AshtAkshari or eight-lettered manthra

AshtAkshari or eight-lettered manthra

4/22/08

One can break the word Naaraayana in several ways. So
we can have several interpretations also. All of them are right. But we
can choose what is appealing to us.

Om Namo Naaraayanaaya

One explanation of the meaning of this ashtaakshari ( a word with eight letters)
when taken letter by letter:

OM- Soham- reveals the unity of Jeevaathma and Paramaatma (sa: aham)
NA- Nishedhaatmakam- No (Negation)
MO- Ayam - prapancham- This material world
NAA- Sat- True
RAA- Chit- Self illuminating
YA- Anantham(not aanandam or bliss) - beyond any restrictions or limits
of time and space or the one that cannot be measured by time or space.
NAA-Sukham- Aanandam- Happiness, bliss
YA- advaitham, akhandabodham- feeling of oneness with God, Paramaathma.

So the full meaning of the manthram- OM NAMO NAARAAYANAAYA:

Both the Jeevaatma and Paramaatma are one. This material world is not
existing, it is not real. The feeling of I or Jeevatma is really the
same as the Brahmachaitanyam which is beginningless and endless
(aadyanthaheenam), which is Sat(true), Chit( self illuminating), and
aanandam(bliss).