Sri Bharatamata

Ashtottaram 66

 

 

66) OṀ PŨRṆAMADAH BHŨMYAINAMAH:

           OṀ (AUM) - POOR-ṆA-MA-DA-HA- BHOO- MYAI- NA-- MA- HA

 

 

            (Pūrṇamadah: means-Infinite, full, endless)

 

 

 

In Īśa or Īśavāsyopanishad which belongs to Yajurveda saṃhita, the glory of the divine cosmic soul or the knowledge of the Supreme Self is deliberated. This is also referred to as the Jnāna Kānda. The book starts with an invocation, recited as Mangaḷacharan (the auspicious inception) to sing the glory of the Supreme God'Oṁ pūrṇamadaha pūrnamidam....Pūrna......mevāvashishyate', saying that 'Parabrahman (Supreme Divine Cosmic Soul) is embellished with all the qualities tangible and intangible'. It is through this Supreme Divine Cosmic Soul that this universe is evolved. Because this universe has evolved from the One complete and total, the universe also is devoid of beginning and is infinite.

 

This total or complete, is so significant that even if one literally decides to deduct or remove the cosmos and universe from that 'complete or total energy', it shall remain constant, i.e., total. Even if this universe does not remain, the divine cosmic energy is devoid of beginning and is infinite. The knowledgeable person that sees God in all creatures and sees all the creatures in God, becomes happy and experiences incessantly the beauty of God. If we realize God, we get liberated from all the miseries and attachments that continually plague us.

 

The Vedas are the holy commandments of the gods for mankind. The entire universe or cosmos is pervaded by that Supreme Cosmic Energy. He who is all pervasive, omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent, and unchanging is the One for all. Even the gods and the sages have not realized Him in reality. The energy gods possess is just one fragment of the divine cosmic energy. They cannot do anything without divine inspiration and intervention. He is the source of all the contradictory features and natures. Even if He is devoid of birth, He takes birth, even being formless, assumes form and even being devoid of characteristics, assume the nature. He is very far from us, yet, very close to us. The entire world is embellished with this cosmic energy inside out. The person who performs all his duties according to the scriptures and their directives, indirectly worships God in reality. Those who work selfless are not caught in the bondage of actions or karma. There is no way that one can escape the chains of karma.

 

He, who is always absorbed in the divine cosmic energy, attains the blissful state. He gradually loses the 'self' and merges into the divine cosmic energy.

 

The land and its Vedic scriptures which taught us the knowledge of the Total Cosmic Energy is 'Pūrṇamadah Bhūmi'.