Panch Tatva of Human life and Relationship

Panch Tatva of Human life and Relationship

We are made of pancha tatva – prithvi, aakash , vayu , agni and jal (earth , sky , air, fire and water ).  Apart from what God has created (nature, sun, moon, stars, river, mountains etc) whatever human beings have created for which they feel very proud of is all from this panch tatva . You can not imagine a single thing made by mankind which is not from this panch tatva. So one can easily say even the inventions and creation by human beings have happened because nature / God wanted so. Nothing exists on this earth without the approval of Almighty .

I have tried to visualise the panch tatva even in our personal life, in our relationship. For any human being 5 relationships are most important. We get the birth from the womb of mother. We lay in her laps when small kid. Mother is equivalent to earth. Earth only gives you but takes nothing in return. Agriculture products helps us survive , tall buildings where we live and work have their base on earth only , cars , roads on which we move from one place to another in on earth only . Role of our mother is same in our life: makes food for us, gives us with full love and affection.  When we are in any discomfort or pain we put our head in her lap.

Second tatva is aakash ( sky ) . Aakash covers us, how long and how high it exists cannot be  measured . We feel protected in the lap of earth under sky. Aakash in our life is our father. In our life father is one to whom we seek protection if we feel insecure from outside. He is always there to protect from any external risk. In the same sky we find hot sun in day and also cool moon at night. our father corrects us by being tough  when we are wrong but will show mildness when seek forgiveness. Father always represents two extreme  behaviour but both beneficial for us , same as sun and moon in sky .

Third important tatva is Vayu . From the time we are born till death we breath. Vayu is must for our health. A partner throughout our life . Who is our partner throughout life in all situation. It is wife  . She is called ardhangini or better half . She is a constant companion in every stage and situation of life same as vayu . You change a place, do anything but vayu is always your silent companion always to make you alive . Similar is wife . If there is breathlessness or air pollution how uneasy we feel. Similarly a right wife like right vayu makes you feel healthy. Vayu is not polluted on its own, our mistake has made it polluted . Similarly we should not find fault in wife but find whether  we have taken her care properly for a proper relationship to exist .

Fourth important tatva is Agni. Agni is energy in our life. It is in the form of heat which helps in digestion , maintain right body temperature . Any imbalance in our health gets reflected by fever. Excess of agni (sun in summer ) creates discomfort and shortage of it in winter also creates discomfort . So agni is must for us but has to be in balance else problem.   In our life Son represent Agni . We see ourself protected in an able son . His good deeds bring happiness and pride in our life but his misadventure , wrong deeds can even bring pain in our life .

Fifth important tatva is Jal . Jal like earth and moon brings coolness , must for us like vayu .Can we live without water? Water in our body is must to control excess of agni. Shortage of water in our body makes us weak and can be life threatening as well. In our life Daughter plays the role of jal . Her coolness , calmness brings peace and joy . She also plays a very active role in soothing ,guiding her brother and bring balance in life just as water does to agni inside our body . Both agni and jal equally important in our life to maintain balance. similarly both son and daughter are equally important . Both have been designated by nature to play a specific role. I don’t know why people do not give equal importance to both son and daughter and crave only for son when nature has clearly displayed both as equally beneficial .

Lets live the way nature has made the universe, our body, our life and also relationship in our life . Now we should know why family is important? If we understand fully well that we are made of panch tatva , our life is also governed by panch tatva and God also created them in human form in our life as – mother ,father ,wife, daughter   and son . we as individual should respect each of the 5 relationship we have in our life . Yes each of the panch tatva has its own importance but it’s not that we can say one is more important than others and so take care of that only. If that happens, imbalance will happen to our body and then we will have diseases, agony, health problem etc. Similarly in life also each relationship is important. Can’t ignore or should not disregard one relationship for other, else there will be  imbalance and unhappiness in life.