All the elements in the cosmos are influenced by mantras. This is actually not such a strange idea to Westerners. Mantra also means vibration. It is known that certain frequencies repel mosquitos and there is more research going on in the attempt to heal disease and accelerate plant growth through music. We know that certain frequencies or vibrations affect body and mind and this principle is applied nowadays in physical medicine and in music therapy.
Vibrations affect the elements or Tattvas.
Vibration forms the basis of the ancient languages like Sanskrit. The words and word combinations have to have a particular sound. The Sanskrit mantras play a great role in the chakras, and the basis for that takes us back to the beginnings of Yoga Philosophy and of creation itself. There was nothing present, not even an atmosphere. These three qualities met in Sunyakash and manifested the sound Om .