मूल मन्त्र
इक, ओङ्कार, सत, नाम, कर्ता, पुरख, निर्भव, निर्वैर, अकाल, अमूरत, अजूनी, सैभञ्, गुरु, प्रसाद।
इक= All Saints have emphasised the need for Love as the ultimate emotion. But what is Love? It is a feeling of Oneness. Like a Mother and her Child. They are two but they are One. In this word इक we have to feel such Oneness for the whole Universe. Just as we feel for our hand so should we feel for husband, wife, brother or sister or any body else. Such an emotion we must have for animals, plants and even inanimate objects. It is a great feeling of happiness.The other person may or may not understand this concept but we must maintain this emotion.
This emotion does not have a counter emotion like Like- Dislike. It also is not just an emotion of being nice to people without expecting anything in return. Love is a nobler emotion rather the ultimate emotion.
Such is the beauty of the One. The One is not a person(noun) as we understand God. It is an emotion(verb). So इक is not a count but it is an emotion/feeling of Oneness. The more we practice it the more we can perfect it and get immersed in the Truth.
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ओङ्कार = Sri Osho in his discourses as well as Sri Sandeep Maheshwari have explained the presence of the inner sound. Even Sri Ramana has talked of the speech of Sri Dakshinamurthy as a continuous speech unlike our speech. This sound can be heard with or without an ear plug. This is the Sound of Existence .
Nanakji has talked of Oangkar (Omkar) and not just of Om. What could this mean? It means the RESONANCE of OM. Like the sound we hear when a bell is struck. There is a Resonance. The understanding is that - All EXISTENCE is One and but appears many due to the Resonance of the sound. Omkar is the Universe with You and Me. All the good things and the not so good things are Omkar.
'Ik Oangkar' elucidates how the One has become Many.
In a discourse Sri Osho once mentioned about the three words Omniscient( One who knows All), Omnipresent( One who is present everywhere) and Omnipotent (One who is All powerful). How these words use OMN( ओमन्) to indicate the All powerful. This OMN is our OM, says Sri Osho.
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सत, नाम,
The next two words are Sat and Naam. Many places this is read as Satnaam to mean True Name. We will try to understand them as two separate words.
Sat: meaning Existence. Existence is there when the world exists and also when it ceases to exist. Like Omkar which is a continuous sound, Existence is continuous. Whether something exists or doesn't exist, Existence always is there.
So Existence is Truth. That which exists at all times. Be it the past, the present or the future. Be it in dream, sleep or in waking. Such is the Glory of the Almighty.
Naam- Omkar is The Name. Here we should also understand the concept of Naam Japa. Technically Japa is performed by loud recital or by silent chanting or by mental chanting. In all these activities the chant is due to the effort of the chanter. However when we focus on the inner sound after silencing the mind and switching off from the external sounds, the chanting or singing takes place automatically. Without any exertion from our end. We are just a silent spectator. And it goes on and on. External voices and worries of the mind can dim the inner sound, but the sound is there for ever. They call it Anahat Shabda , the unstruck Sound. The clap of one hand.
I call her Sruti, the one that is heard. Strangely she seems to know every mental move of ours and it is great to surrender to Her.
Once She is known then the question of Japa( chanting) and asking this and that recedes to the background. She knows all our needs and we only have to listen to Her. She is the One, Omkar, Sat, Naam.
( Note: Readers could also call her as He or It)
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कर्ता, पुरख,
Here again the words Karta and Purakh are treated as one to mean Karta Purusha meaning Creative Being.
If the literal meaning of the words are considered Karta would mean the Doer of the ritual and Purakh( the ancestor)the recipient of ritualistic prayer/offering.
So literally it means that If one did a ritual, he was offering it to himself. Here again Nanakji is explaining the concept of IK- One.
In this context I will share a story where in one gentleman was constantly complaining to a saint that the others are doing wrong. They do this and that and still get away with it. But to the gentleman's annoyance, he got no support from the saint. He got upset and cried - " I keep on saying about them yet you don't listen." To this the saint replied," THERE ARE NO OTHERS". (अन्ये न सन्ति।)
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निर्भव, निर्वैर
This is another pair of beautiful words. These are translated as Fearless ( निर्भय) and Without hatred ( निर्वैर).
We could see this also in light of IK, The One. The first word of निर्भव would literally mean One without a change, no birth, childhood, youth, old age or death. There is no becoming - Nir Bhava. Hence no cause for fear regarding Himself.
The next word Nirvair (निर्वैर) is another beauty. We can have hatred and fear of enemies only when there are two. But there are no others. All is One- IK. So no Vair(वैर)
No fear- only bliss and joy.
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अकाल, अमूरत,
The words in the text read as Akaal Murat meaning Timeless Form, Undying Form.
However by separating the two words we obtain Akaal meaning Ageless. The One ( IK) is an ageless Being. We cannot comprehend since when it has existed. So he is the Ancient Being.
Amurat- would mean that which does not have any fixed form. It appears as the Chair, as Cloud, as Car, as anything and everything else including Void or Space.
To say that it is of this form only would definitely be an error. Yes, whatever it is, it is the One.
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अजूनी
Ajooni is interpreted as the Unborn
Ajooni could also be explained as One who is not Old but ever fresh like the beautiful flower. In the word Akaal we had called him Timeless, but here we call Him as Ever Young.
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सैभञ् ,गुरु, प्रसाद
Saibhan is interpreted as Swayambhu, one who manifests on His own. That which is not born from another.
Saibhan could also be explained as With Shine or Self Shining or Self Revealed.
This is a great blessing for the Bhaktas.
Only if He shines and reveals to us the One( IK) path towards Glory, can we be saved from the Bhava Chakra.
When He shines and shows the path he becomes our Guru.
LIBERATION is his Prasad the Blessings.
Nanakji is completing the Mul Mantra with an indication of the Final Goal
