Pranava Mantra (AUM)

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Pranava Mantra (AUM)

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तेनेयं त्रयी विद्या वर्तते
ओमित्याश्रावयति
ओमिति शóèसत्योमित्युद्गायति
एतस्यैवाक्षरस्यापचित्यै महिम्ना रसेन ॥


 From this the three-fold knowledge emerge;
One concurs with "Om";
One recites with "Om";
One sings with "Om";
These are due to the esteemed glory and essense of this syllable!

The mantra that is held very sacred by all Hindus is the mantra Om also called praNava mantra. This mantra is part of every worship. This mantra is hailed in scriptures of various languages. vedas - the holy scripture - is chanted always after chanting this mantra and always concluded with this mantra. Each of the hailing in the archanai that is performed for the divine is preceded by this mantra Om.

praNava is the primal sound that existed before the creation and the sound that stays after the praLaya. This is the nAtharUpa - the Form of sound, of the Supreme Luminance. This mantra om refer to none other than God. The great yogis meditate in this mantra as the path to Eternal Bliss of the Formless Nameless God !

The praNava has five parts. They are akara, ukara, makara, bindhu, nAtham. (aum). Consequently this is also one of the glorious panchAkshara mantra.

The scriptures that explain the glory of this praNava mantra are quite many. However the significant one is from the skandha purANa. It is a well known purANic event that skandha described the real meaning of the praNava mantra to God shiva. In the above mentioned episode of skandha purANa the sage vAmadeva seeks the boon from Lord skandha to tell him too that description. Lord skandha who was pleased with the devotion of sage vAmadeva told him that great secret.

The finest of these elements is earth;
Finest of earth is the water;
Finest of water are the herbs;
Finest of herbs is human;
Finest of human is the speech;
Finest of speech is the hymn (Rk);
Finest of Rk is song (Saman);
Finest of Saman is Udgitha (Om)!


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