Janmaadyasya Yathah

"That from which the birth, etc. of This."

One has to know That as Brahman, the source of the origination, maintenance and disintegration [srishti, sthithi and pralaya] of this perceptible Cosmos. Brahmam is the entity from whom this Jagath [this apparently concrete ever changing product of the tendency of the mind to visualise] has originated. This is maintained as an organisation in spite of the ever-present flux, by Brahmam. This ultimately subsides or merges in Brahmam Itself. Should there not be One who designs and decides on some sort of control and regulation of this Jagath? Underlying the three phases of Jagath mentioned above, one can cognise not only inter-penetrating order and all-comprehensive Wisdom but also basic Ajnana or Mis-understanding. Asya [of this] - of this visible Universe [the composite of the Five Elements, Prapancha], Birth etc. [Janmaadi] - Origination, Maintenance and Disintegration - from whom [yathah], that is Brahmam.

We can know a great deal about the nature of the Cosmos. But the instrument of knowledge we possess is the human eye, is it not? Physical sciences have discovered much, but all that has been discovered by the human mind, is it not? They describe and analyse things as they are. However, how long do they exist as now? They are subject to modification each moment. But, in spite of the inescapable change that affects all things, one is aware of a truth or fact that is not affected in the least. That unchanging principle is the basis on which the three phases are manifested. That Principle is Brahmam, the Eternal Base, the Unmoving, the One, the Sathya, Truth.