।। ॐ सह नाववतु ।।

।। मा विद्विषावहै ।। 

वैदिक शान्तिपाठ का एक मन्त्र है :

ॐ सहनाववतु सह नौ भुनक्तु सह वीर्यं करवावहै।। तेजस्विनावधीतमस्तु मा विद्विषावहै।।

The above Vaidik Hymn is sankalpa-Hymn. 

"Hymn" and "Amn" come from :

संस्कृत -- हि + म्न, आ + म्न,

(√म्ना - अभ्यासे, मनति) 

Where 'hi' / 'हि' is a prefix emphatic, 'A' / 'आ' is also a prefix denoting wholeness or entirety.

'mna' / '√म्ना' is a verb-root, implying thinking or meditating about.

The word 'think' itself is a generative of the word 'Theo', 'Theory', "Tao", and the artical 'the', from संस्कृत 'धी'. 

(This has been dealt with in my the previous post in this blog ).

This way, the above hymn ends in :

"मा विद्विषावहै।।"

The inspiration behind this is a wish and a feeling, a sentiment and a sense that means :

"May we not be jealous, may not breed envy or hatred, with one-another."

That is the key-word, the spirit behind the two words --

निर्भयता (fearlessness) and 

निर्वैर (with no enmity / hostility towards any of the living beings). 

For the Veda declares :

This all is verily Brahman ब्रह्म only, A unique Whole, The existence devoid of differences any.

"सर्वं खल्विदं ब्रह्म / आत्मन्"

The differences spring up in the individual intellect (बुद्धि) that is again associated with the body-mind-me-notion.

Realizing this fundamental, core one-ness that is the same Self and the self-same self also, creates in us a spontaneous sense, that there is no other except the  Self / Brahman. 

Because of this realization that the 'other' has no existence what-so-ever; that there is nothing and no-one other than the Self, one becomes fearless, developes no jealousy / envy towards any, who appear other than one-self. Though the sense of this 'other' still persists at the phenomenal level, it is then seen only as superficial and formal.

This doctrine inculcated in us takes us to the higher level of consciousness, sensitivity and sensibility that is wisdom. 

You can then neither harm anyone else, nor anyone can harm to you, so you are fearless and cultivate no enmity towards any else. 

Having accomplished  निर्भयता / fearlessness, and निर्वैर / utter lack of enmity to anyone else, you are calm, complacent. You rejoice and all anxiety in you is no more. 

Sanatana Dharma therefore respects all and has no idea or desire to 'convert' others and bring them into the fold of this Dharma that is the core and essence of all real Dharma.

Hindu (Dharma) is but a synonym for this Sanatana Dharma.

Knowingly or unknowingly, deliberately or voluntarily, whenever one comes across this reality consciously, one at once understands and abides naturally in this Truth.

This Understanding itself is wisdom, and so many different people come to this and try to express the same truth in their own way, according to the society, people and tradition they live in. They have to talk about this in their own style, language and conditions, but the essence is the same and unique.

From the time immemorial, many an ancient people, civilizations and  cultures have come to this, for it is always the same, unique and immutable principle, unaffected by time.

The ancient Pagans knew it and revered this in their own traditional orthodox manner. But the next coming religions despiced at it through hatred and disdain.

In the passage of history, this started an era of long-lasting hatred, adamant, audacious, aggressive fanatism, unnecessary avoidable confrontations between various cults and religions, and unfortunately resulted in such great perils and sufferings for the whole world, which could not have been overcome so far, by us.

May we, with compassionate consideration and understanding care for the humanity at large and rediscover the essential truth, the Dharma!

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