There is a great difference between the two. In Sanskrit, there are two words which have this root: Sat which means beingness, existence and Satya which means truth, validity. And that which triple transcends is Onkar too.” The Mandukopanishad defines the word as: “That which was, is, will be, is all Onkar.
Kapur Singh suggests Oan = Transcedent, -kar = Immanent. This God is at once one and many, implying unity in diversity. But, in spite of manifesting in such diverse forms, God remains One He is immanent in His creation, while being at the same time transcendent. The word ‘O-ankaar’ denotes that God manifests Himself ceaselessly throughout His creation in diverse forms, features and colours, and in this way becomes knowable to us. However when it comes to large distances, one mile, or two miles it cannot be imagined by the mind, or fully comprehended and so a standard is used for comparison: this mountain is x miles high, this tree is so high etc. A simple example of this is in imagining distances: one could quite easily indicate that a meter in height is so high even two or three metres. God being non-dual and absolute, is unknowable to the human mind. The mind is capable of knowing only those things, phenomena, facts and concepts which are bipolar or relative. Bhai Gurdas writes, “By writing 1 (one) in the beginning, it has been shown that Ek Oankar, God, who subsumes all forms in Him is only One (and not two or three)” The number one also affirms identity and not void orshunya. There is one God, the sole Supreme Being, the Ultimate Reality. Kartaa Purakh / Creative Being PersonifiedĪjoonee / Beyond the cycle of Birth & Death It is philosophically dense, difficult to explain, and understand as it encapsulates the entire Sikh theology in roughly 8 concepts: it is the foundation upon which the proceeding verses, hymns, and prayers of the Guru Grant Sahib (which amounts to about 1430 pages) elaborate. The Mool Mantra is the most important concept within the Guru Granth Sahib, and is considered the basis of Sikh theology a position that is emphasized by its appearance as the first composition written in the Granth. Revealed by First Guru of Sikhs Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji, it’s the commencing or opening (first) composition of Sri Guru Granth Sahib (SGGS) – The Holy Book. Just as the fragrance is boxed in the flower, and the light of the sun is hidden in the colors, similarly, the Essence of the Divine (ਪ੍ਰਮੇਸਰ ਦੇ ਸਾਰੇ ਗਿਆਨ ਦਾ ਖਜਾਨਾ, Brahm-Giaan…) is summed up in the Mool Mantra. Hence Mool Mantra (or Moolmantar, Mool Mantar ) means Root-Mantra. Both “Mool” (also spelt Mul) and “Mantra” are Sanskrit words - “Mool” simply meaning “Root” (or Source, Primordial, Base, Foundation, Origin…) and Mantra simply meaning incantation (or text of the Gurbani…).
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