"Aksharam Brahmaa"

   Arjuna asks the Lord - kim tadbrahmaa, kimadhyaatmam.....| (Ch. 8. Verse 3)."What is Brahman  and what is Adhyatmam? Chapter 8 of the Bhagavad-Gita narrate the beginning of the universe. The secret of the secrets revealed here is that what all we see, hear, or experience are nothing but brahman. Everything is manifest aspect of brahman. sarvam khaluvidam brahmaa |. However, it is explicitly made clear that''akshara' is 'brahman'. Here the word 'akshara'  means 'the immutable' or 'that which never ceases'! Akshara also means the alphabets (the alpha and beta of existence?). The 51 aksharas of Samskrutam or vernacular Kannada starting from the vowels ('a' and 'A') and ending with the consonants 'ksha' constitute syllab;es (akshara) Another version that explains these alphabets as the ones that create the very universe is more important. The syllable ksha stands for collapse, disintegrate, cease or disseminate. the syllable 'a' stands for brahman, the absolute. Brahman is the Absolute and Silence-mahattanta shanta. Thus, Creation ishidden in Silence. Here 'Silence' is not absolute void or vaccuum. Silence is the source of sound and it starts with waves of vibration. Vibration is chaitanya, Energy or Consciousness.Thus, Creation has its source in Brahmn that is Absolute and it pervades as 'kshara (collapse) of 'a'. It is in fact Sound that emanates from the vibration of Chaitanya, Consiousness as the breath of the Lord Brahma. It is also called 'Saraswati'. the collapse of  a' (brahmn/ Absolute 'Silence' (A kshara), 

   ''OM ityekaaksharam brahma vyaharan mamanusmaran \ (Gita Ch.8. Verse 13).| The sound AUM (OM) hearlds the beginning of the universe. The universe is humming with the sound of 'Ommmmm" and this has been recorded by scientists. This humming sound is audible in absolute silence and anybody can experience it! Thus, the term 'Brahmn' is the beginning and end of all, rather, It is the 'Be All and End All' of this perceptible universe.Meditate on Brahman. Meditate on 'A U M. Meditation on Brahmn is the key to liberation, mukti, moksha.

   It is, thus, very interesting to know more about the origin of the Alpha and Beta (alphabets) of the different languages. There is much similarity in these since most of the languages have cmmon orgon in Samskrutam (Sanskrit() and Latin. The Samskruta akshara form the basis for most of the languages and Kannada is very close to it, may be  2000 years old! Each and every letter, syllable is loaded with meaning and the object represented by it. In fact, sound of our breath only creates the objects of our desire. Hence, it is said, "Desire is the Life-breath"!