Slokam 9

The slokam reveals that Brahma was in isolation on the Lotus, consuming nothing but the wind and water.  Brahma was blessed with the capability to sustain physically by consuming the wind and water.

The slokam is a pointer to the requirement of leading an austere life and performing tapas in isolation as the requisites of invoking the Paramathma. In the modern context,  we cannot retreat to the forest or live in isolation for any length of time. Austerity would imply minimalist living. Isolation canbe practiced only for a limited time each day.  A sustained meditational effort in the modern context, would mean seeing the Hand of the Paramathma in not only the observed, but also the observer, or our own inner selves.

The association of acceptance pleasantness,  peace,  and eternity with the image of the Paramatha promotes sustenance and endowment of essential qualities.

May we be endowed with the ability to practice sustained austerity as a way of life and forever view the observed and observer with a sense of deep love and devotion for the Paramathma with His image forever fixed in our minds.