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( Sri Krishna says : )”I am Pranava in all the Vedas,” that is to say, the basic syllable OM, which is the foundation of all the potent creative sounds of the revealed word; Om is the one universal formulation of the energy of sound and speech, that which contains and sums up, synthetises and releases, all the spiritual power and all the potentiality of Vak and Shabda and of which the other sounds, out of whose stuff  words of speech are woven, are supposed to be the developed evolutions.

SRI AUROBINDO

ESSAYS ON THE GITA

THE COMPLETE WORKS OF SRI AUROBINDO  – VOLUME 19 – THE TWO NATURES

Published by Sri Aurobindo Ashram Publication Department – Pondicherry – India

The formula Om, Tat, Sat, is, it says, the triple definition of the Brahman, by whom the Brahmanas, the Vedas and sacrifices were created of old and in it resides all their significance. Tat, That, indicates the Absolute. Sat indicates the supreme and universal existence in its principle. OM is the symbol of the triple Brahman, the outward-looking, the inward or subtle and the superconscient causal Purusha. Each letter A,U,M indicates one of these three in ascending order and the syllable as a whole brings out the fourth state, Turiya, which rises to the Absolute. OM is the initiating syllable pronounced at the outset as a benedictory prelude and sanction to all act of sacrifice, all act of giving and all act of askesis; it is a reminder that our work should be made an expression of the triple Divine in our inner being and turned towards him in the idea and motive.

SRI AUROBINDO 

ESSAYS ON THE GITA

THE COMPLETE WORKS OF SRI AUROBINDO – VOLUME 19 – THE GUNAS, FAITH AND WORKS

Published by Sri Aurobindo Ashram Publication Department – Pondicherry – India