2016-08-21Srimad Bhagavatam 10.85.08-09 - Chanting is the Essence (download mp3)by Srinathji Prabhu at ISKCON Chowpattywww.iskcondesiretree.com SB 10.85.8tarpanam prananam apam deva tvam tas ca tad-rasahojah saho balam cesta gatir vayos tavesvara Translation: My Lord, You are water, and also its taste and and its capacities to quench thirst and sustain life. You exhibit Your potencies through the manifestations of the air as bodily warmth, vitality, mental power, physical strength, endeavor and movement. SB 10.85.9disam tvam avakaso ’si disah kham sphota asrayahnado varnas tvam omkara akrtinam prthak-krtih Translation: You are the directions and their accommodating capacity, the all-pervading ether and the elemental sound residing within it. You are the primeval, unmanifested form of sound; the first syllable, om; and audible speech, by which sound, as words, acquires particular references. Purport: In accordance with the general process of creation, speech always becomes audible in stages, which proceed from subtle inner impulse to outward expression. These stages are mentioned in the mantras of the Rg Veda (1.164.45): catvari vak-parimita padani tani vidur brahmana ye manisinahguhayam trini nihitani nengayanti turiyam vaco manusya vadanti “Discriminating brahmanas know of four progressive stages of language. Three of these remain hidden within the heart as imperceptible vibrations, while the fourth stage is what people ordinarily understand as speech.”