Bharat or Bharath
or Bharata or Bharatam or Bhārat,
or Bhārata !
Many ways to call it, we usually say Bharat.
But, the real name for the subcontinent and what ancient people used to called
it in Sanskrit as is Bharata. Now by Bharata it means a culture that is lot more
than just a silly nationalism.
The word BHARATA has three parts in it; BHA means " भाव " (bhāva) in Sanskrit which means Sensation means the body's detection of external or internal stimulation. The fundamentals of your experience; by it I mean experience of your Life is all through your sense organs, starting from pain to pleasure , hearing to visual, bitter to sweet etc. all are sensations. The second one is RA means “ राग ” (Raga) means tune it refers to a process beyond our control, the natural process, the life, the source of our creation which is already set. Third one is ta means “ ताल ” (Tala) means Rhythm it refers as actions, duty etc. which is fully ours’ .
It is said that “ What we are experiencing taste, touch, sound,
light, smell all are making a waves of sensation and this all are happening in
a certain tune, if you get the correct rhythm, you will ride the raga, hence
life will be so beautiful and if you don’t get the correct rhythm life will
crush you “
So its not about nationalism, its about a beautiful culture where
everybody can find his own path or own rhythm. Its fully his or her own choice,
one can set million rhythm to a tune.
There is not one rhythm, everybody has
to get his own rhythm, but it has to be in the tune. This culture is about mastering in getting
the right rhythm.
1000s of years ago a king was there whose name was Bharat. And it
is said that he is the first one from whom the democratic passing of ruling
power was started. He had five sons, all were dreaming to become King, when the
time came for emperor Bharat to choose the next emperor, he put all his son
aside and chose Bhumanu, who was son of rishi (saint) Bharadwaj. Bhumanu grew
up in jungle with his father, didn’t have any experience of being king, or
being in court or living in a Palace. Everybody asked how this boy can be a
king, he was not a king’s son & he grew up in forest; then emperor Bharat
replied “ when I see in his eyes I see intelligence, stability, fully
physically fit for being a good emperor. ” & he passed away the
responsibilities and his whole nation all in the hand of Bhumanu where all his
sons were waiting to be the emperor. He set the demo of first democratic
society .
Now here the question comes, why the bharat word becomes so
important because its not about setting a Nation but about setting a Culture
where every human being can aspire till the highest possibilities, a culture of
more than just being busy in building their own livelihood or survival needs
but aspire something bigger than survival. That’s why this culture has gave
methods to get in to the deep nature, going beyond physical abilities and today
that methods we know it a YOGA and MEDITATIONS; the backbone of mathematics
CALCULAS, ALGEBRA,TRIGNOMETRY and most importantly “0” and many more things
like AYURVEDA etc.
Hence Bharata is a lot more than just being a word we called as our nation. Its being a culture where Truth and liberation is always been the goal of life.
