Sri Bharatamata

Ashtottaram 79

 

 

 

79) OṀ MAHIMĀNVIṪA BHŨMYAINAMAH:

           OṀ (AUM) -MA-HI-MAAN-VI-ṪA- BHOO- MYAI- NA-- MA- HA

 

                (Mahima: means-Glory, majesty, might, power)

 

 

 

 

 

Our country is the land of majesty, power, might and glory, but, unfortunately we are in a state of infatuation with foreign cultures, foods, traditions and materialism. We are in such a state where, we are not in a position to explain to our children how majestic our culture, knowledge, accomplishments or traditions are! Vedas means knowledge. What's in the Vedas, you cannot find anywhere in the world. We are in a situation where no one cares to read or to know the knowledge our ancient sages and seers have provided us in our scriptures. They have performed severe austerities and shared their wisdom with us without selfishness and greed which is very rampant among the Indians now. Now Indians, all they care is 'what is in it for me and how do I get rich? Sage Kaṇaḋa has explained very clearly about the 'Aṇuśāstram' (nuclear physics) but we did not show any interest in it, or pursuing it. Our sacred texts were stolen by the foreign countries and they paid their scholars to learn Sanskrit and translate our scriptures into their native languages and with that, by using our knowledge, they became powerful countries in the world and published about astronomy, nuclear physics and earned 'Nobel prizes'. We then acknowledge their publications and look up to them as brilliants and intellectuals. We show utmost respect for them, eager to say 'hello' to them and we not only ignore our fellow Indian when we see one on the streets, and turn our face to the other side. This is not an exaggeration but a fact and I have experienced this many times in America. This is very sad and pathetic behavior of our Indians and this is another reason why I have worked 3-4 years to write ashtottaram on our motherland to re-educate the Indians, especially the younger generations in India and abroad not to fall for those infatuations and learn the past glory of our country and revive that glory!

 

Our seers, and sages have thoroughly studied and gave us in depth knowledge about all the 64 branches of science. The knowledge from cooking to atoms to Āyurveda; they have imparted the complete knowledge to us. We were the first one to built mega ships that can carry thousands of passengers, pushpaka vimānams (aeroplanes), astrology, archery and you name it, they have explored them and provided us with that knowledge. Sādhus and Siddhis have shown miracles. We are the first ones to claim that the 'Sun' is the center of our solar system, and not the earth. We did this way before Copernicus claimed the same, centuries later.

 

Our land is 'Mahimānviṫa Bhūmi.'