488--Q&A WITH SWAMIJI-- Understanding Sanskrit

[Guest guest]

understand how Sanskrit is special and unique? I feel it, but can't

articulate it. Swamiji's response: Sanskrit words are comprised of

bijas, seed sounds, the sounds of which actually communicate the

closet approximation possible to the vibration of the thing in

itself. Therefore, the correspondence between Sanskrit words and

objects is much closer than any other language.