Sri Bharatamata

Ashtottaram 26

 

 

26) OṀ SUPHALA BHŨMYAINAMAH:

            OṀ (AUM) - SU - PHA- LA - BHOO- MYAI- NA--MA- HA

 

 

           (Suphala: meaning 'good fruit'; 'su': means-well, good, auspicious;

                           phala': means-fruit, result of an action)

 

 

 

 

 

In every school in India, in every morning, every student stands in front of the national flag pole and sings the national song 'Vandemātaram, mātaram vandemātaram, sujalām, suphalām, malayajasētalām, saśyaśyāmalām, mātaram, vandemātaram'-which was written by Bakim Chandra Chatarjee in 1876. The meaning of this national song is-'The land which flourishes with flow of tasty waters, heavy with sweet fruits, cool breezes, and green farming lands; to my mother land-my salutations! The land which shines under white moon light, trees with blossomed flowers, with happy smiles and sweet talks comforting us, Oh, Bhāratmāta-salutations unto you!'

 

Similarly, Nobel prize winner Ravindranāth Tagore wrote our national anthem in 1896 and in that song, he hails our motherland with 'Jayahe, Jayahe, Jayahe' and 'Jaihind' which we sing on every occasion. Our mother land provides us with continuous flow of sacred waters like Ganges waters and these waters fertile our farms, trees and provides us with food and sweet fruits. For example, If you look at mangoes alone, there are hundreds and thousands of varieties Indians enjoy and nowhere else you can see that many varieties in the world. Every poet and writer describes in so many ways our motherland with ecstatic joy how rich in fertility of rice paddies and fruits.

 

We are also the only one, who appreciates water as one of the five basic elements of the nature and we pray to rivers like 'Ganges' and worship them with utmost devotion and sacredness. Our ancient ṛishis realized that, without water there are no fertile lands without which we have no food which provides our sustainable energy. We are also blessed with varieties of fruits in abundance and we always offer our gratitude to God for His blessings in providing us with food in the form of variety of fruits and the climate suitable for to grow this many varieties of fruits.

 

So, our motherland is 'Sujala-Suphala Bhūmi.'