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Journal: Vedic Science
Volume: 28 | Issue: 3 | Year: 2026
Pages: 24–30
DOI:  https://doi.org/10.66718/vsj.v28.i3.03    
Received: 12 July, 2026
Accepted:  13 August, 2026
Published: 30 Sept., 2026

The Mantra of the Plenum: A Comparative Study of Superfluid Vacuum Mechanics and the Yāska-Etymological Vision of the Āpo Jyotī Mantra

Dr B Rambilass (PhD. Sanskrit), Ex Head of Department – Sanskrit: University of Durban-Westville, Academic Director Hindi Shiksha Sangh (S.A.); Founder & Director: Westville Hindu School; Director – School of Vedic Studies (South Africa); President Emeritus –  Arya Samaj South Africa, 87 Harbottle Rd, Sydenham, Durban, 4091, South Africa

Sindhu Bhogal, Independent Research Scholar; Ex-Tutor: Veda Niketan & School of Vedic Studies, Arya Samaj South Africa, 87 Harbottle Rd, Sydenham, Durban, 4091, South Africa

Abstract

This paper presents a comparative analysis between a modern superfluid vacuum theory of celestial mechanics—recently articulated in the Vedic Science journal (Vol 27, Issue 4)—and the ancient cosmological vision encoded in the Vedic mantra om āpo jyotī raso’mṛtaṃ brahma bhūrbhuvaḥ svarom. Utilising the Nirukta methodology of Yāska, which derives meaning through verbal roots and semantic elucidation, the paper demonstrates that the mantra constitutes a precise ontological map of a fluid, self-luminous, and hierarchically layered cosmos. The analysis reveals direct parallels: āpaḥ (water/the fluid principle) corresponds to the quantum medium’s cohesive property giving rise to inertia; rasaḥ (essence) mirrors the concept of effective mass; and the three worlds (bhūr, bhuvaḥ, svaḥ) align with the density gradients and time-dilation layers of the plenum. The paper concludes that the mantra provides a symbolic-experiential counterpart to the mathematical-physical model, and that both describe a unified, non-void, and self-sustaining universe.

Keywords

Celestial mechanics; Superfluid Vacuum Theory; Āpo Jyotī Mantra; Yāska-Nirukta; Etymology; Vedic Cosmology; Plenum; Quantum Foam; Cohesion/Adhesion; Inertia/Gravity; Comparative Ontology

References

Arya, R. P. (2021). The Vaiśeṣika Darśana. Indian Foundation for Vedic Science.

Malik, S. S. (2025). Gravity and Inertia in the Celestial Plenum: A Re-evaluation of Solar System Mechanics via Quantum Foam and Planetary Gearing. Vedic Science, 27 (Oct–Dec), 22–33.

Taittirīya Araṇyaka. (n.d.). (10.27). Kṛṣṇa Yajurveda (Standard edition).

Yāska. (1984). Nirukta (L. Sarup, Ed. & Trans.). Motilal Banarsidass. (References to Nirukta 1.1 and 2.1)

Kaṇāda. (n.d.). Vaiśeṣika Sūtras. (As cited in the Celestial Plenum paper; Sūtras 1.1.26, 5.1.7, 5.1.18)

How to cite this article

Rambilass, B., Bhogal, S. (2026). The Mantra of the Plenum: A Comparative Study of Superfluid Vacuum Mechanics and the Yāska-Etymological Vision of the Āpo Jyotī Mantras. Vedic Science, 2026 (3), 24-30. ISSN: 0975-0312 (print). DOI: https://doi.org/10.66718/vsj.v28.i3.03