মংত্র পুষ্পম্

মংত্র পুষ্পম্ is a Vedic meditation on আপস্, the waters, as support, flower, source, and subtle foundation of cosmic order. It is drawn from the Taittiriya Aranyaka stream of the Krishna Yajurveda and is commonly recited near the close of worship, when flowers are offered. The hymn itself becomes a "flower" of Vedic insight offered after the outer worship is complete.

This Vedic chant teaches the sacred interdependence behind the visible world. Its repeated word আযতনম্ means abode, basis, resting place, or support. The hymn contemplates water as the support of fire, wind, sun, moon, stars, rain, and time, while also contemplating each of these as a support of water. This circular pattern trains the mind to see creation as a mutually held order, not as disconnected objects.

At the ritual level, মংত্র পুষ্পম্ is a closing offering. At the contemplative level, it is a lesson in hidden foundations: every form has a source, every source rests in another support, and the seeker must learn to see the sacred basis behind what appears ordinary. The later portions connect the same vision to Kubera, Brahman, the indwelling divine presence, Shiva, Vishnu's supreme station, and Narayana.

Key concepts include আপস্, পুষ্পম্, আযতনম্, প্রজা, পশু, সংবত্সর, cosmic reciprocity, and the movement from ritual offering to contemplative knowledge. The hymn teaches that reverence should extend from temple flowers to water, time, food, prosperity, and the unseen support behind every visible form.

ভ॒দ্রং কর্ণে॑ভিঃ শৃণু॒যাম॑ দেবাঃ ।
ভ॒দ্রং প॑শ্যেমা॒ক্ষভি॒র্যজ॑ত্রাঃ ।
স্থি॒রৈরংগৈ᳚স্তুষ্টু॒বাগ্ম্স॑স্ত॒নূভিঃ॑ ।
ব্যশে॑ম দে॒বহি॑তং॒-যঁদাযুঃ॑ ॥
স্ব॒স্তি ন॒ ইংদ্রো॑ বৃ॒দ্ধশ্র॑বাঃ ।
স্ব॑স্তি নঃ॑ পূ॒ষা বি॒শ্ববে॑দাঃ ।
স্ব॒॒স্তিন॒স্তার্ক্ষ্যো॒ অরি॑ষ্টনেমিঃ ।
স্ব॒স্তি নো॒ বৃহ॒স্পতি॑র্দধাতু ॥
ওং শাংতিঃ॒ শাংতিঃ॒ শাংতিঃ॑ ॥

Meaning (পদার্থ):
ভদ্রং কর্ণেভিঃ শৃণুযাম - may we hear what is auspicious with our ears
ভদ্রং পশ্যেম অক্ষভিঃ - may we see what is auspicious with our eyes
স্থিরৈঃ অংগৈঃ - with steady limbs
তুষ্টুবাংসঃ তনূভিঃ - praising with our bodies
ব্যশেম দেব-হিতং যত্ আযুঃ - may we live the lifespan allotted by the gods
স্বস্তি - well-being, auspicious protection
ইংদ্র, পূষা, তার্ক্ষ্য, বৃহস্পতি - divine powers of strength, nourishment, protection, and sacred wisdom

Translation (ভাবার্থ):
May we hear what is auspicious and see what is auspicious. With steady bodies, may we praise the divine and live the lifespan granted for divine purpose. May Indra, Pusha, Tarkshya, and Brihaspati grant us well-being. May there be peace, peace, peace.

Commentary (অনুসংধান):
The opening prepares the senses. ভদ্রম্ means auspicious, wholesome, and beneficial. The hymn asks not merely for long life but for life in which ears, eyes, body, and breath serve sacred purpose.

This mantra is also found in Vedic peace recitations and aligns with the Gita's discipline of sense-input. Shankara often emphasizes that a purified mind is needed for knowledge; here purification begins with what we hear and see.

Practically, guard your inputs. What you listen to and look at becomes mental material. Choose words, images, and company that strengthen steadiness and service.

যো॑ঽপাং পুষ্পং॒-বেঁদ॑ ।
পুষ্প॑বান্ প্র॒জাবা᳚ন্ পশু॒মান্ ভ॑বতি ।
চং॒দ্রমা॒ বা অ॒পাং পুষ্পম্᳚ ।
পুষ্প॑বান্ প্র॒জাবা᳚ন্ পশু॒মান্ ভ॑বতি ।
য এ॒বং-বেঁদ॑ ।
যো॑ঽপামা॒যত॑নং॒-বেঁদ॑ ।
আ॒যত॑নবান্ ভবতি ॥

Meaning (পদার্থ):
যঃ অপাং পুষ্পং বেদ - one who knows the flower of the waters
পুষ্পবান্ - becomes endowed with flowers, beauty, and blossoming
প্রজাবান্ - endowed with progeny or creative continuity
পশুমান্ - endowed with cattle, resources, and living wealth
চংদ্রমা অপাং পুষ্পম্ - the moon is the flower of the waters
অপাং আযতনম্ - the support or abode of waters
আযতনবান্ ভবতি - becomes established, supported

Translation (ভাবার্থ):
One who knows the flower of the waters becomes blessed with blossoming, progeny, and living wealth. The moon is the flower of the waters. One who knows the support of the waters becomes established in support.

Commentary (অনুসংধান):
পুষ্পম্ is the visible blossoming of hidden nourishment. The moon as water's flower points to the connection between moisture, fertility, growth, and cool luminosity. The mantra moves from beauty to stability.

Vedic thought often links the moon with Soma, nourishment, plants, and cyclical life. The Chandogya Upanishad also uses water-food-life connections to reveal subtle dependence. The point is contemplative: visible beauty rests on invisible support.

Daily application is gratitude for foundations. Results are flowers; discipline, nourishment, rest, family, teachers, and environment are waters. Care for the support, and the flower appears naturally.

অ॒গ্নির্বা অ॒পামা॒যত॑নম্ ।
আ॒যত॑নবান্ ভবতি ।
যো᳚ঽগ্নেরা॒যত॑নং॒-বেঁদ॑ ।
আ॒যত॑নবান্ ভবতি ।
আপো॒বা অ॒গ্নেরা॒যত॑নম্ ।
আ॒যত॑নবান্ ভবতি ।
য এ॒বং-বেঁদ॑ ।
যো॑ঽপামা॒যত॑নং॒-বেঁদ॑ ।
আ॒যত॑নবান্ ভবতি ॥

Meaning (পদার্থ):
অগ্নিঃ অপাং আযতনম্ - fire is the support of waters
যঃ অগ্নেঃ আযতনং বেদ - one who knows the support of fire
আপস্ অগ্নেঃ আযতনম্ - waters are the support of fire
এবং বেদ - one who knows thus
আযতনবান্ ভবতি - becomes established in support

Translation (ভাবার্থ):
Fire is a support of the waters, and the waters are a support of fire. One who knows this mutual support becomes firmly established.

Commentary (অনুসংধান):
Fire and water appear opposed, but the hymn sees mutual dependence. Heat lifts water, water nourishes life, and life sustains the sacred fire. আযতনম্ reveals the hidden basis beneath apparent opposition.

The Upanishadic method often resolves dualities by showing their dependence on a deeper order. Gita's wisdom also asks us to see the one sustaining intelligence behind diverse elements.

In life, apparent opposites can support each other: discipline and compassion, rest and effort, clarity and flexibility. Mature intelligence learns relationship, not just contrast.

বা॒যুর্বা অ॒পামা॒যত॑নম্ ।
আ॒যত॑নবান্ ভবতি ।
যো বা॒যোরা॒যত॑নং॒-বেঁদ॑ ।
আ॒যত॑নবান্ ভবতি ।
আপো॒ বৈ বা॒যোরা॒যত॑নম্ ।
আ॒যত॑নবান্ ভবতি ।
য এ॒বং-বেঁদ॑ ।
যো॑ঽপামা॒যত॑নং॒-বেঁদ॑ ।
আ॒যত॑নবান্ ভবতি ॥

Meaning (পদার্থ):
বাযুঃ অপাং আযতনম্ - wind or vital air is the support of waters
বাযোঃ আযতনম্ - the support of wind
আপস্ বৈ বাযোঃ আযতনম্ - waters indeed are the support of wind
এবং বেদ - one who knows in this way
আযতনবান্ ভবতি - becomes established

Translation (ভাবার্থ):
Wind is a support of the waters, and waters are the support of wind. One who knows this becomes established in support.

Commentary (অনুসংধান):
Wind moves water as cloud, rain, wave, and breath-linked moisture. Water also supports life through which breath functions. বাযু and আপস্ point to circulation, exchange, and vitality.

Prana teachings in the Upanishads place breath at the center of embodied life, while water is repeatedly treated as nourishment. Their mutuality teaches that life is a system, not isolated parts.

Practically, regulate breath and hydration, but also regulate movement and flow in work. Stagnation weakens; circulation strengthens. Keep communication, resources, and care moving.

অ॒সৌ বৈ তপ॑ন্ন॒পামা॒যত॑নম্ ।
আ॒যত॑নবান্ ভবতি ।
যো॑ঽমুষ্য॒তপ॑ত আ॒যত॑নং॒-বেঁদ॑ ।
আ॒যত॑নবান্ ভবতি ।
আপো॒ বা অ॒মুষ্য॒তপ॑ত আ॒যত॑নম্ ।
আ॒যত॑নবান্ ভবতি ।
য এ॒বং-বেঁদ॑ ।
যো॑ঽপামা॒যত॑নং॒-বেঁদ॑ ।
আ॒যত॑নবান্ ভবতি ॥

Meaning (পদার্থ):
অসৌ তপন্ - that shining, heating one, the sun
অপাং আযতনম্ - is the support of waters
অমুষ্য তপতঃ আযতনম্ - the support of that shining sun
আপস্ - waters
এবং বেদ - one who knows thus
আযতনবান্ ভবতি - becomes established

Translation (ভাবার্থ):
The shining sun is a support of the waters, and the waters are a support of the sun. One who knows this becomes established.

Commentary (অনুসংধান):
The sun, অসৌ তপন্, draws, heats, and cycles water, while আপস্ reflect, cool, and sustain the world that receives solar power. The hymn sees solar heat and water as one sustaining cycle.

Vedic solar meditation often treats the sun as visible divine order. The Isha and Gayatri traditions similarly use solar light as a doorway to spiritual illumination.

In practical life, energy and cooling must balance. Work with intensity, but restore through reflection, rest, and emotional cooling. Burnout comes when sun is honored but water is neglected.

চং॒দ্রমা॒ বা অ॒পামা॒যত॑নম্ ।
আ॒যত॑নবান্ ভবতি ।
যশ্চং॒দ্রম॑স আ॒যত॑নং॒-বেঁদ॑ ।
আ॒যত॑নবান্ ভবতি ।
আপো॒ বৈ চং॒দ্রম॑স আ॒যত॑নম্ ।
আ॒যত॑নবান্ ভবতি ।
য এ॒বং-বেঁদ॑ ।
যো॑ঽপামা॒যত॑নং॒-বেঁদ॑ ।
আ॒যত॑নবান্ ভবতি ॥

Meaning (পদার্থ):
চংদ্রমা অপাং আযতনম্ - the moon is the support of waters
চংদ্রমসঃ আযতনম্ - the support of the moon
আপস্ বৈ চংদ্রমসঃ আযতনম্ - waters indeed support the moon
এবং বেদ - one who knows in this way
আযতনবান্ ভবতি - becomes established

Translation (ভাবার্থ):
The moon is a support of the waters, and the waters are the support of the moon. One who knows this becomes established.

Commentary (অনুসংধান):
The moon governs rhythm, coolness, fertility, and reflective light. Water mirrors the moon and participates in cycles of growth and rest. চংদ্রমা is thus both cosmic body and psychological symbol.

Traditional thought links moon with mind and Soma. The Purusha Suktam says the moon arose from the cosmic mind, showing why cool clarity and mental rhythm belong together.

Practically, not all growth is solar effort. Some growth requires calm, reflection, sleep, and emotional nourishment. Honor moon-time as well as work-time.

নক্ষত্র॑ত্রাণি॒ বা অ॒পামা॒যত॑নম্ ।
আ॒যত॑নবান্ ভবতি ।
যো নক্ষত্র॑ত্রাণামা॒যত॑নং॒-বেঁদ॑ ।
আ॒যত॑নবান্ ভবতি ।
আপো॒ বৈ নক্ষ॑ত্রাণামা॒যত॑নম্ ।
আ॒যত॑নবান্ ভবতি ।
য এ॒বং-বেঁদ॑ ।
যো॑ঽপামা॒যত॑নং॒-বেঁদ॑ ।
আ॒যত॑নবান্ ভবতি ॥

Meaning (পদার্থ):
নক্ষত্রাণি অপাং আযতনম্ - the stars are the support of waters
নক্ষত্রাণাং আযতনম্ - the support of the stars
আপস্ বৈ নক্ষত্রাণাং আযতনম্ - waters indeed support the stars
এবং বেদ - one who knows thus
আযতনবান্ ভবতি - becomes established

Translation (ভাবার্থ):
The stars are a support of the waters, and the waters are the support of the stars. One who knows this becomes established.

Commentary (অনুসংধান):
The নক্ষত্রাণি, stars, mark order, timing, navigation, and vastness. Water reflects the sky and participates in cycles governed by celestial rhythm. The hymn trains the mind to see cosmic linkage.

Jyotisha and Vedic ritual both depend on ordered time. Even when interpreted philosophically, the message is clear: life is healthiest when aligned with rhythm, season, and measure.

In daily life, establish rhythms. Regular study, sleep, prayer, and service are the stars by which the waters of emotion and work stay navigable.

প॒র্জন্যো॒ বা অ॒পামা॒যত॑নম্ ।
আ॒যত॑নবান্ ভবতি ।
যঃ প॒র্জন্য॑স্যা॒যত॑নং॒-বেঁদ॑ ।
আ॒যত॑নবান্ ভবতি ।
আপো॒ বৈ প॒র্জন্য॑স্যা॒যত॑নম্ ।
আ॒যত॑নবান্ ভবতি ।
য এ॒বং-বেঁদ॑ ।
যো॑ঽপামা॒যত॑নং॒-বেঁদ॑ ।
আ॒যত॑নবান্ ভবতি ॥

Meaning (পদার্থ):
পর্জন্যঃ অপাং আযতনম্ - rain-cloud is the support of waters
পর্জন্যস্য আযতনম্ - the support of rain-cloud
আপস্ বৈ পর্জন্যস্য আযতনম্ - waters indeed support rain-cloud
এবং বেদ - one who knows thus
আযতনবান্ ভবতি - becomes established

Translation (ভাবার্থ):
The rain-cloud is a support of the waters, and the waters are the support of the rain-cloud. One who knows this becomes established.

Commentary (অনুসংধান):
পর্জন্য makes the water cycle visible as blessing. Water becomes cloud, cloud becomes rain, rain becomes food, food becomes life. The hymn teaches gratitude for circulation.

The Gita says beings arise from food, food from rain, rain from yajna. This mantra fits that cycle and reminds us that environmental order is sacred, not merely utilitarian.

Practically, conserve and share water. A society that wastes its sources breaks the cycle that sustains it. Reverence should become policy, habit, and restraint.

সং॒বঁ॒ত্স॒রো বা অ॒পামা॒যত॑ন॒ম্ ।
আ॒যত॑নবান্ ভবতি ।
যঃ সং॑বঁত্স॒রস্যা॒যত॑নং॒-বেঁদ॑ ।
আ॒যত॑নবান্ ভবতি ।
আপো॒ বৈ সং॑বঁত্স॒রস্যা॒যত॑নম্ ।
আ॒যত॑নবান্ ভবতি ।
য এবং-বেঁদ॑ ।
যো᳚ঽফ্সু নাবং॒ প্রতি॑ষ্ঠিতাং॒-বেঁদ॑ ।
প্রত্যে॒ব তি॑ষ্ঠতি ॥

Meaning (পদার্থ):
সংবত্সরঃ অপাং আযতনম্ - the year is the support of waters
সংবত্সরস্য আযতনম্ - the support of the year
আপস্ বৈ সংবত্সরস্য আযতনম্ - waters indeed support the year
যঃ অপ্সু নাবং প্রতিষ্ঠিতাং বেদ - one who knows the boat established in the waters
প্রতি এব তিষ্ঠতি - becomes firmly established

Translation (ভাবার্থ):
The year is a support of the waters, and the waters support the year. One who knows the boat established in the waters becomes firmly established.

Commentary (অনুসংধান):
The cycle reaches সংবত্সর, the year. Water is tied to time, season, fertility, and continuity. The "boat in the waters" returns the theme of stability within flow.

Vedic time is not empty sequence; it is living order. Knowing the boat means knowing how to stay grounded while cycles change. Upanishadic wisdom often uses crossing imagery for this reason.

In daily life, build a boat before the flood: savings, health habits, good relationships, scriptural memory, and prayer. Stability is not accidental; it is prepared.

ওং রা॒জা॒ধি॒রা॒জায॑ প্রসহ্য সা॒হিনে᳚ ।
নমো॑ ব॒যং-বৈঁ᳚শ্রব॒ণায॑ কুর্মহে ।
স মে॒ কামা॒ন্ কাম॒ কামা॑য॒ মহ্যম্᳚ ।
কা॒মে॒শ্ব॒রো বৈ᳚শ্রব॒ণো দ॑দাতু ।
কু॒বে॒রায॑ বৈশ্রব॒ণায॑ ।
ম॒হা॒রাজায॒ নমঃ॑ ॥

Meaning (পদার্থ):
রাজাধিরাজায - to the king of kings
প্রসহ্য-সাহিনে - to the mighty overpowering one
বৈশ্রবণায - to Vaishravana, Kubera
নমঃ বযং কুর্মহে - we offer salutation
সঃ মে কামান্ দদাতু - may he grant my rightful desires
কামেশ্বরঃ - lord of desired goods
কুবেরায মহারাজায নমঃ - salutation to Kubera, the great king

Translation (ভাবার্থ):
We bow to Vaishravana, king of kings, mighty and victorious. May Kubera, lord of desired wealth, grant me rightful desires. Salutations to Kubera, the great king.

Commentary (অনুসংধান):
After meditating on supports, the hymn turns to wealth. কাম here should be understood as legitimate, dharma-aligned desire, not uncontrolled craving. Kubera's wealth belongs within cosmic order.

Traditional teaching always places অর্থ under ধর্ম. The Gita warns that desire without wisdom binds, while desire governed by dharma can support duty, family, worship, and charity.

Practically, ask for wealth with accountability. Before seeking more, decide what it will serve. Wealth that supports learning, family, health, and generosity becomes sacred; wealth that feeds greed becomes burden.

ওং᳚ তদ্ব্র॒হ্ম ।
ওং᳚ তদ্বা॒যুঃ ।
ওং᳚ তদা॒ত্মা ।
ওং᳚ তথ্স॒ত্যম্ ।
ওং᳚ তত্সর্বম্᳚ ।
ওং᳚ তত্পুরো॒র্নমঃ ॥

Meaning (পদার্থ):
তত্ ব্রহ্ম - that is Brahman
তত্ বাযুঃ - that is Vayu
তত্ আত্মা - that is the Self
তত্ সত্যম্ - that is truth
তত্ সর্বম্ - that is all
তত্ পুরোঃ নমঃ - salutation before that supreme presence

Translation (ভাবার্থ):
That is Brahman; that is Vayu; that is the Self; that is truth; that is all. Salutation to that supreme presence.

Commentary (অনুসংধান):
The repeated তত্ shifts attention from named supports to the one reality behind them. Fire, water, wind, sun, moon, wealth, and time are meaningful because "That" pervades them.

Upanishadic teaching often uses তত্ to indicate Brahman beyond immediate objectification. The Mahavakya তত্ ত্বং অসি depends on the same pointer: the ultimate cannot be reduced to a finite object.

Practically, look past labels. Whether dealing with money, weather, body, or conflict, ask for the deeper truth. This habit makes action less reactive and more wise.

অংতশ্চরতি॑ ভূতে॒ষু গুহাযাং-বিঁ॑শ্বমূ॒র্তিষু ।
ত্বং-যঁজ্ঞস্ত্বং-বঁষট্কারস্ত্ব-মিংদ্রস্ত্বগ্ম্
রুদ্রস্ত্বং-বিঁষ্ণুস্ত্বং ব্রহ্মত্বং॑ প্রজা॒পতিঃ ।
ত্বং ত॑দাপ॒ আপো॒ জ্যোতী॒রসো॒ঽমৃতং ব্রহ্ম॒ ভূর্ভুব॒স্সুব॒রোম্ ।

Meaning (পদার্থ):
অংতঃ চরতি ভূতেষু - moves within beings
গুহাযাং বিশ্ব-মূর্তিষু - in the cave, in all forms
ত্বং যজ্ঞঃ - you are sacrifice
ত্বং বষট্কারঃ - you are the sacrificial call
ত্বং ইংদ্রঃ রুদ্রঃ বিষ্ণুঃ ব্রহ্মা প্রজাপতিঃ - you are Indra, Rudra, Vishnu, Brahma, and Prajapati
আপস্, জ্যোতিঃ, রসঃ, অমৃতম্, ব্রহ্ম - waters, light, essence, immortality, Brahman
ভূঃ ভুবঃ সুবঃ - earth, midspace, heaven

Translation (ভাবার্থ):
You move within beings, hidden in the heart-cave and present in all forms. You are sacrifice, the sacrificial call, Indra, Rudra, Vishnu, Brahma, and Prajapati. You are waters, light, essence, immortality, Brahman, and the three worlds.

Commentary (অনুসংধান):
This section gathers deities, ritual, elements, essence, immortality, and worlds into one indwelling presence. গুহা is the inward cave where the cosmic is discovered as intimate.

The Narayana Suktam and many Upanishads make similar identifications. Advaita reads this as unity of Brahman behind all names; devotional traditions see the supreme Lord present through every sacred form.

Practically, let this dissolve narrowness. Do not compartmentalize spirituality away from work, food, light, water, or relationships. The sacred walks inside all beings.

ঈশানস্সর্ব॑ বিদ্যা॒নামীশ্বরস্সর্ব॑ভূতা॒নাং
ব্রহ্মাধি॑পতি॒-র্ব্রহ্ম॒ণোঽধি॑পতি॒-র্ব্রহ্মা॑ শি॒বো মে॑ অস্তু সদাশি॒বোম্ ।

Meaning (পদার্থ):
ঈশানঃ সর্ব-বিদ্যানাম্ - lord of all knowledge
ঈশ্বরঃ সর্ব-ভূতানাম্ - lord of all beings
ব্রহ্মাধিপতিঃ - lord over Brahma or sacred knowledge
ব্রহ্মণঃ অধিপতিঃ - lord of the Veda/prayer/Brahman-related knowledge
ব্রহ্মা শিবঃ মে অস্তু - may Brahma-Shiva be auspicious to me
সদাশিবঃ - the ever-auspicious Lord

Translation (ভাবার্থ):
May the Lord of all knowledge, the Lord of all beings, the Lord of sacred knowledge, Brahma and Shiva, the ever-auspicious one, be auspicious to me.

Commentary (অনুসংধান):
The mantra invokes lordship over knowledge and beings. বিদ্যা is not merely information; it is the illuminating power that reveals reality and guides action.

Shaiva, Vaishnava, and Vedantic traditions all honor the supreme as source of knowledge. Shankara's Dakshinamurti tradition especially presents Shiva as silent teacher of Brahman-knowledge.

Practically, ask whether knowledge is making you auspicious. Real learning should reduce arrogance, increase clarity, and make your presence safer for others.

তদ্বিষ্ণোঃ᳚ পর॒মং প॒দগ্ম্ সদা॑ পশ্যংতি সূ॒রযঃ॑ ।
দি॒বীব॒ চক্ষু॒রাত॑তম্ ।
তদ্বিপ্রা॑সো বিপ॒ন্যবো॑ জাগৃ॒বাগ্ম্ সস্সমিং॑ধতে ।
বিষ্নো॒র্যত্প॑র॒মং প॒দম্ ।

Meaning (পদার্থ):
তত্ বিষ্ণোঃ পরমং পদম্ - that supreme station of Vishnu
সদা পশ্যংতি সূরযঃ - the seers always behold
দিবি ইব চক্ষুঃ আততম্ - like an eye spread in heaven
বিপ্রাসঃ বিপন্যবঃ - inspired discerning sages
জাগৃবাংসঃ সমিংধতে - wakeful ones kindle or illumine it

Translation (ভাবার্থ):
The seers always behold the supreme station of Vishnu, like an eye extended in heaven. The inspired and wakeful sages kindle awareness of that supreme station.

Commentary (অনুসংধান):
পরমং পদম্ is the highest station, goal, and footprint of Vishnu. It is not seen by dull attention; the seers are জাগৃবাংসঃ, wakeful.

The Vishnu Suktam and this recitation both cherish this line. In Vedantic contemplation, the highest station is the ever-present divine reality revealed to purified vision.

Practically, keep your highest aim visible like an eye in the sky. A person who remembers the goal makes better choices under pressure.

ঋতগ্ম্ স॒ত্যং প॑রং ব্র॒হ্ম॒ পু॒রুষং॑ কৃষ্ণ॒পিংগ॑লম্ ।
ঊ॒র্ধ্বরে॑তং-বিঁ॑রূপা॒ক্ষং॒-বিঁ॒শ্বরূ॑পায॒ বৈ নমো॒ নমঃ॑ ॥

Meaning (পদার্থ):
ঋতম্ - cosmic order
সত্যম্ - truth
পরং ব্রহ্ম - supreme Brahman
পুরুষম্ - supreme Person
কৃষ্ণ-পিংগলম্ - dark-tawny, mysterious and radiant
ঊর্ধ্ব-রেতম্ - with upward creative power
বিরূপাক্ষম্ - wondrous-eyed
বিশ্বরূপায নমঃ - salutation to the universal form

Translation (ভাবার্থ):
Salutations to the universal-form Purusha, supreme Brahman, truth and cosmic order, dark-tawny, upward in creative power, wondrous-eyed, and present as the sacred form of all.

Commentary (অনুসংধান):
The verse brings Mantra Pushpam into the same contemplative world as Narayana Suktam through ঋতম্, সত্যম্, পরং ব্রহ্ম, and পুরুষ. Water, fire, wind, time, wealth, and worlds culminate in the supreme Purusha.

The pairing of ঋতম্ and সত্যম্ is Upanishadic: truth must be both cosmic order and existential reality. The supreme is not chaos but luminous order.

In life, truth should become ordered conduct. A person who claims devotion while living disorderly has not absorbed ঋতম্.

ওং না॒রা॒য॒ণায॑ বি॒দ্মহে॑ বাসুদে॒বায॑ ধীমহি ।
তন্নো॑ বিষ্ণুঃ প্রচো॒দযা᳚ত্ ॥

Meaning (পদার্থ):
নারাযণায বিদ্মহে - may we know Narayana
বাসুদেবায ধীমহি - we meditate on Vasudeva
তত্ নঃ বিষ্ণুঃ প্রচোদযাত্ - may Vishnu inspire and impel us

Translation (ভাবার্থ):
May we know Narayana; we meditate on Vasudeva as the indwelling divine presence. May Vishnu inspire, guide, and illumine our understanding.

Commentary (অনুসংধান):
This গাযত্রী-style close turns cosmology into devotion. Knowing, meditating, and being impelled by Vishnu are the fruit of seeing all supports as sacred.

The Gita's বাসুদেবঃ সর্বং ইতি expresses the same mature vision: everything is understood as resting in the supreme Lord.

Practically, do not stop at admiration of nature or ritual beauty. Let insight become directed action: clearer decisions, cleaner desires, and steadier service.

ওং শাংতিঃ॒ শাংতিঃ॒ শাংতিঃ॑ ।

Meaning (পদার্থ):
ওং - sacred syllable
শাংতিঃ - peace
ত্রিবারং - repeated three times

Translation (ভাবার্থ):
May peace settle at every level: in divine forces, in the outer world, and within the mind, so that the knowledge of cosmic support may become stable.

Commentary (অনুসংধান):
After contemplating mutual supports, the hymn rests in শাংতিঃ. True knowledge of interdependence should reduce anxiety and arrogance.

The threefold peace pacifies obstacles from unseen, environmental, and inner sources. The Taittiriya style of closing with শাংতিঃ is especially fitting here because the hymn has seen water, fire, wind, moon, sun, time, and the divine as one ordered field.

Practically, end worship by becoming easier to live with. Peace is proven when your next words are gentler and your next action is steadier.

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