EKATMATA
MANTRA
Ekatmata Mantra is a Sanskrit mantra which is recited in the branches of Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh. The basic meaning of this mantra is that God is one and people know Him by different names.
|| EKATMATA MANTRA ||
वेदान्तिनो निर्वचनीयमेकम् यं ब्रह्म शब्देन विनिर्दिशन्ति॥
vedāntino nirvacanīyamekam yaṁ brahma śabdena vinirdiśanti ||
to whom the mantras were revealed), the Puranas (stories and history of ancient times)
and other sacred scrip¬tures call: Indram (Indra, the God of Gods),
Yamam (Yama, the eternal timeless God) and Mātariśvā (present everywhere like air).
Whom the Vedāntins (those who follow the philosophy of Vedānta), indicate by the word Brahma
as the One (ekam) which cannot be described or explained (Nirvachaniya).
बुद्धस्तथार्हन् इति बौद्ध जैनाः सत् श्री अकालेति च सिख्ख सन्तः॥
buddhastathārhan iti bauddha jaināḥ sat śrī akāleti ca sikhkha santaḥ ||
Whom the Śaivas call (Avochan) the Omnipotent (Yamisham) Śiva and Vaishnavas praise (stuvanti)
as Vishnu, the Buddhists and Jains (Baudhajainaha) respectively call as Buddha and
Arhant (without any end), whom the Sikh sages (Sikh-santaha) call Sat Śrī Akāl (the timeless Truth).
यं प्रार्थन्यन्ते जगदीशितारम् स एक एव प्रभुरद्वितीयः॥
yaṁ prārthanyante jagadīśitāram sa eka eva prabhuradvitīyaḥ ||
Some (kecit) call Whom as Śāstā, others (katicit) Kumāra, some call It Swāmī (Lord of the Universe
and protector of all), some Mātā (divine mother) or Pitā (father). To whom they offer prayers, It (Sa)
is the same and the only One (Eka Eva), without a second (advitiyah).