Sadhguru: The Sanskrit language is a device, not necessarily a medium
of communication. Most of the other languages were made up because we
had to refer to something. Initially, they started with just a handful
of words and then multiplied them into complex forms. But Sanskrit is a
discovered language because today we know that if you feed any sound
into an oscilloscope, every sound has a form attached to it. Similarly,
every form has a sound attached to it. Every form in the
existence is reverberating in a certain way and creates a certain form.
This happened to me as a child: I would be staring at someone who would
be talking. Initially, I heard their words, then just the sounds. After
some time, I just saw some crazy patterns happening around them which
so engrossed, amazed and amused me that I could just sit staring at them
forever, not understanding a single word because I was not listening to
the words at all.
Sanskrit
is one language where form and sound are connected. In English for
example, if you say “sun” or “son,” in utterance it is the same, only in
spelling it is different. What you write is not the criteria. The sound
is the criteria because today modern science is proving to you that the
whole existence is just a reverberation of energy. Where there is a
vibration, there is bound to be a sound. The whole existence on one
level is in sound form. When you realize what sound is attached to a
particular form, you give this sound as the name for that form – now the
sound and the form are connected. If you utter the sound, you are
relating to the form – not just psychologically, but existentially, you
are connecting with the form. If you have mastery over the sound, you
also have mastery over the form. Sanskrit is like a blueprint of the
existence. What is in form, we converted into sound. A lot of
distortions have happened. How to preserve it in its right form has
become a challenge even today since the necessary knowledge,
understanding, and awareness is largely missing.
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. It is the sound and the form which are connecting. Are you connecting or not? – That is the question. That is why it has become the mother of almost all Indian and European languages, except Tamil. Tamil did not come from Sanskrit. It developed independently. All the other Indian languages and almost all the European languages have their origin in Sanskrit.
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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. It is the sound and the form which are connecting. Are you connecting or not? – That is the question. That is why it has become the mother of almost all Indian and European languages, except Tamil. Tamil did not come from Sanskrit. It developed independently. All the other Indian languages and almost all the European languages have their origin in Sanskrit.
Source Link : http://blog.ishafoundation.org/lifestyle/sanskrit-connecting-sound-form/
I do not agree with Sadhguru. I feel speaking Sanskrit harnesses certain variations of the primordial vibrations which has a positive effect on the consciousness
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