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(a) of existence or life. (b) of knowledge and (c) of bliss.
Vedas are liable to be questioned because the real mantra, Sruti or Udgeet is Om. In them are found ‘becoming-ness’, the quality of being counted and hearty sentiments of the hearts of human beings. That is why there appears some difference whenever they are caught in words. For example, one and the same integer or unit assumes different forms of sums under the principle of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. The whole sum in spite of inversions and seeming contradiction is integer or Unit only, and has the form of integers alone, in just the same way as water assumes various forms on passing through various channels as a fountain, well, tank, river or canal. Nevertheless it remains the same water. Or to take another example, a seed contains in itself the root, tree, branches, leaves, blossoms, fruits and flower and, having undergone all these forms, becomes a seed which was its original form. Even so Om remains Om only, though it is bound in the form of the word. Owing to its different combinations the Vedas were constituted in different Chand metres and Mantras. As it contains human feelings, the effect of love and harshness, force and mildness, friendship and enmity etc. are seen in it. They give power to the Will of man, and they also transform themselves into different attainments, powers, miracles and habits. This is the method of chanting the mantra. It is necessary that the mantra should be pronounced in a special manner according to the special purpose. Then only will a special effect be produced. This principle is the soul of the science of music. If you pronounce a word, or sing it with a particular thought in your heart, a particular effect will be produced.
The water of the cloud also is water only. Stones assume particular shapes by water falling drop by drop on them. It strengthens the soil on which it flows and enables the seed to manifest itself to the fullest possible extent.
Air is the same all over. It aggravates the disease of the diseased; develops the strength of the strong; increases the joy of the jubilant and the fickleness of the fickle-minded. The same theory holds good in all cases and matters governed by it. The same is the case with Om in producing different effects. Take the ex¬ample of singing (music). The secret of man’s inner thought lies hidden in Om. By the combination and permutation of a word the songs or poems are leng¬thened or shortened. ‘Ding’ is the sound obtained from a bell. If it is rung once only ‘Ding’ is heard. If twice, ‘Ding, Ding’ is heard, and if rung thrice what we hear is ‘Ding Ding Ding’. Om is the mother of all sounds. It exists even in your belching, sneezing and yawning. Whatever sound you hear — the sound of the bell, conch, flute, tabla and tabor — the same Om is