MOUNTAINS, RIVERS, PLANTS, ETC, ARE ALSO BORN OF BRAHMAM-

Chapter-2.

Section-1.

Mantram-9.

 

Atah   samudra   girayas-ca   sarve-smat

syandante   sindhavah   sarva-rupah,

atas   ca   sarva   osadhaya   rasas-ca

yenaisa   bhutais-tisthate   hy-antaratma.

 

From Him, :-

All the oceans and mountains; from him,  the rivers of every description; from him, too, all herbs and saps by which the subtle body( sushma sariram) exists encircled by the gross elements of matter.

Explanation:-

In the previous mantras, we studied That from the Supreme Reality came all the dynamic aspects of nature and the entire kingdom of living organisms. This mantram  is here  indicating that even mountains, oceans, rivers, are all manifestations of the same  Eternal Truth. Earth, when watered by the rivers becomes favourable  field for plant-life, and then plants grow. In the plant the sap and by ddigesting the sap, the beings preserve and maintain themselves; they grow and cultivate their bodies. Food  in its subtlest potency, nourishes the mind and intellect which constitute the subtle body. In short, the entire world outside and within ourselves, have arisen from the one principle, the ATMA.