"In Rig Veda, the ultimate reality is conceptualized as a productive principle and a force of energy expressed as vac (speech) that is often personified as a goddess.
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च॒त्वारि॒ वाक्परि॑मिता प॒दानि॒ तानि॑ विदुर्ब्राह्म॒णा ये म॑नी॒षिणः॑ ।
गुहा॒ त्रीणि॒ निहि॑ता॒ नेङ्ग॑यन्ति तु॒रीयं॑ वा॒चो म॑नु॒ष्या॑ वदन्ति ॥
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Of these the first three are divine (devatābhidhāna) and the last is human (manuşyābhidhāna).
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1) Vaikhari speech is where we hear external sound. When we converse with each other or hear someone speak, it is at this level. It is the gross level.
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3) Pashyanti is unconscious speech in meditative states. There is a slight hint or inkling of a ‘presence’ inside, but it lacks form.
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4) Para level is connectivity and unity with the cosmic vibration (ritam), available only in deep meditation.
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For example, Bhagvan Dakshinamorti imparting Brahmgyan in Maunmudra.
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the forty-nine sounds is a manifestation of the vaikhari or audible form of Reality (sabdabrahman).
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