{"id":769,"date":"2020-05-10T12:25:28","date_gmt":"2020-05-10T12:25:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/?p=769"},"modified":"2020-05-10T12:40:58","modified_gmt":"2020-05-10T12:40:58","slug":"soha%e1%b9%83-mantra-and-mat%e1%b9%9dka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/?p=769","title":{"rendered":"Soha\u1e43 mantra and m\u0101t\u1e5dk\u0101"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have already quoted from the Prapa\u00f1cas\u0101ra-tantra<\/em> (4.21). It says that the\u00a0pra\u1e47ava<\/em> \u2018O\u1e43<\/em>\u2019 comes from the mantra<\/em> \u2018soha\u1e43<\/em>\u2019. If there is no \u2018sa<\/em>\u2019 and \u2018ha<\/em>\u2019 in it, then \u2018o<\/em>\u2019 remains, and with the bindu<\/em> we get \u2018O\u1e43<\/em>\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u0938\u0915\u093e\u0930\u0902 \u091a \u0939\u0915\u093e\u0930\u0902 \u091a \u0932\u094b\u092a\u092f\u093f\u0924\u094d\u0935\u093e \u092a\u094d\u0930\u092f\u094b\u091c\u092f\u0947\u0924\u094d\u0964
\n\u0938\u0902\u0927\u093f\u0902 \u0935\u0948 \u092a\u0942\u0930\u094d\u0935\u0930\u0942\u092a\u093e\u0916\u094d\u092f\u0902 \u0924\u0924\u094b\u093d\u0938\u094c \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0923\u0935\u094b \u092d\u0935\u0947\u0924\u094d \u0964\u0964\u096a.\u0968\u0967\u0964\u0964<\/p>\n

sak\u0101ra\u1e43 ca hak\u0101ra\u1e43 ca lopayitv\u0101 prayojayet\u0964<\/em>
\nsa\u1e43dhi\u1e43 vai p\u016brvar\u016bp\u0101khya\u1e43 tato’sau pra\u1e47avo bhavet \u0964\u09644.21\u0964\u0964<\/em><\/p>\n

According to the p\u016brva-r\u016bpa sa\u1e41dhi\u00a0rule, removing \u2018sa\u2019 and also \u2018ha\u2019, definitely, one should definitely get that\u00a0pra\u1e47ava (O\u1e43) from there.<\/em><\/p>\n

The mantra \u2018O\u1e43<\/em>\u2019 is called \u2018para-pra\u1e47ava<\/em>\u2019. That means it is primordial, it is identified with the spontaneously arising vibration (an\u0101hata<\/em>). There are many interpretations of this mantra<\/em> and one of them is that the spelling \u0950 is a combination of three\u00a0m\u0101tr\u0101<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u0905 – \u0909 – \u092e\u094d \/ a – u – m<\/em>. Sometimes you can find other spellings, for example \u0913\u0901 \/ om\u0310<\/em><\/strong>, which could be explained by grammar rules, according to which \u0913 \/ o<\/em> is a combination of syllables \u0905 – \u0909 \/ a – u<\/em>. So relatively speaking, we can say that all vowels fall into the range from \u0905 \/ a<\/em> to \u092e\u094d \/ m<\/em>, which could also shift to anusv\u0101ra<\/em>. According to the Par\u0101-tr\u012b\u1e43\u015bik\u0101-vivara\u1e47a<\/em>, all vowels are associated with\u00a0\u015aiva-tattva<\/em>, and all consonants are associated with\u00a0\u015aakti<\/em> and all manifestations that emerge due to it (the remaining 35 tattvas<\/em>). Sanskrit<\/em> consonants are connected with all other tattvas<\/em>, they end with \u0939 \/ ha<\/em>. Together, through the union of\u00a0\u015aiva<\/em> and\u00a0\u015aakti<\/em>, by means of k\u0101ma-kal\u0101<\/em>, they are apara<\/em>–pra\u1e47ava<\/em>, known as \u0905\u0939\u0902 \u2018aham<\/em>\u2019, which is the symbol of\u00a0k\u0101ma-kal\u0101<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Thus,\u00a0aham<\/em> is an abbreviation, in which all ak\u1e63aras<\/em> of the Sanskrit<\/em> alphabet and all 36 tattvas<\/em> are contained. That is, \u2018aham<\/em>\u2019 is\u00a0\u015aiva<\/em> himself with his\u00a0\u015aakti<\/em> and \u2018vi\u015bva<\/em>\u2019 \u2013 all manifestations emerging from them, which are always contained in them at any stage of their unfolding. Saying \u2018aham<\/em>\u2019 (Self), we kind of reveal the experience of ourselves as the whole universe, what both n\u0101thas<\/em> and tantrikas<\/em> call pi\u1e47\u1e0da<\/em>–brahm\u0101\u1e47\u1e0da-vada<\/em> (the connection of microcosm and macrocosm). Different worlds of outer space are represented in our body, mainly in cakras<\/em>.<\/p>\n

So, we have two\u00a0pra\u1e47avas<\/em>, \u2018para<\/em>\u2019 \u2013 is directly \u2018O\u1e43<\/em>\u2019, originating from\u00a0soha\u1e43<\/em>, this is\u00a0\u015aiva<\/em> himself and the vowels of\u00a0\u015aakti<\/em>. And then, from the para<\/em>–pra\u1e47ava<\/em>, the apara<\/em>–pra\u1e47ava<\/em> manifests, in which the Sanskrit<\/em> consonants and the remaining 35 tattvas<\/em> unfold. When we repeat \u2018soha\u1e43<\/em>\u2019, or rather, we experience this phenomenon comprehensively, then we feel the identity of ourselves \u2013 \u0905\u0939\u0902 \u2018aham<\/em>\u2019 with \u0938\u0903 \u2018sah<\/em>\u2019 (he). It can be associated with any deity or mantra<\/em> associated with it. And ultimately, any mantra should lead to that experience, which is known as \u2018ajapa-japa<\/em>\u2019.<\/p>\n

There is also an inverted version of this mantra<\/em>, known as \u0939\u0902\u0938\u0903 \u2018ha\u1e43sa\u1e25<\/em>\u2019. If translated literally, it means \u2018swan\u2019.\u00a0\u015aa\u1e45kara<\/em> identifies a swan with the principle of the Sun, since it is a source of\u00a0pr\u0101\u1e47a<\/em>, and the Sun, like a swan, moves through the sky. The Sun can touch a surface of the earth, its rays glide over it. The Sun rises and disappears with the sunset, and in the same way a swan can submerge under water and stay there, to be on and above water. If \u2018soha\u1e43<\/em>\u2019 is param\u0101tm\u0101<\/em>, then \u2018ha\u1e43sa<\/em>\u2019 is also a symbol of omnipresence, but rather, like \u2018\u0101tman<\/em>\u2019 (from the root \u2018at<\/em>\u2019 \u2013 to move and spread, that is, \u0101tman<\/em> abides in everything). There is one famous mantra which is used in tantrism sometimes. It is quoted in the earliest\u00a0Ka\u1e6dhopani\u1e63ad<\/em>, but initially it is found in the Rigveda<\/em>, in the hymn to Dadhikar<\/em> (the Sun).<\/p>\n

The Rigveda<\/em> (Ma\u1e47\u1e0dala<\/em> 4.40.5)<\/p>\n

\u0939\u0902\u0952\u0938\u0903 \u0936\u0941\u0951\u091a\u093f\u0952\u0937\u0926\u094d\u0935\u0938\u0941\u0951\u0930\u0902\u0924\u0930\u093f\u0915\u094d\u0937\u0952\u0938\u0926\u094d\u0927\u094b\u0924\u093e\u0951 \u0935\u0947\u0926\u093f\u0952\u0937\u0926\u0924\u093f\u0951\u0925\u093f\u0930\u094d\u0926\u0941\u0930\u094b\u0923\u0952\u0938\u0924\u094d \u0964
\n\u0928\u0943\u0952\u0937\u0926\u094d\u0935\u0951\u0930\u0952\u0938\u0926\u0943\u0951\u0924\u0952\u0938\u0926\u094d\u0935\u094d\u092f\u094b\u0951\u092e\u0952\u0938\u0926\u0952\u092c\u094d\u091c\u093e \u0917\u094b\u0952\u091c\u093e \u090b\u0951\u0924\u0952\u091c\u093e \u0905\u0951\u0926\u094d\u0930\u093f\u0952\u091c\u093e \u090b\u0952\u0924\u0902 \u0965<\/p>\n

The swan [the Sun], which abides (\u0937\u0926\u094d \/ \u1e63ad) in the clear sky (\u0936\u0941\u091a\u093f \/ \u015buci), abides in air (\u0935\u0938\u0941 \/ vasu), in the middle atmosphere (\u0905\u0928\u094d\u0924\u0930\u093f\u0915\u094d\u0937 \/ antarik\u1e63a), in fire (\u0939\u094b\u0924\u093e \/ hot\u0101), dwells in the center of the Vedic altar for agnihotra (\u0935\u0947\u0926\u093f\u0937\u0926\u094d \/ vedi\u1e63ad), in the guest* (\u0905\u0924\u093f\u0925\u093f \/ atithi), staying at the house (\u0926\u0941\u0930\u094b\u0923\u0938\u0924\u094d \/ duro\u1e47asat). Being in people (\u0928\u0943\u0937\u0926\u094d \/ n\u1e5b\u1e63ad), in good beings (gods, siddhas) (\u0935\u0930\u0938\u0924\u094d \/ varasat), in harmony with the world (a world order) (\u090b\u0924\u0938\u0924\u094d \/ \u1e5btasat), who is in space (\u0935\u094d\u092f\u094b\u092e\u0938\u0924\u094d \/ vyomasat), born under water \u0905\u092c\u094d\u091c\u093e \/\u00a0abj\u0101 (\u0935\u0921\u0935\u093e\u0928\u0932\u00a0 \/ va\u1e0dav\u0101nala \u2013 fire within the ocean), born from the Sun (\u0917\u094b \/ go) (\u091c\u093e \/ j\u0101 \u2013 sunlight). The one who was born from the perfect world order (\u090b\u0924\u091c\u093e \/ \u1e5btaj\u0101), born on the mountains** (\u0905\u0926\u094d\u0930\u093f\u091c\u093e \/ adrij\u0101), the basis of the world order (\u090b\u0924\u0902 \/ \u1e5bta\u1e43), the great one from whom the whole universe emerges (\u092c\u0943\u094d\u0939\u0924\u094d \/ b\u1e5bhat).<\/em><\/p>\n

Explanation of terms:<\/p>\n

* Guests in India are identified with the gods and vice versa, the gods are invoked during a p\u016bj\u0101<\/em> into the space of the rite, therefore they are also \u2018guests\u2019.<\/p>\n

** \u2018Who is born on the mountains\u2019 \u2013 could have many meanings; adri<\/em> could mean \u2018cloud\u2019, the Sun, \u2018mountain\u2019, clouds covering a mountain, something related to the number seven. I believe that we are talking about seven sacred rivers, the worship of which is present in all\u00a0p\u016bj\u0101s<\/em>, they all descend from heaven, these are heavenly rivers, symbols of nectar (am\u1e5bta<\/em>).<\/p>\n

Based on this hymn, we can better understand the significance of the \u2018ha\u1e43sa<\/em>\u2019 symbol.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I have already quoted from the Prapa\u00f1cas\u0101ra-tantra (4.21). It says that the\u00a0pra\u1e47ava \u2018O\u1e43\u2019 comes from the mantra \u2018soha\u1e43\u2019. If there is no \u2018sa\u2019 and \u2018ha\u2019 in it, then \u2018o\u2019 remains, and with the bindu we get \u2018O\u1e43\u2019. \u0938\u0915\u093e\u0930\u0902 \u091a \u0939\u0915\u093e\u0930\u0902 … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[106,194,195,161,149,153],"tags":[174,151,140,142,110,109,150,154],"class_list":["post-769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mantra","category-om","category-o","category-praava","category-so-ham","category-soha","tag-ajapa-japa","tag-hasa","tag-mantra","tag-matka","tag-o","tag-praava","tag-so-ham","tag-soha"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=769"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/769\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":772,"href":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/769\/revisions\/772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}