Sri Bharatamata

Ashtottaram 93

 

 

93) OṀ SARVAM BRAHMĀRPAṆA- 

                                                   BHŪMYAINAMAH:

      OṀ (AUM) -SUR-VAM-  BRAH-MAAR-PA-ṆA- BHOO- MYAI- NA-- MA- HA

 (Brahman: means- that one is big or great; Arpaṇam: means- offering, oblation, a gift;

  Sarvam: means- Everything)

 

The whole nature is wealth. Providing light to us in the form of the Sun and the Moon; in the form of life force in humans, and staying behind our senses to let us see and understand the world; all are that 'Parabrahman' only! He is everything and everything is Himself. Similarly for those who seek 'Ātmatattvam' (Brahma vidya), He is the Ādi Guru and He is that 'jnānam' (knowledge).

 

The 'Parabrahman' created the five fundamental elements space, air, fire, water and earth; and with their combination- 8.4 million species and provided everything to us free without being asked for our sustenance. From the birth till death, He maintains our wonderful physical bodies and the necessary materials in the 'Big Bazār' (Super market) for you to use and enjoy. Beautiful sceneries in the nature for your eyes to enjoy; music to your ears by the water falls, ocean roars and chirping sounds of the birds; sweetest fruit juices for your taste; sweet fragrances to smell from the flowers; and the cool breezes for your skin to enjoy are all created by Him.  He gave you the five senses to enjoy and imagine if we lack any one of them and how incomplete our lives would be. I do feel sorry for the blind and deaf people and my heart goes out to them. Open your eyes and you see His creation; and close your eyes and look within yourself and you see God! The real blind person is the one who doesn't see the beauty of the nature and the deaf person is the one who doesn't hear the glory of Bhagavān (God).

 

If somebody does a small favor to us, we thank them million times and show our gratitude. If that is the case, the One who gave us the life, water to drink, air to breath and food to eat and all the other things in the nature without being asked, without charging any fees and without advertizing Himself or having patent on everything He has provided; how can you not thank Him? how can you not show gratitude towards His generosity? Instead, many scientists, scholars and pundits claim everything is accidental and anyone who studies medicine would know how complex and complicated human body is? I have studied medicine, specialized in medicine, studied every religion we have on the earth in depth and studied physics, astrophysics and quantum mechanics, TOE (Theory Of Everything) and the more I read and the more I understand, I realize and appreciate the generosity of God!

 

That's why, our sages taught us and showed us how to be thankful to the God (Parabrahman) from dawn to dusk and thanking Him for giving us this wonderful body as a means to liberation. In 'Bhagavadgīta', Bhagavān Sri Krishna said 'whatever you offer to me with devotion, either a leaf, fruit, flower or water, I gladly accept that'. How beautiful His advice is!

 

The nation which offers everything to Bhagavān with gratitude before using is our land 'Sarvam Brahmārpaṇa Bhūmi'.