CHAPTER:-1.

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SECTION:-1.

SLOKAM-8.

Tapasa  ciyate  Brahma  tato-nnam-abhijayate,

Annat  prano  manah  satyam  lokah  karmasu  camrtam.


In  brooding  meditation  or  continuous  thought  (Tapas),  the total  creative urge  ( Brahmaji)  swells  ( with the very joy of Creation ). From Him  food is produced, from  food  the  prana,  the  mind,  the  Bhuta-s, the  world's and the  Karma-s  and  their fruits.


The word Tapas has been very often misunderstood as 'austerity'. The word tapas has come to gather in the folds of iots various significances  austerity also. It is the true scriptural meaning  of 'concentrated thinking' that the word tapas, it seems, has been used here.Sruti elsewhere says "Aikagryam pramam tapah"development of single pointed attention is the Supreme Tapas.  

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