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THE SCIENCE OF MANTRAS

Definition: A sentence or a statement which, when contemplated upon,() strengthens andprotects the mind, is called MANTRA.

I would like to redefine it as follows:

A statement, a sentence, a word or even a syllable which, when uttered or repeated orcontemplated upon, creates a required effect upon oneself, upon the other man or upon thesituation, is called a mantra.

This definition is more broad based and can apply on all subjects including religion whereasthe former is confined to religious matters only.

"A spoken word has a tremendous power". It moulds the speaker, the listener and thesituation accordingly. Selection of letters (Poetic Value), its delivery (phonetic value) and thesentiments backing it (psychic value) are all important to create a required effect. AGNI

Puran is the main source of information about the Mantra, which is a complete science in

itself, though other puranas also give some information. There are three types of Mantras viz.Those, which have 20 or more letters in it, are called MAAL Mantras from which MALA isderived. Those between 10 & 20 are simple Mantras and those below tenare called BEEJ Mantras.

MAAL Mantras are recommended for old person's i.e. about 50 years of age. Mantras for below50 years and Beej Mantras for below 20 years. Concise beej Mantras i.e. 1 to 5 letters arerecommended for all ages. Again Mantras have 3 genders. If at the end, Swaha is added itbecomes feminine mantras and is good to attract or offer. If Phat or PRANAV or HUM is addedat the end, it is masculine or Agni mantra and is good to assert or repel or for cruel purposes.If NAMAH is added it becomes important or Saumya. Nadi is operative then Agni or masculine

mantras should be used and chandra nadi - other two categories. In Sharda Tilak Book onemore clue is given - if a Mantra has too many q or ~ in it then it becomes Saumya.

In the beginning of Shwet- Varah-Kalpa Lord was resting on SHESH in KSHEER SAGAR. SHESHmeans the residual energy after creation and Ksheer Sagar means ocean of peace & tranquility. Then Brahma happened to come there. Seeing Vishnu he enquired innocently "whoare you'?" I am the creator of this universe. Both were right. Seeing a piquant situation and toresolve the impasse- there appeared a 'JYOTIRLINGA ' (Glittering male organ- the creator of all) & with a Bang some letters and dots appeared on that phallic symbol. That was the originof the VEDAS and the MANTRAS contained in them.

There is another story. When Lord SHIVA opened his third eye and started his last dance of destruction, a few aphorisms escaped his Tabor or Damru and became the Mantras whichPANINI complied & decoded in his ASTYAADHYAAYI.

A mantra can be Deaf, blind, static, paralysed, crucified, in-attentive, powerless,melancholous,unconscious. desperate or cumbersome state. Use of psychology, hypnotism.Astrology and methodology makes a mantra to give results. It can be pronounced loudly,slowly or only in mind ( ). Tantrik mantras. have a totally different code to follow where evenphonetics has a decisive role to play. Then there are SAABAR-Mantras where meaning has noplace. They are a sort of GIBBRISH-meaningless words uttered in a particular order.



According to BEEJ-KALPA each letter of the DEVNAAGRI script represents a certain instinct andhas a different acoustic root which vibrates when the letter is spoken during a mantra or aword or a sentence or a saabar-mantra as follows: -

A. ( ) Death destroying. The LORD. A. ( ) That which attracts (Feminine)

ta. ( ) Has seed of remorse at its

acoustic root

i. ( ) That which strengthenstha. ( ) Has seed of Moon at its acousticroot

I. ( ) That which is magneticda. ( ) Has seed of Garud at its acousticroot

U. ( ) That which is energizingdha. ( ) Has seed of KUBER at itsacoustic root

U. ( ) That which is dislodgingna. ( ) Has seed of DEVIL at its acousticroot

R. ( ) That which is stunning ta. ( ) Represents eight elements

LR. ( )That which arouses envytha. ( ) Has seed of yama at its acousticRoot

e. ( ) That which controls/affects others

da. ( ) Has seed of Durga at its acoustic

Root

Ai. ( ) That which controls the male elementdha. ( ) Has seed of SUN at its acousticRoot

O. ( ) That which creates mass hypnosisna. ( ) Has therapeutic quality at itsacoustic Root

Au. ( ) That which controls people in authoritypa. ( ) Has seed of Varun at its acousticRoot

a. ( ) That which controls the wild elementspha. ( ) Has seed of Vishnu at itsacoustic Root

ah. ( ) That which fights deathba. ( ) Has seed of Brahma at its

acoustic Root

Ka. ( ) Has seed of poison at its at its acousticroot

bha. ( ) Has seed of Kali at its acousticRoot

Kha. ( ) Has seed of obstruction at itsacoustic root

ma. ( ) Has seed of Fire at its acousticRoot

ga. ( ) Has seed of Ganpati at its acoustic rootya. ( ) Has seeds of Air at its acousticRoot

gha. ( ) Has seed of Destruction at itsacoustic root

ra. ( ) Makes one indifferent or detached

na. ( ) Has seed of Demon at its acoustic rootla. ( ) Has seeds of lndra at its acousticRoot

cha. ( ) Has seed of LUNA at its acoustic root va. ( ) Defeats death

chha.( ) Has seed of gain at its acoustic rootsa. ( ) Has seeds of Laxmi at its acousticRoot

Ja. ( ) Has seed of at its acousticroot

sa. ( ) Has seeds of SUN at its acousticRoot

Jha. ( ) Has seed of Fulfillment at its acousticroot

sa. ( ) Has seeds of Saraswati at itsacoustic Root

na. ( ) Has seed of mohan at itsacoustic root

ha. ( ) Has seeds of Shiva at its acousticRoot

According to Tantrik tradition, every seed syllable must have a nasal sound. Which results indivine union (SHIVA-SHAKTI). Shiva-Shakti are considered two lips whose union Ieads to thepronunciation of a Root or Beej. Beej-Akshar creates cerebral vibrations. The nasal sound



transfers these vibration to the back of the Head or between the eyebrows. A mantra can be

or

Mantras too are of three attributes or Gunas as are all the living entities viz. Satguni or

Sentient. Rajoguni or Mutative and Tamoguni or static. In every day language, we can say amantra to be perfect. ordinary or without a seed-syllable. When a mantra is spoken in the ears

of a disciple by a realised guru it is said to be perfect/satoguni. When a mantra is chanted ahundred thousand times with devotion and sincerity it can also bring the desired result and iscalled ordinary or Rajoguni. The best time to start a chanting is Full Moon day or no moonday.

'One who knows God becomes God', Vedas clearly say. It simply means that such a manoperates on a higher level an exalted consciousness which gives light to others too. To anordinary man such self-denial appears to be a foolish idea. Pursuit of self-happiness seems abetter goal. There is nothing bad in it. But in the heat and din of this pursuit he stops caringfor others' happiness. Herein enters an element which takes away, first others' happiness andthen his own because others retaliate very justifiably. A vicious cycle starts with no end. Manis prone to lighter ideas, no doubt as they are easy to comprehendand follow. But it leads him to evil nay Devil.

Man is the only thinking animal in the Nature. This is his glory as well as his misfortune. He isthe only being who can go against nature. Others have no option. He can bypass naturecreating his own conditioning. And in doing so he is sure to invite trouble because nature is ahigher force. Thus he is the only who is unhappy. All other beings are happy with life. But hecan be brought back from this demented state to his original self. The method adopted inIndia was to put him on the path of devotion or Bhakti that is making him God-fearing. Faithcan move mountains and Mantra is its tool, device or contraption. Mantra is also an action orKarma though of a subtler nature. It is an auto suggestion which not only evolves him tohigher states of beings but also transfonns him to perform better physically to ensure successor progress i.e. the higher states of doing. Life exists at both these states- of being and of

doing. Life becomes unsatisfying and un-joyful when one neglects any of these two levels.Mantra ensures progress at both these levels.

The primordial mantra is Om which is cosmic root sound. When energy operates. it creates ahum - a Humming noise. Such noise can be heard near high-tension electric lines orcondensers. The hum of the CREATION is OM. This is mool-mantra. Other mantras are itsvariations. derivations. adop tions and the like.

Energy and matter are inter-convertible. Energy condensifies to become matter. Thus the rootis energy. The cause is energy and the effect is matter. Matter is inert or non-operative.Matter requires energy in two ways - for its fonnation and for its operation. Energy is hidden invarious sounds and in their root.

This is the rationale of the contention of Beej Mantras. Their utterance vocally or mentally stirsup latent sources of energy, kept inside the body as reservoir, to fall back upon. if need be.According to SHAKTA cult the residual energy after creation is lying dormant in serpentine coilas Shesh Naag in the Universe and as Kundalini in the human body. This kundalini can be

awakened by mantras and certain other devices. But remember this can be done only throughthe grace of Sadguru otherwise it can be harmful. This is the subject matter of yoga as well asTantra who use this body as a machine to accomplish this task

In other words it is this serpent-power which is immortal in the body of a man. It can beawakened through proper repetition of the root sounds HRIM and KRIM (KLIM). The entireuniverse is bracketed within these two. They are also the physical expressions of the principleof life on both levels intrinsic & extrinsic. Consequently two types of Tantras emerge - aroundHRIM & around KLIM. Kundalini survives death & shesa survives dissolutions of the Universe.



(Transcendental residua of creative force).

There are other root sounds also such as AIM shrim etc., which are frequently used in BeejMantras during Tantra-Saadhna.

Apart from Mantra there are YANTRAS too. These constitute diagrams of various types drawnon papers. leaves. barks. metal sheets etc. either by writing or etching or inscribing. Thesesubstitute idols of the deities in Vaishanavi Saadhana. Circles, triangles, Arcs. Squares, Dots & Beej-consonants and even numericals are the material used in these diagrams. Such diagramsare said to contain a great potential in regulating, foussing and diverting the cosmic energy.They work from-outside-in whereas the mantras work from-inside-out. Both these efforts,when well synchronized, are called Tantra-Saadhana.This Saadhna is meant for the warriorswho want to mould the cosmic energy in the fashion they like. It is a violent or aggressiveapproach to mould the destiny, of course. with attendant risks and rigors. It is shrouded withsecrecy and confidence as other Raj-Yogas do. It is sarcastically said. "The Vedas, Shastras.and Puranas are like harlots accessible to all, but the Tantric Science is well concealed like awoman of a good family." Open discussion is said to puncture the very aim of Tantra. Lord andDevi are present where Tantra is done. It is a power-game.

Following are a few Yantras with aims :-

1. Gopal Yantra : To bring complete prosperity and ultimate salvation2. Gita Yantra : To defeat the enemy.3. Rama Yantra : To bring mental harmony, fame & power.4. Rudra Yantra : For controlling militant power.5. Vishnu Yantra : For spiritual growth.6. Yog-Maya Yantra : OR Maha-Maya ¥antra to attain enormous material wealth.7. Lalita Yantra : To please an individual. Better on Brich-tree leaf.S. Vasudha Yantra : To please a woman or man of choice (Sammohan).9. Shri Yantra : To ward off poverty.

Note: Yantras give best resultes when combined with appropriate mantras as Shri-Yantra with

ShriSukta as laid down in Scriptures.

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