and Mahesh), ‘Panchamahabhutas’, expressions
of self (Ananda, Bramha(Sat), Chit), Shakti (creation, prevention and
destruction), Kala(past, present, future), Guna (Satwa, raja, tama), directions,
deha, Varnas (letters), speech, and so on. Om is also a representation of lord
Ganesh. Om is a verbal representation of the god. It is ‘Sagun’ (with
qualities) but Nirakar (formless) representation of god.
NASA released audio form of sound of
universe few years back. Plasma waves were converted into human audible waves.
You may hear these sounds here.
If you know the sound of OM, you might
realize that the sound of universe is very similar to sound of the OM. This is
very clearly mentioned in Ganapati Atharvashirsha as follows.
Twam Brahmastvam, Twam Vishnustvam
Rudrastvam Indrastvam Agnistvam
Vayastvam Suryastvam Chandramastvam Brahma bhur bhurva
swar OM || 6 ||
Meaning: You are Brahma, you are Vishnu, you are Rudra, you
are Indra, You are Agni, you are Vayu, you are Surya, you are Chandrama, You
are swara (sound) of brahma(universe), Bhu (earth), Bhuvah(space) that is the
OM.
It is astonishing to know that our seers
were able to listen to sounds of earth, space and even universe. I wonder what
and how much they knew about the universe. They might have created mantras with
the help of their knowledge of these sounds of universe. This is just one more
reason to respect and follow our culture and ancestors.
Related articles
Comments
Post a Comment