Paṅki (40 syllables) arose from his marrow and bṛhatī meter (36 syllables) arose from his prāṇa.
Paṅki (40 syllables) arose from his marrow and bṛhatī meter (36 syllables) arose from his prāṇa.
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sparśas tasyābhavaj jīvaḥ
svaro deha udāhṛta
ūṣmāṇam indriyāṇy āhur
antaḥ-sthā balam ātmanaḥ
svarāḥ sapta vihāreṇa
bhavanti sma prajāpateḥ
From Brahmā’s life arose the consonants. From his body arose the vowels. From his senses arose the ūṣmānas. The semi-vowels arose from his strength. The seven musical notes arose from his playing.
This verse describes the origin of the various sounds in speaking. Sparśa refers to the five classes of consonants with their nasals. Svara refers to the vowels starting with a. Ūṣmāna refers to śa, ṣa, sa and ha as well. Antastha refers to semivowels ya, ra, la and va. Sapta-svara refers to the musical notes beginning with ṣaḍja. These arose as play (vihāreṇa).
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śabda-brahmātmanas tasya
vyaktāvyaktātmanaḥ paraḥ
brahmāvabhāti vitato
nānā-śakty-upabṛṁhitaḥ
The Supreme Lord who is impersonal Brahman and the personal Lord filled with various śaktis, makes his appearance as Brahmā, whose body is composed of the Vedas, which is audible sound as vaikhari and inaudible as oṁ.
This verse shows that Brahmā has extraordinary powers as a manifestation of the Lord. His body is composed of the Vedas (śabda-brahma). The Supreme Lord (paraḥ) appears as the worshipable object in the form of Brahmā whose body is the Vedas, manifested as external sound (vaikhari) and the unmanifested sound oṁ. That Lord is also manifested as Brahman, the object of impersonal jñāna, and as Bhagavān, the object of pure, personal knowledge, filled with many śaktis. Since Brahmā is non-different from the Lord, it is understood that he has not been contaminated by approaching his daughter.
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