Acharya Vaani – Wordings
of the Master – (Acharya) Narendra Bhooshan
The origin of speech (Vaani) is from air (Vayu). It is again
consumed by air. Speech created from the internal air (from body) is
dissipated to atmospheric air. Speech shall not be produced unless created by
the internal air. But in reality, both internal air and external air are the
same. Imagine air as great God (Deva). This God creates Vaani (speech),
who is extremely beautiful and enticing, from inside. Getting absorbed by air,
by seeing its own beauty is the nature of speech (Vaani). We have to
know the fact that, creators of Puranas made up the story that Brahma had lust
for own daughter from this, thus distorted the beautiful concept of Saraswati.
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Narendra Bhooshan, greatest Vedic
scholar of recent times (This is a freelance translation attempt of original
Malayalam article from Arshanadam October 2013 by Vijay Kumar Menon on 26th
October 2013)
My humble interpretation – speech is created
from the body by internal air. Once released to outside, it get dissolved in
the atmospheric air. As air, both internal and external, is the same. Assume
air (Vayu) as God, which consumes its offspring speech (Vani), due to its
amazing beauty is a nice analogy which leads to the great concept of Saraswati.
We have to understand and accept this reality as this was terribly
misinterpreted by Puranic people as Brahma having desire for own daughter
Saraswati. (This is one of the many examples of misinterpretation of Vedic
concepts. There are so many others, which shall be discussed later – Vijay
Kumar Menon).
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