WHAT IS IN A NAME OR MISTRANSLATION!

Mahoday,

Namaskar and Jai Hind. On the question raised by you upon translation of the word OM to AUM, as is being used in English, I would like to comment as follows:-

WHAT IS IN A NAME?

How come RAM became RAMA, KRISHN, BECAME KRISHNA, GANESH became GANESHA AND SO ON and on.

Is there an end to these APBHRANSH'S. I think even without translating into English the South Indians, especially the religious people have added an A to the various names of God, which normally end with a small A in the NORTH and not with big AA, for whatever reason I do not know.

Can someone tell me and others why this was done and if it really matters if OM is spelled with AUM or OM, or Ram is spelled and pronounced as RAMA? What really matters, in my opinion, is the faith and devotion with which the name is pronounced! In this connection, I would like to tell an old village story:-

There was a shepherd who used to take care of the cows, buffaloes etc.taking them to the forest for grazing all day, as was the practise in the villages in olden times.

Once a group of sadhus came and had an overnight stay with this shepherd, who served them with food and provided whatever facilities he had available to them. In the morning, when the sadhus were departing on their onward journey, the shepherd approached the head sadhu and said: Sir, I have spent all my life grazing these cows and buffaloes, etc. and have done nothing to take care of my parlok. The sadhu was Krishn Bhakt so he said that he may continue the work he is doing and whenever he has a chance he should repeat the name of Krishnji, i.e. GOPAL GOPAL as his mantr.

The shepherd started to do this all day and night and now when his wife came with his food etc. she also brought some hot news of the village, like, that daughter of so and so ran away with the son of the dhobi, etc. etc. After a few days she noticed that her husband was not listening to her at all and was just repeating something. She got angry and quarelled with him. As a result he forgot the mantr and was very sad about it. He kept taxing his memory but he still could not remember the mantr.

Then one day a buffaloe, jumped into the river, and he heard the voice as CHhAPP and then he remembered that the mantr was something like GAPP or GAPPU and so he happily started repeating the name GAPPU GAPPU.

Now one day Bhagwan Vishnu and Laxmiji were flying over the earth in their VIMAN, inspecting as to how things were going and then Bhagwan said to Laxmiji that this fellow down there is a very great devotee of me. Laxmiji then noticed that the fellow was saying GAPPU GAPPU, how can he be a great devotee. Bhagwan said yes he is. So Laxmiji said that she wanted to find out the reality herself.

NOTE; Before I proceed further with the story, please understand that in UP in the village language some sort of epithet is used as KHASAM for the husband>

So, Laxmiji dressed herself as a very poor village woman and approached the shepherd and asked him that whose name he was chanting. The shepherd did not pay any attention to the woman and continued with his chanting.

Laxmiji went away and then next day again she came as a poor woman and asked him as to whose name he was chanting.

Thereupon, the shepherd got angry at this disturbance in his jap, and he angrily said to the woman that he was chanting the name of her KHASAM. TERE KHASAM KAU NAAM JAP RAHO HOON!

So, Lakshmiji on hearing this answer became speechless and got confirmation of what Bhagwan had told her and therefore we can well say WHAT IS IN A NAME!

HARI OM, JAISHRISITARAMJIKI, JAI SHRI RADHAKRISHNJIKI, JAI VEER HANUMAN!


Bhavdiy,

SHER SINGH AGRAWAL




On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 9:47 PM, bhagavaandaas tyaagi wrote:



ABOUT " AUM " ---------- In Hindi / sanskrit / Devnagri, अ + उ = ओ , अ + ऊ = औ very true BUT

ओंठ = onth. not aunth. We do not write अउठ in hindii then why in english AUTH. ??? ; ओखली = okhali not aukhali ; We do not write अउखली in hindii then why in english AUKHALI??? ओज = oj not auj ; We do not write अउज in hindii and in Sanskri`t then why in english AUJ ??? ओला = olaa not aulaa ; We do not write अउला in hindii then why in english AULAA ??? in the same way ॐ , ओम् = om NOT "AUM". We do not write अउम् in hindii and in Sanskri`t then why in english "AUM"
ॐ , ओम् = om We do not write अउम in hindii and in Sanskri`t then why in english AUM ???


I DO NOT UNDER STAND WHY PEOPLE ARE SPOILING SANSKRI`T AND HINDII BY ---AUM--- WHILE IT IS-- OM ---
-- OM=ॐ, ओ३म,ओम WILL BE FOUND IN ALL SANSKRI`T BOOKS BUT NEVE ---AUM---PEOPLE CAN GIVE ANY KIND OF EXCELLENT,SUPERB, EXPLANATIONS FOR --AUM -- BUT THOSE EXPLANATIONS ARE FOISTS AND ABSURD }}}
ॐ , ओम्,ओ३म IS NOT "AUM". which is wrong, absolutaly wrong---but millions of people are writing " AUM " instead of --- OM ---to spoil HINDUU RELIGION AND CULTURE


IT IS A REQUEST TO ALL ---- PLEASE WRITE ॐ AND ओम् and ओ३म AS "OM " NOT AS "AUM" WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY WRONG AS राम IS NOT रामा , योग IS NOT योगा, वेद IS NOT वेदा ,धर्म IS NOT धर्मा ETC. ETC. AND MANY MORE LIKE THESE,in the same way OM is not AUM----- PLEASE CONSULT SANSKRI`T BOOKS NOT TAMIL OR ANY PROVINCIAL LANGUAGES BOOKS. THOSE WHO ARE SAYING SANSKRI`T WORDS WRONG ARE NOT SCHOLARS BUT PRETENDING THEY ARE SCHOLARS AND THOSE WHO ARE FOLLOWING THEM ARE NOT EDUCATED ONES BUT COPYCATS AND THOSE WHO DO NOT TAKE STEPS TO CORRECT THE WRONGS ARE ENEMIES OF HINDUUS, HINDII , SANSKRI`T, HINDUU CULTURE AND HINDUU RELIGION.
राम = RAAM | रामा = RAAMAA | योग = YOG | योगा = YOGAA | वेद = VED | वेदा = VEDAA | धर्म = DHARM | धर्मा = DHARMAA ETC. ETC.

SOME CLAIMED TO BE SCHOLARS and SAY -----
The most sacred symbol in Hindu dharma. Aum is the sound of the infinite. Aum is said to be the essence of all mantras, the highest of all matras or divine word (shabda), brahman (ultimate reality) itself. Aum is said to be the essence of the Vedas.
By sound and form, AUM symbolizes the infinite Brahman (ultimate reality) and the entire universe.
A stands for Creation
U stands for Preservation
M stands for Destruction or dissolution
This is representative of the Trinity of God in Hindu dharma (Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva)
The three portions of AUM relate to the states of waking, dream and deep sleep and the three gunas (rajas, satva, tamas)
The three letters also indicates three planes of existence, heaven (swarga), earth (martya) and netherworld (patala)
All the words produced by the human vocal organ can be represented by AUM. A is produced by the throat, U & M by the lips
In the Vedas, AUM is the sound of the Sun, the sound of Light. It is the sound of assent (affirmation) and ascent (it has an upwards movement and uplifts the soul, as the sound of the divine eagle or falcon.

all these EXPLATIONS ARE FOISTS AND ABSURD--- can i say --- in aum---a--- stands for---ABSURD , u stands for--ugly-- , ---m -- stands for --- mad --- what will be the answer of those who write ---om---as aum---
PLEASE NOTE -----

[ अ = a , आ = aa ] [ अ AND आ = a IS NOT RIGHT ] . PLEASE TAKE A STEP IN A RIGHT DIRECTION . NOTHING IS TOO LATE.

PLEASE NOTE-------- ---HINDII WORDS ARE WRITTEN IN ENGLISH ACCORDING TO

ONE OF THE HINDII-SANSKRI` T- ENGLISH - GUIDES ------

अ = a , आ = aa , इ = i , ई = ii , उ = u , ऊ = uu , ऋ = ri` ( रि = ri , री = rii , ऋ =ri` )
ए = e , ऐ = ee or ai , ओ = o , औ = oo or au , अं = an , अ: = a: ]

क = k , ख = kh , ग = g , घ = gh ङ =n. ||| च = ch , छ = chh ज = j , झ = jh , ञ = n`
ट = t. , ठ = th. , ड = d. , ढ = dh. , ण = n~||| त = t , थ = th , द = d , ध = dh , न = n

प = p , फ = ph , ब = b , भ = bh , म = m ||| य = y , र = r , ल = l , व = v , श = sh

ष = sh. स = s , ह = h , क्ष = ksh , त्र = tr ||| ज्ञ = jn.. , श्र = shr , ड़ = ad , ढ़ = ad. ] }

PLEASE NOTE :--हिंदी should be Hindii not Hindi which is = हिंदि ||| हिंदू should be Hinduu not Hindu which is = हिंदु-------


PLEASE SOME ONE ! STANDARDIZE HINDII-SANSKRI` T- ENGLISH - GUIDE WHICH INDIAN GOVT. SHOULD HAVE DONE MORE THAN 60 YEARS AGO BUT INDIAN GOVT. HAS DONE NOTHING FOR HINDUUS AND HINDII BUT FOR MUSLIMS AND URDU ; FOR CHRISTIANS AND ENGLISH----- .