Ekatmata Mantra
yam vaidikaa mantradrash: puraaNaa:
indram yamam maatarishvaanamaahu: |
vedaantino nirvacaneeyamekama
yam brahma shabdena vinirdishanti ||
shaivaayameeshm shiva ityavochana
yam vaishnavaa vishnuriti stuvanti |
buddhastathaarhanaiti bauddha jainaa:
sata Sree akaaleti cha sikhasantaa: ||
shaasteti kechit prakritih kumaara:
svaamiti maateti piteti bhaktayaa |
yam praarthayante jagadeeshataaram
sa eka eva prabhuradviteeya: ||
To whom the vaidikas, and the ancient seers call Indra, Yama and Maatarishwa, the vedantins indicate that
inexplicable one by the word Brahma.
To which Almighty the Shaivites call Shiva and the Vaishnavites praise as Vishnu, the Bouddhas call him the
Buddha and the Jains as Arhan; the Sikh sages call him as Sat Sri Akaal.
Some call that almighty as Shaastaa, some others as nature Kumaar or Swaami, Maataa or Pitaa through
devotion & prayer. That Lord of Universe is only one absolute without a second.
यं वैदिका मन्त्रदृशः पुराणाः इन्द्रं यमं मातरिश्वा नमाहुः।
वेदान्तिनो निर्वचनीयमेकम् यं ब्रह्म शब्देन विनिर्दिशन्ति॥
शैवायमीशं शिव इत्यवोचन् यं वैष्णवा विष्णुरिति स्तुवन्ति।
बुद्धस्तथार्हन् इति बौद्ध जैनाः सत् श्री अकालेति च सिख्ख सन्तः॥
शास्तेति केचित् प्रकृतीः कुमारः स्वामीति मातेति पितेति भक्त्या।
यं प्रार्थन्यन्ते जगदीशितारम् स एक एव प्रभुरद्वितीयः॥
English Transliteration:
yaṁ vaidikā mantradṛśaḥ purāṇāḥ indraṁ yamaṁ mātariśvā namāhuḥ |
edāntino nirvacanīyamekam yaṁ brahma śabdena vinirdiśanti ||
śaivāyamīśaṁ śiva ityavocan yaṁ vaiṣṇavā viṣṇuriti stuvanti |
buddhastathārhan iti bauddha jaināḥ sat śrī akāleti ca sikhkha santaḥ ||
śāsteti kecit prakrutiḥ kumāraḥ swāmīti māteti piteti bhaktyā |
yaṃ prārthayante jagadīśitāraṃ sa eka eva prabhuradvitīyaḥ ||
Meaning:
Whom (Yam) the Vaidika Mantradrashah (those who have understood the Vedas and to
whom the mantras were revealed), the Puranas (stories and history of ancient times) and
other sacred scriptures 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).
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).
Some (kecit) call Whom as Śāstā, Mother Nature, 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).
