Hamsa

'Hamsah' pakshi is referred as swan in English. The swan ,as we see, swims always in water smoothly and in a steady pace. We can draw some philosophy from its motion. Some motif or a theme can be figured when we activate the thought process. hamsah will become hamso when the first letter in the next word is H. When the word is repeated , it becomes 'soham'. The meaning of the sanskrit word so-aham is "I am that".

. The mind is drawing a comparison of oneself to the swan or precisely the motion of the swan in water. The wings of the hamsa pakshi never get wet even though they are always in water. Aren't we swimming in 'samsara-sagara', till we reach the other shore. Like the feathers of the swan don't get soiled despite being in water always an 'Advaithi ' needs to get liberated from the turmoil of 'samsara' or "maya". The center theme of the passage is that menfolk can come out of the illusion unscathed just like hamsa pakshi in water - (so-aham). In simple words, it means a true advaitin lives in this world full of Maya but is untouched by its illusion.

"Self realization" is the key which is the gospel of Advaitha.