Narration of the Glory of Omkara Has No End
अमात्रोऽनन्तमात्रश्च द्वैतस्योपशमः शिवः
ओंकारो विदितो येन स मुनिर्नेतरो जनः
Who is a Muni – only the one who has known Omkara, the immeasurable Omkara, the infinite Omkara, Omkara which ends all duality. He alone qualifies to be called a Muni, not just anyone.
प्रणवं हीश्वरं विद्यात् सर्वस्य हृदये स्थितम्
सर्वव्यापिनमोंकारं मत्वा धीरो न शोचति
Know this Pranava to be Ishwara, Sri Hari, who is in the heart of all beings. Omnipresent. There is not a single point in space where Omkara does not exist.
ॐ तद्ब्रह्म ॐ तद्वायुः ॐ तदात्मा ॐ तत्सत् ॐ तत्सर्वम् – says Mahanarayanopanishad
Om is Brahma.
Om is Vayu, Prana, the life force.
Om is Atma.
Om is Truth, Satyam.
Om is Sarvam, Om is everything.
This Omkara is Sri Hari.
Bhagawan says in the Gita –
ओमित्येकाक्षरं ब्रह्म व्याहरन् मामनुस्मरन्
यः प्रयाति त्यजन् देहं स याति परमां गतिम्
One who leaves his body thinking about Me and chanting Omkara will attain Parama Gati – the ultimate destination, the ultimate refuge – from which he will never have to come back.
Both are important – thinking about Sri Hari and chanting Omkara. Thinking about His form and thinking about His name in its entirety – that is Omkara, which contains all His thousand names.
यदक्षरं वेदविदो वदन्ति विशन्ति यद्यतयो वीतरागाः
यदिच्छन्तो ब्रह्मचर्यं चरन्ति तत्ते पदं संग्रहेण प्रवक्ष्ये – once again, Gita
That syllable Omkara, chanted by knowers of Veda, which the dispassionate Yatis enter, desiring which Brahmacharya is observed – I will tell you that one syllable – Omkara.
रसोऽहमप्सु कौन्तेय प्रभास्मि शशिसूर्ययोः
प्रणवः सर्ववेदेषु शब्दः खे पौरुषं नृषु
I am the essence in water.
अप्सु वा अन्तरमृतमप्सु भेषजम् – There is Amruta in water, healing power of all the medicines are there in water. That essence (Rasa) of water – I am.
When Veda emphatically says that all the healing power is there in water, we need to do more research into this. We may end up concluding that we may not need anything other than water for healing and curing.
So Bhagawan is telling Arjuna – प्रभास्मि शशिसूर्ययोः – I am the brilliance, the light of the sun and moon.
I am the sound in the sky – ether (Akasha) is the medium through which sound primarily travels.
I am the manliness, courage, valor in men.
I am Omkara in the Vedas.
महर्षीणां भृगुरहम् गिरामस्म्येकमक्षरम्
यज्ञानां जपयज्ञोऽस्मि स्थावराणां हिमालयः
Why does Bhagawan call Bhrigu as the greatest among Maharshis?
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