If you know a little bit of science, you know that if you feed a sound into an oscilloscope – an instrument used to measure signals – depending upon the sound’s frequency and amplitude, the oscilloscope will give out a certain form. It is an established fact that every sound has a form attached to it. Similarly, every form has a sound attached to it. Sanskrit language was discovered by people who observed different forms in the existence and identified the sound attached to that particular form.
Sanskrit is not an invented language in the sense that, other languages are made up for the sake of communication. For example, in English, we use the sound “mic” to refer to a mic. But we could have called it anything – “boom,” “toom,” “ teen,” or whatever else. We can actually invent a new language. This is how, when the need for communication came, different cultures invented different languages. But Sanskrit language was not invented in this way.
When you utter a sound in Sanskrit, there is a communication – not just between you and me; there is a communication between you and what you are referring to. If you say “surya,” you are not just saying “surya” to make someone understand. When you say “surya,” the sound surya is connecting to the form surya. That means you get closer to the life process by just uttering these sounds.
That is the reason why when Sanskrit is taught, it has to be learnt by rote. People just chant the language endlessly. It does not matter whether you know the meaning or not. The sound is important, not the meaning. Meanings are made up in your mind.
Different types of sounds have a different impact on your mind and body, and one important aspect to activate and stimulate the brain is language. Today, many of the elite schools in UK, Germany and other parts of the world teach Sanskrit because they see that just uttering these sounds stimulates the brain. Suppose we left you in a hall and made a lot of noise for a whole day. You would want to run away from there. Initially, you may think it is fun, but after some time, it has a negative impact on your system. Your body and mind begin to suffer in some way. But suppose we play some gentle music instead, there will be no need to run away from it. Similarly, the Sanskrit language was consciously created so that just uttering the language will purify the system.
Above all, Sanskrit also uses your ability to utter sounds in every possible way. Once you speak the Sanskrit language, you can learn almost any language in the world effortlessly because you would have used your tongue in every possible way, which you would not do when you speak English. Sanskrit language has a phonetic possibility of causing the maximum number of sound vibrations within the system and activating the human system to its fullest capacity.
Ranked amongst the fifty most influential people in India, Sadhguru is a Yogi, mystic, visionary and a New York Times bestselling author. Sadhguru has been conferred the Padma Vibhushan by the Government of India in 2017, the highest annual civilian award, accorded for exceptional and distinguished service. He is also the founder of the world’s largest people’s movement, Conscious Planet– Save Soil, which has touched over 4 billion people.
