Saturday, October 27, 2012

Significance of Pranav OM


Pranavah dhanuhu sharah hee ātmā
Brahma tat lakshyam uchyate
Apramattena veddhavyam
Shara-vat tanmayah bhavet.
                                                                                               Mundakopnishad II.ii.4

Pranava (mantra ॐ) is the bow, ātmā (soul) is the arrow
Brahman (God, Paramātmā) is the target (goal)
(With) steady (hand and focused mind) hit (the target)
And like the arrow (ātmā) become one with the target (Brahman).