Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 12.6.43
Visarga· Brahmā's creationAlphabet Sounds Arise from Oṁkāra
“From that oṁkāra Lord Brahmā created all the sounds of the alphabet — the vowels, consonants, semivowels, sibilants and others — distinguished by such features as long and short measure.”
What the purport teaches
- Lord Brahmā created all the sounds of the alphabet from oṁkāra.
- These sounds include vowels, consonants, semivowels, sibilants and others.
- The sounds are distinguished by features such as long and short measure.
Try this today
Read the verse aloud slowly, noticing its varied sounds and recalling their described origin in oṁkāra.
Ask yourself
How does this account change the way I regard the sounds used in sacred study?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
From Canto 10, chapter 14 onward, the translation and purports were completed by Śrīla Prabhupāda's disciples after his departure, and published by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.