God beckons us

 ‘God beckons us’ 

The Tenfold Call 

 — A Mystical Mantra from the Taittirīya Brāhmaṇa 

From the Taittirīya Brāhmaṇa (2.3.11), later echoed in the Mahānyāsa, comes a thunderous cosmic utterance: 

“Brahman created in His own image. 
He desired then — ‘I must be with Myself.’ 
He called out in yearning, ‘O Self, O Self!’ 

The Being, invited ten times, at last lent an ear. 
Thus was He known as Daśa-hūta — ‘the Ten-invited.’ 
He who called ten times came to be known as Daśa-hotṛ — ‘the Summoner of Ten.’ 
For indeed, the gods love to speak obliquely, ever veiling their truths.” 

But again He lamented, crying out, “Me! Me!” 
He invited seven times, and the Being who listened became Sapta-hūta — ‘the Seven-invited,’ 
also called Sapta-hotṛ — ‘the Seven-summoner.’ 
And again, the text remarks: “The gods delight in speaking indirectly.” 

Still unsatisfied, He called again — the sixth, the fifth, the fourth. 
To the fourth, He finally said: 

“You, my dearest one, who have truly listened to me —  
by your name shall these beings be known.” 

And so, humanity was called Catur-hotṛ — ‘the Fourfold Summoners.’ 

Then was it declared: 

“He shall be my most beloved among all offspring. 
He shall be closest to Brahman —  
but only he who truly understands thus.” 

And the mantra concludes, in a triumphant whisper of realization: “Salutations to Myself!” — Namaste Ātmani!  

The imagery is breathtaking — a dialogue between the Self and Itself, the primordial longing of unity to know itself through multiplicity. 
Here, creation is not a command but a call, not an act of division but an echo of intimacy — Brahman yearning for companionship within His own infinity. 

This is not the cry of separation; it is the music of recognition — the soul summoning itself through the worlds.