AGNEYA 1 Swethaswethara Upanishad Shanthipaata Om Sahanaavavathu .

sahanou bhunakthu Sahaveeryam karavaavahai Thejaswinaavadheetham asthu Maa vidwishaa vahai Om santhi santhi santhi Chapter 1 Sl 1 Hari :Om Brahmavaadino vadanthi Kim kaaranam Brahma kutha:sma jaathaa: Jeevaakamena kwa cha samprathishtaa: Adhishtithaa:kena sukhathareshu Varthaamahe brahmavid vyavasthaam Hari Om.The Brahmavadins say.How is the Brahman which is the cause? From which one we were born? By which we live? Where are we fixed? By whom are we based on pleasure and pain?Brahavids, why should we make the order function? Sl 2 Kaala:swabhaavo niyathiryadrichaa Bhoothaani yoni :purusha ithi chinthyaa Samyoga eshaam na thwaathmabhaavaad Aathmaapyanisa:sukhadu:khahetho: They thought about which is the Yoni(womb)for all .Whetehr it is the time(kaala)nature(swabhava) fate or law(niyathi)or accidental(yadricha)five elements(panchabhootha)or Purusha? Or is it the union of all tehse.It cannot be.Because of Athmabhava that is impossible. By pain and pleasure nothing is free.Even the Jeevathman is bound by it.A jeevi or living thing is a samghatha (combination)of all these and a combination cannot be the free Brahman/Paramathman. Sl 3 The dyaanayogaanugathaa:apasyan Devaathmasakthim swagunairnigoodaam

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Ya:kaaranaani nikhilaani thaani Kaalaathmayukthaanayadhishtatheka: They depended upon the Dhyanayoga(meditation) and by their own Guna saw the secret hidden divine power(sakthy)of Athman.They saw that One which with the Athman of Kala (time)is the base for all the causes . How does the meditating Yogins see it? That is said in next sloka. Sl 4 Thamekanemim thrivritham shodasaantham Sathaardhaaram vimsathi pratyaraabhi: Ashtakai:shadbhirviswaroopaikapaasam Thrimaargabhedam dwinimithaikamoham One axle,three circles,the frontiers with sixteen petals,fifty spokes,twenty smaller spokes,six Ashtaka making fourtyeight,a single rope which is in the form of world(Viswaroopa),three different paths,and desire in two causes-They saw it like that. It is interesting that the vision is a wheel of dharma which is variously called as Sudarsana,Srichakra ,dharmachakra,and Kaalachakra.The power of Sakthy visualized as Srichakra is described here.Any Yogin who meditates gets a glimpse of sakthy as this wheel of dharma.Sankara saw this and wrote his Soundaryalahary in the blissful state.Srichakradhyana and Sudarsana Kalachakra dhyana are not different from Upanishadic teaching since the Upanishad accepts this vision.Chakram Thripurasundaryaa Brahmandaakaaram Iswari: So said Raghavabhatta in Saradathilakathanthra. Sl5 Panchasrothombum panchayonyugravakraam Panchapraanormim panchabudhyaadimoolaam Panchaavarthaam pancha dukhoukhavegaam Panchaasad bhedaam panchaparvaamdheema: Waters with five origins,five great turnings called the Yoni,five waves of praana,the first Moolasthaana which is the five intelligences,five great whirlpools,five sorrows of flows,five ghats and fifty different forms-we know this. This is visualization of samsara or worldly life.The five senses,the five elements,the five praana,the five intelligences,the five vishaya,the five sorrows,the five ghats ,the fifty differences are there in samsara but she is still a Saraswathy river which teaches you all.If one falls in a river one should know how to swim to escape.In samsara also it is true.Though dangerous the river is needed and is essential for us.She gives us everything .She is the mother of human civilizations.The devi Saraswathy is Panchasad varnaroopini(50 varna)and the samsara also is given 50 different forms accordingly.A person who had vision of truth,gets the language and poetics to sing the glory of that experience also.That is why just after mentioning the Srichakra vision,the Devi Saraswathy as the river is praised.The fifty petals are the fifty Dla in the awakening of the power called Kundalini and also the fifty varna of them.Thus the thanthric,manthra and bhakthy traditions and poetics and aesthetics and spirituality are made One and the same .In fact the Indian system has an integrated wholistic approach . Sl 6

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Sarvaajeeve sarvasamsthe brihanthe Asmin hamso braamyathe brahmachakre Prihagaathmaanam prerithaaram cha mathwaa Jushtasthatha sthenaamrithathwamethi This Brahmachakra is the origin of all Jeeva,the abode of everything.In this great wheel the Hansa(swan)with an illusionary feeling that I am different from Athman revolves.When that illusion is removed and oneness experienced,attains amrithathwa. Hansa is Praanahansa or Jeevathman.The Maaya is the illusionary feeling that Jeeva is different from Brahman.The revolution in birth and death cycles is due to that feeling.Once this is gone total merging with Brahman happen and then there is no movement or change and eternity is experienced .The samsara does not affect te person who had swanubava . Sl 7 Udgeetham ethal paramam thu brahma Thasmim sthrayam suprathishtaaskharam cha Athraantharam brahmavibho vidithwaa Leenaabrahmani thathpuraa yonimukthaa: This is Udgeetha ,the absolute Brahman.In it as three(Viswa,Thaijasa,Pragna)and as Akshara(Thureeya)it is fixed and knowing them the Brahmavid (knowers of Brahman)merge in Brahman and liberated from Yoni(samsara or birth cycles).The difference and description of each of tehse states is given in detail in the words of a Brahmavid in Mandukya Upanishad and Karika . Sl 8 Samyuktham ethad ksharamaksharam cha Vyakthaavyaktham Bharathe,Viswameesa: Anischaschaathmaa badhyathe bhokthyabhaavaath Gnaathwaa devam muchyathe sarvapaasai: Isa rules over this world where Kshara and Akshara ,Vyaktha and Avyaktha are united.That Jeevathman ,which is different from Isa ,is bound by the feeling I am the Bhoktha(Enjoyer).When the enlightened Deva is known ,he is liberated from bondage. In the three states of Viswa,Pragna,thaijasa the Jeevathman has some sort of bondage as the enjoyer and only when the Thureeya is realized the total liberation happen.Thureeya has no enjoyership .He is the one which enlightens all(sarvaprakasaka)and viewer of all(sarvadrik)and experiencing it oen is liberated from everything . Sl 9 Gnaa agnou dwaavajaaveesaneesaavaJaa hyekaa bhokthrubhogayaarthayukthaa Ananthaschaathmaa viswaroopohyakarthaa Thrayam yadaa vindathe Brahmamethad Both are knower as well as ignorant.Birthless ,Isa and not Isa ,and is Eka too.The anantha,Viswaroopa Athman with Bhoktha,Bhojya and bhoga is also the doer and nondoer.

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Thraya is a word taken as viswa,thijasa and pragna as well as Bhoktha,bhojya and bhoga.When this thraya aspect is lost and oneness is experienced then only the simultaneous state described here is felt. Sl 10 Ksharam pradhaanam amrithaaksharam hara: Ksharaathmaanaaveesathe deva eka: Thasyaabhidhyaanaaath yojanaath thathwabhaavaath Bhooyaschaanthe viswamaayaa nivrithi: The Pradhana which s kshara and Amritha which is Akshara is taken away(Harana)and ruled by the Ekadeva(The only one Divine being).By dhyana of Him the thathwa is revealed and during the end gets liberated from this Viswamaaya (illusionary world ).The Pradhana of samkhya here is the prakrithy and it is kshara and not akshara .Meditation of the supreme Brahman is done to merge and experience the Oneness of all . Only then the dualities are gone forever . Sl 11 Gnaathwaa devam sarvapaasaapahaani: Ksheenai:klesairjanmamrityuprahaani: Thasyaabhidhyaanaath thritheeyam dehabhede Viswaiswaryam kevalam aapthakaama: When the God(Deva) is known,all bondages are lost.When all sorrows are diminished death and birth are not there.By its dhyana one takes a third body and attain the third worlds prosperity and by attaining all desires ,gets Kevalathwa(Kaivalya).The cycle of births and deaths is to fulfill the third purushartha the Kaama.Once a person becomes Apthakaama this is not necessary . A person who gets liberation and Kaivalya has become apthakaama and he /she need not come back to this cyclical process again since there is nothing more that he/she desires or wants to achieve.In this janma itself the yogins attain that state . Sl 12 Ethath gneyam nityamevaathmasamstham Naatha:param vedithavyam hi kinchith Bhokthaa bhogyam prerithaaram cha mathwaa Sarvam proktham thrividham Brahmamethath That which is always situated in Athman itself is the Gneya(to be known).There is nothing beyond that to be known.Think about the enjoyer,the enjoyment and the Iswara who influence that and know that these three are Brahman and nothing else.It is said in three ways. Food or Bhoga(bhogya),Bhoktha or Annada who eats it,and Brahman who is ultimate cause for that is One.The Viswa who enjoys gross food in Jagrad,the Thaijasa who enjoys subtle things in dream,the pragna which enjoys subtlest food in dreamless sleep are the same as those gross ,subtle and subtlest Vishaya and the Thureeya which prompts the entire process to happen.There is nothing except Brahman . Sl 13 Vahneryathaa yonigathasya moorthir-

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Nna drisya naiva cha linganaasa: Sa bhooya evendhanayoni grihyaSthadwobhayam vai pranavena dehe The form of Agni is not seen when it is within the Yoni ,but its Linganaasa has not happened,and that agni again and again is used and accepted as fuel by the yoni .Similarly both the states enters the body by Pranava . Sl 14 Swa dehamaranim krithwaa pranavam chotharaaranim Dhyaana nirmmathanaabhyaasaath devam pasyeth nigoodavath Think of your body as one Arani(wood for kindling fire).Pranava as the second arani.Then practice the churning of dhyana with them.Thus see the hidden Deva within. When the two Arani are striking each other by the contact the agni within it become manifested.Similarly when a body of man and woman (two arani)come in contact and churn the Linga and Yoni,then the hidden agni in them is manifested as a newborn Agni,the child.The yogin ,do churning within himself with the second Arani (Pranava.Th eakshara) and visualize the AksharaBrahman within himself .The creation of a child is a ksharapurusha but creation of Pranava is aksharapurusha .The three processes ( churning fire for a sacrificial fire,creation of a new child in samsara,and creation of new word or pranava by meditation )are thus said in sloka 13 and 14 . Sl 15 Thileshu thailam dhadaneeva sarpir Apa:srothaswaraneeshu chaagni: Evamevaathmani grihyathe asou Sathye nainam thapasaa yonupasyathi Just as oil in sesame seed,butter in curd,and Apas in srothas(water in the original flow)resides He saw the Athman in Athman by satya(truth)and Thapas(austerities/heat) Sl 16 Sarvavyaapinamaathmaanam Ksheere sarpirivaarppitham Athmavidyaa thapomoolam Thath brahmopanishad param Thath brahmopanishad param. That Athman which is sarvavyapin(everywhere)and the origin of Athmavidya and Thapas ,and is the Brahman of the secret word(Upanishad)is within us as Butter in the milk. In every drop of milk is hidden butter in its subtle form.Like that in our body the Athman alone exists as a subtle truth.Only if churn milk we see the hidden subtle energy.Similarly by Dhyana and Thapas we have to make our Athman manifest. Ch 2 Sl1 Yunjaana:prathamam manas-

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Thathwaaya savithaadhiya: Agnerjyothirnnipaarya Prithivyaa adhyaabharatha At first let the Savitha(sun)for the sake of cognition of this truth,turn my mind from the external world inwards ,and join my mind,intellect and the Jyothi(light)of Agni(fire) inwards. For experience of Brahman in Athman the first step is to turn inwards from the outward world of gross things and senses.The mind,intellect and the light of wisdom has to join and fix itself one-pointedly in Internal Athma/Brahman.For this the Rishi prays to Sun ,the source of energy . Sl 2 Yukthena manasaa vayam Devasya savithru: save Suvargeyaaya sakthyaa.

We,joined with our minds,intellect and light of wisdom,by the word of the SunGod, according to our ability(sakthy)pray for Suvarga. Suvarga is explained by Gnananandasaraswathy as the gain of heaven.But this cannot be true.Because the Rishi is desirous of not heaven but of Brahman/Athman experience which is higher than the heaven.Swami Gambheerananda also has said this means heaven.But he says after that swarga here means Brahman.His words are:-The word heaven stands here for the supreme self because this context relates to it and it alone is of the nature of bliss ,and the other ordinary joy is included in it. Sl 3 Yukthwaaya manasaa devaan Suvaryatho dhiyaa divam Brihadjyothi:karishyatha: Savithaa prasuvaathithaan By the intellect which goes to upper worlds of Suvar(suns orb),by the mind which carry the great Light that shines with intellect,those enlightened Deva(divine beings)be blessed with the sun . The mind of great people who are in the path of Athman is enlightened by intellect .It is a great light .(Brihad Jyothi).According to the efficiency of each of tehse persons the sun gives tehm blessing to attain their fruits of action.The suns blessings lead them to the suns orb. Sl 4 Yunjathe mana utha yunjathe dhiyo Vipraaviprasya brihatho vipaschitha : Vihothraa dathe vayunaavideka Inmahee devasya savithu:parishtuthi Which scholarly Brahmana makes mind joined (yogayuktha) with intellect that Brahmana gives great Sthothra to the divine Svitha who is Brahmana,Great and Vipaschith(Gnanaswaroopa/Form of wisdom).

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The sun praised by Brahmana is Brahmana ,and wisdom incarnate and EKA.Vipra is the term used here for Brahmana because it means Vyapanaseela(nature of spreading rays everywhere in all directions).The knowledge or wisdom is spread everywhere like rays of the sun by the Brahmana and that is why he is Vipra.He is sarvavyapi like the sun by the great wisdom which he spreads. Sl 5 Yujevaa Brahmapoorvam namobhir Visloka ethupathyevasure: Srunuanthu viswe amrithasya puthraa: Aaye dhaamaani divyaani thasthu: Namaskaram to that Brahman which has joined with them.Let my sloka travel in the path of the sun alone.Let those sons of Amritha ,in this world,who resides in the divine abode hear this. The manthra of the rishi is joined with mind and intellect and praise the Athman/Brahman and it travels in path of the Sun ,and all the great souls of earth hear it with love,wonder and intellect . Sl 6 Agniratyaabhimathyathe Vaayuryathraadhirudhyathe Somo yathraathirichyathe Thathra samjaayathe mana: Where the fire is churned,where the Vaayu is controlled,and where the Soma is increased there the mind is born. When does the mind of a Gnani which carry the great light(Brihadjyothi)is obtained for an individual?When he by the dhyana of pranavamanthra churns the fire in oneself so that it is manifested within .When one controls breath by praanaayama and gets the practice of Yoga.When the nectarlike eternal bliss is experienced by one within.Then the mind of a gnani is born within.These are signs of a gnanai. It also represents the heat of sun,the control of monsoon winds to produce timely rains (somarasa)so that there is enough food(annam)for life and its sustenanace .Only with that the race of the Gnani can sustain and continue. Sl 7 Savithaaprasavena Jooshetha brahmapoorvam Thathra yonim krinavase Na hithe poorthamkshipath By the sun,by birth ,serve Brahman as before.Then do the Yoni in it afterwards.Then the Poortha will not be a cause for bondage to you. If one follow Brahmacharya ,taking Dheeksha,fixing mind in Brahman,and knowing the nature of everything on earth which is created by suns energy alone he/she has known the nature of energy as everything.Then ,even if that person does day to day functions of samsara (householdership) and its attached duties like Ishtapoortha or Smartha karma

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,none of them binds him/her to samsara.It is the knowledge of the Ekathwa that makes one different from the ordinary person . Sl 8 Thrirunnatham sthaapya samam sareeram Hrideendriyaani manasaa sannivesye Brahmodupena pratharena vidwaan Srothaamsi sarvaani bhayaavahaani In the body which is equalized and balanced with fixing the three high (Head,chest and neck)controlling senses with mind in the heart,using the boat of Brahman,the scholar gets through all the fearful flows and whirlpools . That is pointing to the state of Yogaasana and meditation .The fearful flows and whirlpools include this janmas samsara as well as the previous janmas vaasana accrued by several samsara experiences. Sl 9 Praanaan prapeedye ha samyukthacheshta: Ksheene praane naasikayochwasitha: Dushtaswayuktham iva vaahamenam Viyyaan manodhaarayethaa pramatha: Controlling Praana,becoming Yogayuktha ,and when the power of Praana decrease taking breath through the nose,the scholar controls the mind which is joined to the cruel horses of the senses and makes it ego-less. Sl 10 Same suchou sarkkaraavahni vaalukaaVivarjithe sabdajalaasrayaadibhi: Manonukoole na thu chakshupeedane Guhaani vaathaasrayane prayojayeth Use a place which is equal and plane,clean,without stones,sand or fire,without noises and without a common tank (where people make noise)and which is peaceful and loved by the mind,and which does not harm the eye .It can be either a cave or a place where there is excess wind to harm you. Sl 11 Nihaaradhoomaarkkaanilaanalaanaam Khadyothavidyuthsphatikasaseenaam Ethaani roopaani purassaraani Brahmanyabhivyakthi karaani yoge If one see snow,smoke,sun,airy wind,agni,stars,Vidyuth(lightening)sphatika(crystal)moon etc in front while meditating ,these are good signs which show the manifestation of power of Brahman. Sl 12 Prithyapthejo anilakhe samuthithe Panchaathmake yogagune pravrithe Na thasya rogo na jaraa na mrityu:

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Praapthasya yogaagnimayam sareeram When the five elements earth,wind,fire,water and akaasa-are awakened ,and five types of Yoga qualities are manifested,the person has attained the Yogagnimaya (with fire of Yoga) body .For him the signs of disease,old age(like grey hair)and death does not happen. Since this is about body ,the word Mrityu means Akalamrityu (death before the time comes ). Sl 13 Laghuthwam aarogyam alolupathwam Varnaprasaadam swarasoushtavascha: Gandha:subho moothrapureeshamalpam Yogapravrithim prathamaam vadanthi Laghuthwa(lightness of body),health,lack of desire in worldy things,Varnaprasada (bliss of Varna)Good voice that is pleasing,auspicious fragrance,decreased urine and faeces,these are the first signs of Yoga attainment.These are felt by the person who do Yoga and this wellbeing makes him/her continue the yoga. Sl 14 Kincha yathaiva bimbam mridayopalitham Thejomayam braajathe thath sudhaantham Thadwaathmathathwam prasameekshyadehi Eka: krithaartho bhavathe veethasoka: Just like a idol which was underneath earth for a long time,becomes bright after Sudhantha(purification rites),just like that the one who visualize Athmathathwa as Dehi ,become Eka,satisfied ,sorrowless and these signs are seen by outsiders . Sl 15 Yadaathmathathwena thu Brahmathathwam Deepopamenehayuktha:prapasyeth Ajam dhruvam sarvathathwairvisudham Gnaathwaa devam muchyathe sarvapaasai By Athmathathwa ,the Yogayuktha visualize Brahmathathwa as a lighted lamp .He is liberated from all bondages ,knowing the Deva which is birthless,eternal and Sravthathwavisudha.(pure of all principles). Sl 16 Esha ha deva:pradiso anu sarva: Poorvoha jaatha sa u garbhe antha: Sa eva jaatha : sa janishyamaana: Pratyangjanaan thishtathi sarvathomukha: This Deva is the directions and the interdirections.He is the one born before everything .He himself is the oen who is born from a womb .He himself is the oen to be born.He is in all people and is having faces everywhere.

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The past ,present and future ,all places and all beings are thus Brahman only and he is beyond everything. Sl 17 Yo devo agnou yo apsu Yo viswam bhuvanam aavivesa Ya oushadheeshu yo vanaspathishu Thasmai devaaya namo nama: That Deva which resides in Agni,Apas,Viswa,Bhuvana,in Oushadi and Vanaspathy( that which is everywhere in every thing) he is Brahman . Namaskaram to that Deva. Thus the person who has experienced Brahman worships everything ,seen and unseen as Brahman only.Thus a Pantheism of India is having a strong Advaithic aspect and it was missed by later foreign scholars who tried to interpret this as animism and primitive idol worship etc. Ch 3 Sl 1 Ya eko jaalavaaneesatha eesaneebhi: Sarvaan lokaan eesatha eesaneebhi: Ya evaika udbhave sambhave cha Ya ethad vidooramrithaasthe bhavanthi This Eka (one)who is a magician protects by his sakthy(power )of Isa.All the worlds in their creation,and existence is protected by the Isasakthy alone.Who knows this,becomes Amritha(eternal). Sl 2 Ekohi rudro na dwitheeyaayathasthurya Thumaan lokaan eesatha eesa neebhi: Pratyangjanaamsthishtathi sanchuka cha chaanthakaale Samsrijya viswaabhuvanaani gopaa: That Eka Rudra is not depending on a second.By Isasakthy He protects all worlds.He resides in each being.Creates,protects and merges the worlds in oneself during deluge(pralaya). Sl 3 Viswathaschakshurutha viswathomukho Viswatho baahuruthaviswathaspaath Sambaahubhyaam dhamathi sampathathrair Dyaavaabhoomee janayan deva eka : That Ekadeva with the eye of the world,with face of the world,with arms filling entire worlds,and feet everywhere,gave birth to Dyavaprithwi(heaven and earth)and joined them with wings and hands.This is the Viratswaroopa of God (Viswaroopa) Sl 4 Yo devaanaam prabhavascholbhavascha Viswaadhipo rudro maharshi:

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Hiranyagarbham janayaamaasapoorvam Sa no budhyaa subhayaa samyunakthu: That One which is the origin and power of all Divine beings,who is the ruler of worlds,Rudra,and great Maharshi ,gave birth to Hiranyagarbha first.Let him join us with auspicious intellect. Sl 5 Yaa the rudra :shivaa thanur Aghoraapaapakaasini Thayaa na sthanoovaa santhamayaa Girisanthaabhipaakaseehi Rudra,Your forms of Shiva are Aghora and eats all sins.Deva,You are the Peaceful(Shantha)Deva of the Giri(Moutains).Look at us and give us prosperity . Sl 6 Kincha,yaamishtam girisantha Hasthe bhibarshyasthave Shivaam girithrathaam kuru Maa himsi:purusham jagath Hey,Girishanthaa,The one who holds an arrow against the one who does not praise,make that arrow into Shivam(auspicious).Hey ,Girithra,do not kill Purusha or this world. Sl 7 Thatha:param Brahmaparam brihantham Yathaanikaayam sarvabhootheshu goodam Viswasyaikam pariveshtithaaram Eesam tham gnaathwaa amrithaa bhavanthi Beyond that,beyond that Brahman ,hidden in every element and Brihath(great),as the only one covering for all worlds is the Isa and knowing Him,become Amritha(eternal). Sl 8 Vedaahametham purusham mahaantham Aadityavarnam thamasa:parasthaath Thameva vidithwaathi mrityumethi Naanya:panthaa vidyathe ayanaaya Beyond the darkness(thamas)at the end of Thamas,I know that Purusha who is Adityavarna(colour of Aditya/Sun).Knowing him I cross Mrithyu(death).There is no other path for travel(Ayana).There is no other path (ayana)for Athman except into the Sun /the Purusha with Adityavarna. Sl 9 Yasmaathparam naparamasthikinchith Yasmannaneeyo na jyaayosthikaschith Vriksha iva sthabdho divi thishtathyeka: Thenedam poornam purushennasarvam

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There is nothing beyond it and different from it.There is nothing bigger or smaller than that.Like a great tree He is there in the sky Eka and Sthabda(without any movement,change or noise )By that Purusha everything is filled with Look at the sky.The directions are filled with a great silence which is Adwaya and achanchala .Take in that Mahamouna or great silence within.That will give you the meaning of what the rishi says here. Sl 10 Thatho yadutharatharam Thadaroopamanaamayam Ya ethad viduramrithaasthebhavanthi Athethare du:khamevaa piyanthi That which is greater than all,formless,and without blemish,if known by one,He (the knower)becomes Amritha too.The others attain only sorrow. Sl 11 Sarvaanana sirogreeva: Sarvabhoothaguhaasaya: Sarvavyaapi sa bhagavaan Thasmaad sarvagatha :siva: He is the one with face,head and neck of all beings,the one who resides in all the heartcaves of all beings,and sarvavyapin(spread everywhere),sarvagatha(entering everyone)the Shiva (auspicious)and the Bhagavad (the most prosperous Vishnu). Sl 12 Kincha,mahaan prabhurvai purusha: Sathwa syaishapravarthaka: Sunirmalaamimaam praapthim Eesaano jyothiravyaya: He is Mahan(great)Prabhu(Lord)functionary of sathwa,Isa who gives the purest state and Avyayajyothi(endless light)and Purusha. Sl 13 Angushtamaathra:purushaantharaathmaa Sadaa janaanaam hridaye sannivishta: Hridaa manweeso manasaaabhikluptho Ya ethath viduramrithaasthe bhavanthi This purusha is within Athman and is only the size of ones thumb.He resides always within hearts of all beings.Through heart ,as equal to mind,he is visualized as the Isa or Lord of Manana (process of reflective analytic thought).Whoever knows this becomes Amritha Sl 14 Sahasraseershaa purusha: Sahasraaksha :sahasrapaath Sabhoomim viswathovruthwaath Thishtath dasaamgulam

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The very same purusha is having a thousand heads ,thousand eyes,thousand feet and covers entire universe and is beyond it for ten angula(inch /a measurement). He is simultaneously Angushtamathra (size of thumb)and covers entire universe and 10 angula beyond universe (that is seen).It is both subtle and gross universe within and without Sl 15 Purusha evedam sarvam Yath bhootham yacha bhavyam Uthaamrithathwasyesaano Yadanne naathi rohathi Sl 16 Sarvatha :paanipaadam thath Sarvathokshi siromukham Sarvatha:sruthimalloke Sarvamaavritya thishtathi

That which grows by food,that which is elemental,that which is to be created in future all those are this Purusha only.He is the Iswara of Amrithathwa.sl 16 In the universe with Sruthi everywhere,with hands and feet everywhere ,eye,head and face everywhere ,covering everything it resides. Sl 17 Sarvendriyagunaabhaasam Sarvendriyavivarjitham Sarvasya prabhumeesaanaam Sarvasya saranam brihath Joined with sense organs ,and discarding all sense organs,as Lord ,Isa and Sarana( dependence)to all(sarva)as Brihath(bigger)than all it is visualized. Sl 18 Kincha,navadwaarapure dehee Hamso lelaayathe bahi: Vase sarvasya lokasya Sthaavarasya charasya cha He attaracts all the fixed and nonfixed(immobile and mobile)worlds.The Hansa which resides in the city of nine gates ,moves outside of it too. When it is within the body and facing the Vishaya we feel it as the part of our sense organs .But actually it has no bondage to sense organs .It is Antharyamin as well as Sarvavyapin (everywhere) and this nature makes it simultaneously within and without,bound and unbound to senses as said in 17th sloka . That which is said to have organs is actually the one without any organ at all.Purusha is devoid of any Guna(nirguna)and birthless and deathless without any form at all. The next sloka speaks of te hPurusha without any Indriya(sense organ) Sarvendriyavivarjitah.

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Sl 19 Apaanipaado gavano graheethaa Pasyathya chakshu: sa srunotyakarna: Sa vethi vedyam na cha thasyaasthi vethaa Thamaahuragryam purusham mahaantham He moves quickly without any hand or feet.He see without eyes,and hear without ears.He knows all.But there is no one who knows him.He is called the Agra (top or tip) Mahantha(end of Mahath) Purusha. Sl 20 Kincha anoraneeyaan mahatho maheeyaan Aathmaa guhaayaam nihitho asya jantho: Thamakrathum pasyathi veethasoko Dhaathuprasaadaath mahimaanameesam He is smaller than an atom(Anu) and is greater than the greatest(Mahath).That Athaman resides in heartcave of beings.He is Akrathu(devoid of actions) sorrowless,and we visualize that great Iswara with our Dhathuprasada (Dhathuprasada is purity of the elements of the body or perfect health in Ayurvedic terms ) The moment we visualize Him we become Akrathu and Veetahsoka (nothing more to be done or achieved and sorrowless and enjoying bliss ) too. The value of Ayurveda and Yoga is as a path or method to achieve this in a healthy body and healthy mind. Sl 21 Vedaahamethamajaram puraanam Sarvaathmaanam sarvagatham vibhuthwaath Janmanirodham pravadanthi yasya Brahmavaadino hi pravadanthi nityam I know that Sarvathmana(Athamn of all) which is oldest(puraana)yet not having Jara(not affected by old age ),Sarvagatha(entering all) by his Vibhuthwa(Lordship).The Brahmavadins (Those who are having Brahman as their ultimate truth/The advaithins to which the Rishi belongs) everyday speaks of his Ajathwa (birthlessness) . Only that with birth die .For an eternal principle ,no death or birth can exist .Brahman is beyond birth and death cycles being the eternal absolute truth and experienced as bliss . Ch 4 Sl1 Ya eko avarno bahudhaa sakthiyogaad Varnaan anekaan nihithaartho dathaadhi Vichaithi chaanthe viswamaadou sa deva: Sa no budhyaa subhayaa samyunakthu: He was Eka and Avarna(single and colourless).In the beginning He with his different types(Bahudhaa) of sakthiyoga(combinations of power)without depending on another,created many Varna(colours)from Himself and in the end merged all of tehm

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back into himself.Let that Deva join our minds and auspicious intellect to this Viswa(universe). Iswara or God is said to be not a savarna but Avarna in the Upanishad.This is a important point for our modern scholars and historians to ponder over.They are at present creating a separatism between avarna and savarna groups based on the skin colour and they classify all Brahmins and Kshathriya as Svarna and others as Avarna and say that the savarna were harsh to avarna.And there had been religious disharmony between these groups.But here a Rishi (A barhmin Savarna Rishi according to classification of modern historians)state categorically that their Ekadeva was Avarna and the savarna were created from Him and merge into Him .The formless has to be colourless too.(Aroopa has to be Avarna).Therefore Brahman is Avarna.That Avarna Brahman created this Savarna Universe of multiple colours .The colours are not the skin colours for the Rishi .That concept had crept in from the western scholars because they are whiteskinned and consider black skin and brown skin as a sign of lesser birth.But a tropical Rishi has no such feeling .The nobility is not from skin colour but from wisdom and knowledge and compassion .The lack of all separatisms has to come from such a broad outlook .To understand the culture of a people belonging to a particular geographical region one has to learn their scriptures thouroughly .Otehrwise(lack of study as well as partial understandings )will create separatisms.India is at present suffering from this separatist feelings created by the interim rule and educational system of the whiteskinned European masters.What they taught and thought has not been erased from the memory of our people and the modern scholars just echo their words but in a different context .That is all. What we need is an equalitarian and Advaithic concept ,logically correct and sociopolitically cohesive,comprehensive and useful to all the people of India without separatism,with maximum co-operation.For this a re-interpretation of scriptures has become the need of the hour .May be my attempt is part of that need of India ,materialized through the pen of a scientist/medical professional /housewife/teacher . That Brahman which is sarvavyapin has enlightened my intellect for that particular reason,I believe. Sl 2 Tha devaa agnisthadaaditya Thadvaayusthadu chandramaa: Thadevasukram thadbrahma Thadaapasthad prajaapathi : Aditya is that very same Agni.That itself is Vaayu.That itself is the moon,Venus ,Apas,Prajapathy .That is Brahman. The energy is seen as stars ,different celestial objects,and phenomena and as wind and fire and water and life on earth .All these though with different form and different colour are the same colourless,formless energy Brahman,says the Rishi here.At the height of this Advaitha energy,mass and velocity and different objects assume a single form .That of energy only.And in that scientific vision the Rishi has been several centuries ahead of Einstein. Sl 3

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Thwam sthreethwam pumaanasi Thwam kumara uthavaa kumaari Thwam jeerno dandena vanchasi Thwam jaatho bhavasi viswathomukha: He is woman as well as man.He is boy and girl.He walks as an old man with the help of a stick as well.He is Visathomukha without birth ,but is also the one who is born as a living thing. Sl 4 Neela:pathango haritho lohithaaksha Thadith garbha:rithava:samudraa: Anaadimath thwam vibhuthwena varthase Yatho jaathaani bhuvanaani viswaa The blue colour,the butterfly,the green colour,the red-eyed ones(parrots),the one which carry lightening (Vidyuth means electrical lightening)in its womb(the rain clouds)the seasons,the oceans, everythin is He only.He is beginningless.By his Vibhuthwa(Lordship)he resides in all the universes which were born out of him. Sl 5 Ajaamekaam lohitha suklakrishnaam Bahwee:prajaa :srijamaanaam saroopaa: Ajo hyeko jooshamaano anusethe Jahaatyenaam bhukthabhghaa ajonya: That Eka Aja(unborn one)who serves the Eka Ajaa (feminine ) is merged in her.She is Varnathmika(with colours) as Lohitha(red)sukla(white)and Krishan(dark),and who creates many children out of her ,who are having same forms as her .The other one discards her after enjoying her . Here the nature of a Grihastha and sanyasin is said .Grihastha creates children of different forms and colours and is immersed in the samsara life and sanyasin or vanaprastah after creating such samsara life and vansa /race discards that life and goes to forest for meditation. The one who sacrifices this colourful worldly life or samsara becomes Avarna again (goes to the original state of Athman/Brahman) and goes back to his original abode the forest .The Grihastha continues to live in city,village etc . Red is fire ,white is water and black is food.By these three mooladhathu(root elements)the entire world is created.For the oen who sacrifice these dhaathu,no more creation of children or of karma exists.To have the power of sacrificing the dhathu one should have Dhathuprasada or blessing of dhathu which is equivalent to healthy body and mind .That is why in 3rd chapter 20th sloka it was said that with Dhathuprasada one attain Brahman.The one who is immersed in samsara and the pleasures of senses cannot have this.The Athman who sacrifice the sense pleasures also sacrifices its karma and sorrows and watches samsara as a witness only .He is not affected by it.The next sloka gives a similie to show this. Sl 6 Dwaa suparnaa sayujaa sakhaayaa

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Samaanam vriksham parishaswajaathe Thayoranya:pippalam swaaduathya -nasnannyo abhi chaakaseethi The two Suparna who are always together and are good friends,depend upon the same tree.One eats and enjoys the fruits of the tree and the other does not eat or enjoy but watches all. Sl 7 Samaane vrikshe purushonimagno-neesayo sochathi muhyamaana: Jushtam yadaa pasyathyanyam eesa-masya mahimaanamithi veethasoka: On a similar tree ,the one Purusha who is merged in its pleasures and pains by his Aneesathwa(Lack of Isathwa) is attracted by it and has sorrows .The other oen who has seen the Isa whom he served,knows that everything is His Mahima and becomes sorrowless. Sl 8 Richo akshare parame vyoman Yasmin devaa adhiviswe nishedhu: Yastham navedanki mrichaa karishyathi Ya ithadvidustha ime samaasathe All the Viswedeva live on that Vyoma(Akaasa)which is Ritha(order/Rhythm) Akshara and Parama (Destructionless and absolute beyond everything).Those who does not know that Vyoma ,what is the use of his Rik(scholarship of Veda)? Only the oen who knows it become satisfied . In the beginning of this commentary on Aithareya Upanishad itself I had tried to uncover this greatest and the most secret truth of the Upanishad.The astronomer knows the Khahara which contains all the Dravya within it.That Khahara is the Akshara Vyoma in which all Viswedevas exist.It is the Chidakasa and the Hridakasa also.Without direct perception(swanubhoothy)of this truth ,mere scholarship is of no use to anybody ,says the Rishi here. Sl 9 Chamdaamsi yajnaa :krathavo vrathaani Bhootham bhavyam yacha vedaa vadanthi Asmaanmaayee srijathe viswamethad Asmim schaanyo maayayaa sannirudha: This Universe with all Chandas,Yajna,Krathu,Vratha,Vedavak,past and future was created from His own Maya (Power of illusion that the Eka is Many ).In that universe oen is obstructed by that Maya of duality(separatisms). Sl 10 Maayaam thu prakrithim vidyaath Maayinam thu maheswaram Thasyaavayavabhoothaisthu

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Vyaaptham sarvamidam jagath Know this Maya as Prakrithi (nature ).Mayavi (the person who created the Maya)is Maheswara.With elements of his organ this entire cosmos is filled. Unless we know the nature of the dualities and separatisms of this world and goes beyond it we will not be able to comprehend the Ekeswara who is Sarveswara .He is Eka and exists in sarva and therefore is Sarveswara .The feeling of difference is the Maya and when we are beyond all differences(when we are Advaithins)this Maya is conquered by the blessing of the Maya and the creator of the Maya . Sl 11 Yo yonim yonimadhishtithyeko Yasminnidam sa cha vichaithi sarvam Thameesaanam varadam devameedyam Neechaayyemaam saanthimatyanthamethi That one who residing in every womb is still Eka,in whom all this is contained ,that Isa who gives blessings be praised.When I fix him as I I get shanthi (peace)which is greatest of all(Athyantham). Sl 12 Yo devaanaam prabhavascholbhavascha Viswaadhipo rudro:maharshi: Hiranyagarbha pasyathajaayamaanam Sa no budhyaa subhayaa samyunakthu: Which Deva is the origin and greatness of all Deva,who is Lord of cosmos ,Rudra and Maharshi,who saw the Hiranyagarbha born out of himself,that One give us union with auspicious intellect . Sl 13 Yo devaanaam adhipo Yasmin lokaa:adhisrithaa: Ya eese asya dwipadaschathushpada: Kasmai devaaya havishaa vidhema Which Deva is the Lord of all Deva,in whom all worlds are fixed,which one rules all fourfooted and twofooted ones,to that Deva I offer this Havis. Sl 14 Sookshmaathisookshmam kalilasya madhye Viswasya srashtaaramanekaroopam Viswasyaikam pariveshtithaaram Gnaathwaa shivam shaanthim atyantham ethi Knowing That one who is subtler than the subtlest in the middle of the waters,the creator of all universes,Eka ,yet with manifold forms,filling entire cosmos,and Shiva(auspicious),One gets peace of the greatest type. The body is imagined as a fort or city with nine gates of sensory organs.Similarly the solar system is imagined as a fort or city with nine celestial objects as the doors .The

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samsara is the ocean and in its midst is the Iswara only .The subtle Athman in this samsara,in this body,in this solar system and the cosmos has to be visualized with brilliant intellect and mind which is well controlled.The Deva who resides in the midst of waters is Vishnu and he is equated with Shiva here showing the advaitha philosophy of veda and vedantha. Sl 15 Sa eva kaalo bhuvanasya gopthaa Viswaadhipa:sarvabhootheshu goodaa: Yasmin yukthaa Brahmarshayo devathoscha Thamevam gnaathwaa mrityupaasaanschinathi He himself is the protector of worlds in different ages (Kaala),the Lord of universe,and the one who lives as unmanifested hidden in all elements.The Brahmarshi and Deva who merged with Him knowing him,cut away the bondages of Death. Sl 16 Ghrithaathparam mandamivaathisookshmam Gnaathwaa shivam sarvabhootheshu goodam Viswasyaikam pariveshtithaaram Gnaathwaa devam muchyathe sarvapaaasai: The cream of the ghee is appearing as different from it.Just like that He is hidden as the subtlest hidden principel in all elements and beings and is everywhere in cosmos .Knowing that auspicious Deva get liberated from all bondages Sl 17 Esha devo viswakarmaa mahaathmaa Sadaa janaanaam hridaye sannivishta: Hridaa maneeshaa manasaabhikluptho Ya ethadwiduramrithaasthe bhavanthi That Deva is the Viswakarma ,Mahathamn,and always present in hearts of people,and with compassionate heart and mind with wisdom (maneesha)he has to be discovered .Whoever knows Him becomes Amritha. Sl 18 Yadaa thamasthanna diva na raathrir Na sanna chaasachiva eva kevala: Thadaksharam thath savithurvarenyam Pragnaa cha thasmaad prasrithaa puraani When the darkness is removed,when day and night are absent,when sath and astah does not exist,and when only the Kevala(Absolute)Shiva exists ,then that Akshara is the Varenya (that which is acceptable /desirable)to the Savita (Sun).The Puraani(oldest)Pragna (wisdom/knowledge)flow from that . Sl 19 Nainamoordhwam na thiryancham Na madhye parijagrabhath Na thasya prathimaa asthi

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Yasya naama mahadrisa: That cannot be grasped in up,down,behind or in front or middle.It is everywhere.It has no form or image .It sname is Yasas that is Mahath. The great praise which has no name,form,colour,spacetime or directions is Brahman.It has no special form but is present in every form.Therefore to worship it in any form is permissible ,provided the person knows the real meaning of it as a symbol .The signs of Brahman is explained in every deail and that which is beyond the seen ,heard and known is its real nature .But to make it known oen has to use Bhavana and images because of the limitations of Huamn nature and intellectual ability.Only a compassionate heart and a high level of intellect can understand the Brahman in its Nirvikalpa aroopa avarna state .And from such a persons heart spreads or flows a new Prajna as Navanavollasasaalini and that is called Prathibha or genius of creativity.Thus Kavi(poet)is synonymous with a Rishi or seer in Vedic language.A person is the manifestation of his Prathibha,whether great or little.When someone see the prathibha of another person naturally that is being revealed .Th efame of people with prathibha spreads or flows naturally from them due to its selfrevealing nature. Sl 20 Na samdrise thishtathi roopamasya Na chakshushaa pasyathi kaschanainam Hridaa hridistham manasaaya ena Evam viduramrithaasthe bhavanthi Its form is not seen with gross eyes.No one has ever seen it with naked eyes.It is within and known by heart and mind only and those who thus know it become Amritha. Sl 21 Ajaatha ityeva kaschith Bheeru:prapadyathe Rudra Yathe dakshinam mukham Thena maam paahi nityam By which this is felt as Ajatha(birthless) ,those who are afraid of it ,come to you,Hey Rudra.Protect me with your face on the southern side(Dakshinamukha). Men are afraid of death .They cannot think of their own death and a state of birthlessness .Therefore they get into the grasp of the God of Death(Samhara) called Rudra and cry (Rud means to do Rodana or cry ).Rudra makes us enter the birth and death cycle and makes us cry with its sorrows.The southern face of Rudra is Dakshinamukha .The southern direction is that of Dharma/Yama or God of death.It is the face of the Ajatah state or eternity but ordinary people are afraid of the face of that eternal state where they cannot come back to birth and samsara .Only the bold desire Amrithathwa.Th ecoward desire this existence of births and deaths only.They are always immersed in pleasures and pains of life .Never see the Smyama and Yama of a Yogin and the Eteranl birth within the Laya state. Sl 22 Kincha maa naastho ke thanaye maana aayushi Maa no goshu maa no asweshureerisha:

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Veeraanmaano rudra bhaamitho vadhee Havishtantha :sadhamithwaa havaamahe Rudra,Do not be angry In our children,grandchildren,in our cattle and horses.Do not kill our heroes (Veera) by your anger.We invoke you for our prolonged lifespan(Ayush). Even the Rishi who has known the Amritah state of the Ajatah existence is praying for the wellbeing and extended healthy lifespan of all the animal and human world around ,because of His compassion and love for all.The real knower of Ekadaiva as Sarveswara never kills another Jeeva because it is a manifestation of God and his love and compassion and nonviolence is the real sign of whether he has really known and directly perceived the principle of Godhead.Th eperson who speaks of Ekadaiva ,and is intolerant and cruel to the animals,birds,human beings and other life forms around him is only an imposter and not a real knower of God.Thsi teaching of the Upanishad is to be thought of and internalized in the present world of increasing cruelties and violence for peaceful existence of all .The shanthi which is Athyantha (which the Rishi spoke of)is not only internal peace of one individual but the Peace of the entire nation,of entire world and the cosmos. The healthy mind in healthy body,wellnourished and free from disease long life ,and satisfied peaceful life are the signs of civilization and culture .(Not the technological boom or luxuries of the worldly type ) Ch 5 Sl1 Dwe akshare brahmaparethwananthe Vidyaavidye nihithe yathra goode Ksharam thwavidyaahyamritham thu vidyaa Vidyaavidye eesathe yasthu sonya: In the Brahmapara ,which is Akshara and Anantha ,the the secret two called Vidya and Avidya are kept. Avidy ais Kshara .Vidy ais Amritha.The Vidy aand Avidya are controlled by Isa who is different from both of tehm. Isathe =controls.Therefore God is called Isan. Sl 2 and 3 Yo yonim yonim adhithishtathekyo Viswani roopaani yonischa sarvaa: Rishim prasootham kapilam yasthamagre Gnaanairbhibharthi jaayamaanam cha pasyeth Kincha,ekaikam jaalam bahudhaa vikurvan Asmin kshethre saharathyesha deva: Bhooya:srishtwaa pathayasthadesa: Sarvaadhipathyam kuruthe mahaathmaa Which Eka (one) is also residing in all wombs ,in all forms of world,that One,who delivered the Sage Kapila in the beginning ,grew him up with wisdom(gnaana)and saw that birth of Kapila,he expanded several in the same Kshetra and destroys tehm there too.By creating Prajapathy like that again and again that Mahathman Isan has OverLordship of all. Sl 4

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Kincha,sarvaadisa oordhwamadhascha thiryak Prakaasayan braajathe ya dwanadaan Evam sa devo bhagavaan varenyo Yoniswabhaavaandhithishtathyeka: That Eka ,and worshippable (Varenya)Deva in the above and below,in the intervals,makes all directions shine like stars and make them revolve and resides in each yoni with its characters as Eka itself. To show the character of each womb in which one resides,To be the overlord of all yoni or wombs,Be without Bhava or emotion at the same time be light and omniscient ,to be in one place and all places simultaneously ,be movementless and revolving simultaneously ,to create and destroy in the same space all tehse wonderful feats are done by the Eka God . Sl 5 Yacha swabhaavam pachathi viswayoni: Paachyaamscha sarvaan parinaamayedya: Sarvam ethad viswamadhithishtathyeko Gunaamscha sarvaan viniyojayedya: That womb of universe matures the character and everything that is matured is made to undergo change (Parinama) and that Eka is the basis of entire cosmos.He uses all qualities(Guna). Each jeeva born in each womb has its own natural characters.These are matured and then made to change and evolve into the next higher form by the God.Since it digests and matures it is fire.For changing nature it uses all the three guna sathwa,rajas and thamas.Even for nonliving things like fire,stone,water,earth has its own characters.Even those are matured and changed by the action of that Womb of cosmos which is here equated to God. Sl 6 Kincha, thadwedaguhyopanishathsu goodam Thath Brahmaa vedathe Brahmayonim Ye poorvadevaa rishayascha thadvidusthe Thanmayaa amrithaa vai bhaboovu: In the secret Veda called Upanishad,that Brahman is hidden as secret.And it knows its own secret Brahmayoni.Those ancestral Rishis who knew this became Amritha and Thanmaya with Brahman. Sl 7 Gunaanwayo ya:phala karmakarthaa Krithasya thasyaiva sa chopabhokthaa Sa viswaroopasthrigunasthrivarmaa Praanaadhipa:sancharathi swakarmabhi: The one who is with Guna and with the property of doership of all functions is the enjoyer of actions too.H ehimself is the Viswaroopa,Thriguna Thrivarma(with three paths) and the Lord of Praana and moves by his own actions.

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Sl 8 Angushtamaathro ravithulyaroopa: Sankalpaahaara samanwitho ya: Budhergunenaathmagunena chaiva Aaraagramaathrohyaparopidrishta: That form which is only the size of a thumb and similar to that of sun has samkalpa and Ahankara ,Athmaguna,Budhiguna and is subtle like the edge of a spoke .It is different from the Apara . The Jeevachaithanya ais seen as a subtle thumblike and sunlike light or flame.But the Paramathmachaithanaya is subtler and invisible .(see 4th ch 20th sloka where it is said that it is not seen by anyone by naked eye). Sl 9 Vaalaagrasathabhaagasya Sathadhaa kalpithasya cha Bhaago jeevassavigneya: Sa chaananthyaaya kalpathe Take a hair .1/100th part of it is again divided into 100 to make 1/10000.One amsa in it can be imagined as a Jeeva.It can be imagined as Anantha by further divisions. Sl 10 Kincha,naivasthree na pumaanesha Na chaivaayam napumsaka: Yadyaschareeramaadathe Thena thena sarakshyathe It is not man,woman or neuter gender.It is protected by what bosy it takes.Athman has no sex difference.It takes body of man,woman and also of a man-woman (intersex)and think that I am man,woman etc .But actually it is having no such difference. Sl 11 Samkalpanasparsanadrishtimohair Graasaambuvrishtyaa chaathmavivridhi janma Karmaanugaanyanu kramena dehi Sthaaneshu roopaanyabhisamprapadyathe Imagination(samkalpa0,touch,sight,desire etc grab it and as if by a rain increasing the karma and vasana the Athman which took birth as a Body ,following its own functions(karma)reaches positions in order and gets forms according to those positions . When rain comes the water increases and tanks,canals and streams are formed everywhere.Wtaer takes form of such things as well as of river,clouds and ice and as oceans according to position.Similarly by increasing Karma and desire the several forms of man,animal,bird and other beings happen according to karma of the Athaman in different wombs. Sl 12 Stholaani sookshmaani bahooni chaiva: Roopaaani dehi swagunai vrinothi

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Kriyaagunairaathmagunaischa theshaam Samyogahethurapanepi drishta: The Athman by own Guna gets gross and subtle forms .The kriyaguna,and Athmaguna of those forms make it unite with another form and new creation happen.Thus the races increase like water during a rainy season.Here the Rishi is speaking of Population explosion with simili of rainwater. Varsha is rain which comes in order in the correct season.The man who counts such seasons for one lifespan transfers that knowledge to next generation and by continuation of tehse counts for innumerable thousands of years we had Kalpa ,Yuga and manuanthara numbers for time.The linear order of the seasons is called in Tamil as Varisai from which the word Varsha is derived.The races of new beings who are born in order is also called Vaarisu in Tamil.Thus Varsha(years and rains) Varishu(races of new beings) increase with time and after some tiem we loose track of the first ancestor .Then we say that the race started from God (Brahman/Vishnu/Maheswara etc). Sl 13 Anaadyanantham kalilasya madhye Viswasya srashtaaramanekaroopam Viswasyaikam pariveshtithaaram Gnaathwaa devam muchyathe sarvapaasai : Get liberated from all bondages by knowing that Deva who is covering entire cosmos ,and residing in the middle of the waters as Anadi and Anantha.(endless,beginningless). In 4th chapter 14th sloka we were asked to know Shiva in the middle of Kalila.Here the same is said in a different manner.There it was said to know Shiva in ones own Heartcave.Here it is said to know the Deva which is also the center of entire Cosmos as Vishnu in middle of ocean. In the middle of this ocean of samsara is my body .Inside that body is the subtle light of Jeeva which is only the size of my thumb and having the brightness of a sun.The moment I know it my identities as I am Suvarna,the daughter of so and so ,the Pathologist,the author,the woman who is an orator and write retc are lost and the only identity tehn is Aham Brahmasmi (I am Brahman).The next step is the knowledge that just like that Brahman resides in every being .Sarvam Khalwidam Brahma.Isavasyam Idam sarvam. Then I have no difference from you ,or from this cosmos .And the oneness with God happens naturally. Sl 14 Bhaavagraahyamaneedaakhyam Bhaavaabhaavakaram shivam Kalaasargakaram devam Ye vidu sthe jahusthanum That which is cognized by Bhaava,and having the name of Aneedam(without a nest),that which does Bhava and Abhava ,that which is Shiva and does creation with Kala is the supreme Deva and knowing Him the knower sacrifices the love for the physical body . Only by Bhava one can cognize Brahman.Without Bhava or Thanmayibhava of Brahman one cant know it.The importance of Swanubhava is stressed by Sankara due to this

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manifestations of forces here.Who is woman and who is man then?Who is mother and who is father?Who is child and who is old?Who is me and you? All are energy only .When chitha enters the timeless prajna or consciousness only that ultimate power exists .This transcendental experience is called objective mysticism. The transcendental experiences can be divided into twp categories.One is magic and the other is mysticism.When we compare God into a magician who makes forms with his magic ,we can also think of man as the one who discovers that magic by his mysticism.The one who creates and the one who discovers become one in Advaitha.The ability to control the dead souls and unseen forces by controlling time and space is sometimes spoken of as Objective Magic.In objective mysticism also this ability is there but the method used is entirely different.The effects also are different.Clairvoyance,psychometry ,seeing the dead souls etc come under objective magic and Budhas had such Divyachakshu according to Budhist scriptures.The bad aspect of objective magic is that the black magic is the other end of its spectrum .And such things can end up in severe mental disorders also . Subjective magic on the other hand is the entertainment which we see n stage performed by expert magicians.This is a harmless knowledge and entertains the onlookers .Another type os subjective magic is the dreams seen even while awake.The hallucinations which are mistakenly understood as truth is this type.This also can lead to mental problems.Whether objective or subjective ,the Magic gives much importance to karma/functions.Magic is intensified doing and concrete knowing by definition.In mysticism the thought processes are more important.Mysticism by definition is intensified thought and feeling and abstract knowing . Mysticism is of two types.Subjective mysticism is a type of hysteria and people reach a type of pseudomystical state in it.In churches,chapels and in healing centers and in Temples the people go into such hysterical frenzies and shake and act as if possessed by something.This mass hysteria is only subjective and sometimes provoked by the rituals,the sight of blood and flesh in rituals,and accompanying drums and other musical rhythms and this pseudomysticism though it spreads in the name of religion is not religion at all.In Eleusian mysteries of Greece ,in Druids of Britain,Shamans of Siberia ,and among the Devi temple Komara of India such pseudomysticism existed.The reaction of human beings under the influence of excess emotions to some rituals ,this is always subjective. Objective mysticism does not include in any of these.It is a meditation,a Thapasya .It is the Yoga discipline of Patahnjali.The nature and human being become oen with each other .There is no place for emotional display or hysteria in it.The human beings sits alone in the quiet naturally beautiful atmosphere,and goes into a meditative trance peacefully and with one-pointed concentration and devotion.In such a persons meditative chitha is awakened suddenly as if a lightening the truth of everything.In one second ,in a drop of time,endless time cycles are revealed in that enlightened mind.That is called transcendental consciousness.Whatever is the subject or object of meditation,whether it be a number,a idea,a form or light or an art or science,this experience happens.That is ,it is not the object of meditation,but the ability to concentrate on it without a second thought that is important.In Yoga terminology this is Chithavrithinirodha.If one can touch deeply the Athman of any subject/object and

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universe as well .Even without seeing that with my naked eye I can imagine that and see that in my mind and intellect by logical thought.That logical thought and its discovery is more true than what my eye see around .Thsu the endless time and its history is known by human intellect even without seeing that.The time is first imagined as a Rekha(line)by a human being .The years come as a line and the successors come in a line and they are called Vaarissu (coming in a Vari or line). Fig 2:-

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Dharmaavaham paapanutham bhagesam Gnaathwaathmastham amritham viswadhaama: By whom this universe functions and changes,that one is beyond this tree ,and of time .He is the oen who does Dharma.He destroys all sins.He is the Lord of prosperity and is Amritha.Know that Abode of universe as Athmastha(within)and attain Amritha. Sl 7 Tham eeswaraanaam paramam maheswaram Tham devathaanaam paramam cha daivatham Pathim patheenaam paramam parasthaad Vidaama devam bhuvanesameedyam He is the Maheswara beyond all Iswara.He is the Divine one beyond all Devatha.He is the Lord of all Lords.He is the Beyond of all beyond.We know that worshippable lord of universe . Sl 8 Na thasya kaaryam karanascha vidyathe Na thathsamaschaabhyadhikascha drisyathe Paraasya sakthirvividhaiva srooyathe Swaabhaavikeegnaana balakriyaa cha He has no cause or effect.There is no one equal to Him or beyond him.His Parasakthy is heard to be as manifold.That is his natural power and has Gnana(wisdom),Bala(strength)and Kriya(functions). Sl 9 Na thasya kaschith pathirasthi loke Na chesithaanaiva cha thasya lingam Sa kaaranam karanaadhipaadhipo Na chaasya kaschid janithaa nachaadhipa: There is no one to rule him over.No one as Lord to him.He has no gender differenceHe is cause of all.The ruler of all organs of functions.No one is his Father and no one is above Him. Sl 10 Yasthanthunaabha iva thanthubhi: Pradhaanajai:swabhaavatho Deva eka:swamaavrinoth Sano dhadhaath brahmaapyayam Let that Ekadeva who like a spider covers himself with threads from its own body ,covers Himself with those born from his own Swabhaava as Pradhaana ,give us Oneness with Brahman Sl 11 Eko deva:sarvabhootheshu gooda: Sarvavyaapeesarvabhoothaantharaathmaa Karmaadhyaksha:sarvabhoothaadhivaasa:

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their lawful paths .They do not have any other way for revolution or travel.Similarly for a person who has his/her goal as Brahman has only one path to follow.It is to know the oneness of the Athman with Brahman .It is Advaitha . Sl 16 Sa viswakrid eesa:vidaathmayonirgna: Kaalakaaro gunee sarvavidya: Pradhaanakshethragna pathir ganesha: Samsaaramokshasthithibandhahethu: He is the Viswakrith(doer of universe)viswavith(knower and seed of universe)Athmayoni(womb of self),kshethraGna(knower of field ),Lord,God of Guna(attributes),cause of samsara,liberation from it,sthithi and relationships.This sloka says Pradhana as the same as Brahman. Sl 17 Kincha, sa thanmayo hyamritha eesasamstho Gna:sarvago bhuvanasyaasya gopthaa Ya eese asya jagatho nityam eva Nanyo hethurvidyatha eesanaaya He is amritha,within Isa,knower ,omniscient protector of universe and one with us.H erules the universe always forever.There is no other cause for that rulership Sl 18 Yo brahmaanaam vidhathaathipoorvam Yo vai vedaamscha prahinothi thasmai Tham ha devamaathmabudhiprakaasam Mumukshurvai saranamaham prapadye Who created Brahman in the past,who taught/revealed Veda to Brahman ,that Deva gives enlightenment for intellect of the Athman.I worship that Deva for liberation. Just like the light of knowledge was revealed in the heart of Brahmadeva through his father Vishnu ,the Paramapurusha,the Rishi wants to get enlightenment from that Adipurusha. Sl 19 Nishkalam nishkriyam saantham Niravadyam niranjanam Amrithasya padam sethum Dagdhendhanamivaanalam He is without Kala and Kriya.He is Shantah,sinless,pure,and the ultimate bridge for Amrithathwa and he burns like the flame of a burned fuel. Sl 20 Yadaa charmavad aakaaam Veshtayishyanthi maanavaa: Thadaa devam avignaaya Du:khasyaantho bhavishyathi

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Hari : Om.Shamno Mithra :Sham Varuna:Shamno Bhavathyaryamaa Shamna Indro Brihaspathi :Shamno Vishnururukrama:Namo Brahmane .Namasthe Vayo: Thwam eva prathyaksham Brahmasi.Thwam eva prathyaksha Brahma vadishyami .Srutham vadishyami.Styam vadishyami.Thanmavavathu.Thadvaktharam avathu.Avathumaam.Avathu Vakthaaram.Om .Shanthi Shanthi Shanthi : Om sahanavavathu Sahanou bhunakthu Sahaveeryam karavaavahai Thejaswinaavatheetham asthu; Maavidwishaavavahai.Om Shanthi Shanthi Shanthi: Anuvaka 1. 1.Ambhasyapaare bhuvanasya madhye naakasya prishte mahatho maheeyaan/ Sukrena jyothimshimanupravishta:prajaapathischarathi garbhe antha://

In the deep and vast ocean which is endless and without a shore,above heavens,in the center of all the multiverses,the Greatest of the Great Prajapathi enters as a white light and travels in that womb/pregnancy(Garbha). In the commentary of Kata Upanishad this white light was explained as the Thejas of Vishnu within a Mandala of four sides,and as the energy of Aditya or sun .Sukra is a word used to denote both white as well as seed in Sanskrit.In the causal waters of Chidakasa as a white ray of light the same seed enters the waters within the womb of a female jeeva as white seed(Rethas)or beeja.Both have movement,vibrations of life energy and growth and evolution and acquisition of a new body for its manifestation. Sl 2 Yasminnidam sam cha vi chaithi sarvam yasmin devaa adhi viswe nishedu: Thadeva bhootham thadhu bhavyamaa idam parame vyoman//

All these are equal in That One,and emerge in that one,and all Viswedeva reside in Him.And that One alone is the Past(Bhootha)and Bhavi(future).This universe,this body is fixed in that Akshara Vyoman .

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For that Aksharavyoman as ParaBrahman which is the eternal Sound ,Indian ancestors gave a symbol Poojya or soonya written as 0 and now known as zero .Arabian people called it Hind Sath or truth of the people of Hindusthan.The ancestral astronomers had a secret name for that .They called it the Khahara. Bhaskaracharya in sidhanthasiromani says: Asmin vikarakhahare na raasaa Vapipravishteshwapi nisrutheshu Kshahushwapisyaallayasrishtikaale Ananthe achyuthe bhoothaganeshu yadwath Like several elements in groups are born and merged in time of prabhava and pralaya(origin and end of universes)but the eternal and endless one has no emotion or change and it remains always the same ,like Mahavishnu in his Yoganidra.However Raasi we add or subtract from it poojya has no emotion.The Naaraayana is the one who resides and revolves in Naara or water /kaaranajala and water within a womans womb alike.The Paramathman is manifesting as Jeevathman in a microcosm.The past ,present and future cannot divide that timeless existence .This eternal OM of Indian was called Omega (OM +EKA) by Greeks. The words Thadubhavyam aa Idam in the sloka has the sthobhaa aa which shows the wonder of the Rishi when he experience or discover the eternal Akshara as truth. Sl 3 yenaavritham kham cha divam mahim cha yenaadityasthapathi thejasaa braajamsaa cha/ Yamantha:samudre kavayo vayanthi yadakshare parame prajaa:// By whom this Kham,Divam and Mahi are covered and enveloped,by whom the sun by the Thejas and Brajas is heated up (thapa),by whom the poets in internal ocean weave ,in that Akshara ,in that Parama(absolute) all these reside ,all praja reside.(Varthanthe according to Bhattabhaskara; Srajanthi or created according to Saayana). Vayanthi means weaving.Avayanthi is knowing.When we take the internal ocean of Rishi as the Hridakasa,both the meanings are possible.I know the Jyothis or light of my heartspace is one meaning.Since Sanskrit literature always compares ocean to a dress below the loin of earth,the poet (Kavi/rishi) by his silky threads or words /akshara is weaving a garment to decorate Brahman. By the Brahmasakthy within the Brahmagnani weaves a covering for the Brahman as Avarana or decoration. Kham is the Paramavyoman as described in the earlier sloka.Divam is the day and Mahi is earth.The white light as energy principle,and as sunlight as well as different types of energy of nature covers the entire the multiverse.Brajas is revolving energy and Thejas is heated up energy .Both are the Thapas or heat of the sun which creates life and intellect and knowledge on earth . 4.Yatham :prasoothaa jagatham:prasuthi thoyena jeevaan vyachasarja bhoomyaam / Yadhoshadheebhi:purushaan pasoomscha vivesam bhoothaani charaacharaani// 5.Atha: param naanyadaneeyasam hi paraathparam yanmahamtho mahaanthamam Yadekamavyakthamanantharoopam viswam puraanam thamasa: parasthaath//

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From which the mother of the world was born,by whom the jeeva were created on earth with water,in which all moving and fixed things ,herbs,animals and Purusha enter and live,that is the greatest of the great.That is Eka.That is unmanifested and formless and with endless forms.That Puraana Viswaroopa is the Para of Para(Beyond that which is beyond all) and beyond all darkness(Thamas).Beyond this Param there is no other subtle (Aneeyasam)object. Jagath is a word which means the one which moves.Earth is moving.That moving earth was child of nature or prakrithi.By the movement of nature ,we ,people on earth are able to calculate and observe the day to day time (saayanakaala )with past,present and future and day and night ,seasons etc.That calculated time is Apekshika or relative.There is an eternal time,which is incalculable who has been mother of all this calculated time.That timeless time which is Anantha (endless,beginningless and hence middleless) and with its Kaaranajala countless jeeva of varied forms have been created and will be created .It is about this countless time Mandukyakarika also sayaKaalaath Prasoothi Bhoothaanaam.It is not about the calculable human time or astronomical time of a limited period.The earth ahs 75 % water .In the smallest unit of the living body called a cell(Kosha)also there is 75 % water.That is why it is said that both earth and its life was created by the waters of that Kaaranajaladhy(causal water) which is endless.This is scientific and not a myth. Akaasa is a word which means that which gives space for everything to exist.In Chidakasa all things are created,manifested,sustained and finally merged.Taht chidakasa is Avyaktha (unmanifest).From it all manifested universes are born.Taht eternal and most ancient Viswaroopa is given the adjective Thamasa :parsthaathby Bhagavad Gita as well.The same word is used in this sloka also.That Viswaroopa is greater than the cosmos.But is also subtler than a paramaanu or subatomic particle.It can exist both in cosmic space and in the heartspace of all beings. 6 Thadevartha thadum satyamaahusthadeva Brahammparamam kaveenaam Ishtaapootham bahudhaa jaatham jaayamaanam viswam bhibarthi bhuvanasya naabhi:// That is the order or Ritham.That is truth.That itself is the Absolute Brahman.So said the Kavi(poets). The place of origin of the Ishtapoortha also is that.That Nabhi (middle)of the universe ,makes these worlds and its beings,born before as many,and are being born , revolve around it. In Swethaswetahra Upanishad we saw the question what makes the universe function.And the answers were either swabhava or kaala (by different people having varied opinion).And in 6th chapter sloka 1 we find Brahmachakram Bramyathe This Brahmachakra revolve and it is its swabhava.Kaala or time is the effect that occur due to that revolution(Bramana)and effect cannot be the cause .What is the cause for that swabhava or nature of the wheel? It is Urja or Chith (translated into English energy).That energy is the fire or agni which get condensed to different forms and beings with different shapes.The multiverses,the star clusters,planets and elements and beings on earth are all condensed forms of energy only.The vibrations and movements of the entire system is by that energy.The energy ocean is the milky ocean and the serpent Anantha or omega is the eternal time and on it is the Causal principle in Eternal yoganidra .In his middle (Nabhi) is the padma or lotus (in a mandala form or field ) which represent the creative principle Brahma and this multiverses,cosmos,solar systems,earths and beings on

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them.Except that ultimate cause or womb of creation there is no other order of creation or any other truth . Sl 7 Thadevaagnisthadvaayusthathsuryasthadum chandramaa: Thadeva sukrammritham thadBrahma thadaapa:sa prajaapathi That chaithanya or energy itself is the Agni(fire)Vaayu(winds) Sun and moon and other celestial phenomena.That divine being alone is the nectar ,Brahman,Apas and Prajapathi. Compare with Einsteins formula that energy is equal to mass and velocity square.Whatever we see here is chith/energy is a very old concept of humanity.When it is unmanifest state we call it Brahman or God and when it manifests we call it Prakrithi or cosmos which exhibits power of movement(Gathiseela).The Nirayana,Nishkriya,Shaantah ,Amritha urja is seen as saayana,sakriya,chapala due to gathi,and mirtha Prakrithi .The same thing is existing in tehse two forms .There is only one ,and that is ultimately Urja or Chith which alone is Sath and bliss and that is called Brahman. Sl 8 Sarve nimeshaa janjire vidyutha: purushaadhathi Kalaa muhoorthaa :kaashtaaswaahoraathraascha s9.Ardhamaasaa maasaam rithava:samvatsarascha kalpanthaam Sa aapa: pradudhe ubhe ime anthariksham atho suva:// 10 Nainamoordhwam na thiryascham na madhye parijagrabhat Na thasyeso kaschana thasya naama mahadyasa:arvasa

All including nimisha,kala,muhoortha,kashta,ahorathra,ardhamaasa,maasa,rithu ,samvalsara ,and kalpa-were from that Vidyuthapurusha.He milked the Apas,Anthariksha and Suva.(Waters,atmosphere and the heavenly worlds ) . The term Vidyuthapurusha shows that the energy is electromagnetically manifested to the sage or rishi .From that electromagnetic energy ,the calculable time was calculated by our ancestors.From the clockwork appearance of electromagnetic energy as lightening,thunder and monsoon winds and rains in the tropical Indian subcontinent ,our ancestors have known the nature eof energy that makes the functioning of the cosmos. Brahman milked the heavens,atmosphere and the waters of the earth from his own Kaaranajala or his own being (to give cyclical rain for sustenance of life on earth).This is compared to a Kamadhenu or cow being milked by its owner.Remember the sloka in Gita that this is your loving Kaamaduk and you can by doing sahayajna (co-operative functions)enjoy all that she gives.Also see the commentary of second sloka of Eitahreya Upanishad.The waters that flow and milked by Brahman from himself,the sky,heaven and earth and atmosphere,elements from stars to smallest worm or virus all are just like bubbles or foam or drops or waves in the ocean of energy in which they emerge and die away again and again but the ocean is always changeless and eternal. His name is Mahad Yasas (Great fame).Which is the top,middle and side of that Iswara is not known by anyone.It is indefinable and not cognizable. Those who say that they have known it have not known it.But those who know that they have not known it has known it.

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Sl 1 11,Na samdriso thishtathi roopamasya na chakshumshaa pasyathi kaschanainam / Hridaa maneeshaa manasaabhikluptho ya enam viduramrithaasthe bhavanthi// .Adbhya:sambhootho Hiranyagarbha ithyashtou// 1 Adbhya sambhootha:prithivyai rasaamscha ,viswakarmanaa:samavarthathaadhi/ Thasya thwashtaa vidadhadroopamethi ,thathpurushasya viswamaajaanamagre// Vedaahametham purusham mahaantham Aadityavarnam thamasa:Parasthaath / Thameva vidwaanabritha iha bhavathi,naanya:panthaavidhyatheyanaaya// Prajaapathischarathi garbhe antha:ajaayamaano bahudhaa vijaayathe/ Thasya dheeraa :parijaananthi yonim ,mareecheenaam padamichanthi vedhasa://

4. Yo devebhya aathapathi ,yo devaanaam purohitha: Poorvo yo devebhyo jaatah:namo ruchaaya Brahmaye// 5. Rucham Brahmam janayantha:devaa agre thadabruvan/ Yasthaivam Brahmano vidhyaath thasya devaa asan vaso// 6 Hreescha the Lakshmeescha pathnyou ,ahorathre paarswe ,nakshathraani roopam/ Aswinyou vyaatham ishtam manishaana,amum manishaana,sarvam manishaana//

1. Hiranyagarbha: samavarthathaagre,bhoothasya jaatha:pathireka aaseeth/ Sa dhaathaara prithiveem dhyaamuthemaam kasmai devaaya havishaa vidhema 2 Ya :praanatho nimishatho mahithvaika indrajaa jagatho babhoova/ Na Isa asya dvipadaschathushpada:kasmai devaaya havishaa vidhema Ya Athmadaa balamdaa yasya viswa upaasathe prasisham yasya devaa: Yasya chaayaamritham yasya mrityu:kasmai devaaya havishaa vidhema// Yasyeme Himavantho mahitvaa yasya samudram rasayaa sahaahu: Yasyemaa :pradisho yasyam baahu kasmai devaaya havishaa vidhema// Yam krandasi avasaa thasthabhaane asyaikshethaam manasaa rejamaane Yathraadhi soora udithou vyethi kasmai devaaya havishaam vidhema//

6. Yena dhyourugraa prithivee cha dride yena suva:sthabhitahm yena naaka: Yo antharikshe rajaso vimaana: kasmai devaaya havishaam vidhema// 7 Aapo ha yanmahathirviswamaayam daksham dadhaanaa janayanthiragrim

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Thatho devaanaam niravarthathaasureka:kasmai devaaya havishaa vidhema// Yaschvidaapo mahinaa paryapasyadhyaksham dadhaanaa janayanthiragrim Yo deveshadhi deva eka aaseetha kasmai devaaya havishaa vidhema// 1.Its form is not seen because it has no physical existence.No one can see it with external eyes.It is known in the heart of the wise(Maneeshi) who are having one-pointed concentration.They too become eternal . The same thing is repeated in Kata upanishad and Swethaswethara Upanishad. By external eyes Brahman is not visualized.For it one needs an internal enlightened mind called Jyothishmathy in yogic language.That is why the ancients call Jyothisha as the Eye of the Veda.By Jyothishmathy oen can directly perceive or experience Brahman through the manifested Brahmanda or cosmos.The ultimate Brahmagnana is through Thrikalagnana(timeless knowledge) and for that yogin aquires Jyothishmathy and knowledge of Jyothisha. 2 From Viswakarman this earth which is full of Rasa(rasamaya) originated through eight states like water etc.That Thwashta ,called Viswkarman emerges everyday in different forms .For , from that Purush in the beginning of time,this Viswa was revealed (with its structure and calculable time). He is Hiranyagarbha. 3 That person who says I know that Purusha who is beyond Thamas(darkness) ,Adityavarna(colour of sun) and the end of Mahath becomes Amritha here itself.There is no other way for our travel (Ayana).There is no path except to Narayana . 4 In the womb travels the prajapathy.He is Aja and is born in several forms.Those who know its place of origin desires the state of Mareechi(sunraya). Prajapathischarathy garbha antha:was the last word of 1 st sloka 1st Anuvaka. By that starts this sloka here.The heavenly worlds with lightrays and the Akasa are what is said in the commentary to Aithareya second sloka.In that world of eternal light there is no night.Always enlightened shining enrgy alone.Once that enlightened state is known ,no one wants to return to the dark worlds of ignorance and sorrow.The one who gets Brahman experience does not want to come and continue the cycles of births and deaths full of ignorance and sorrow. 5 Namaskaram to that Brahman who is Ruchi(beautiful)who was born before all divine beings,and who leads all of them and who does austerities for them 6 On his sides called day and night are the two consorts Hri and Lakshmi.The chidroopa of Nakshathra ,muth as Aswinis,give us all desires ,this worldly and all beyond . (The 6 slokas given above is called UtahraNarayana anuvakam.In some texts ,instead of Hrim is seen Shrim.These are quotes from Thaithereeya Aranyaka .Also known as Aditya Upasthana.The next eight slokas are called Paramathmasuktha or Hiranyagarbhasuktha and are quotations from Yajurvedasamhitha) 1 That Eka Lord for all beings born,that basis for entire earth ,was born in the beginning as Hiranyagarbha .I offer Havis to that Deva. 8

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2 He is the praana for everything on this earth and is the nimisha(timeunit) and is the Indra of the Jagath ,Iswara of two-footed and four-footed ones.I offer Havis to Him. 3 He is Athman to all and gives strength to all.The entire universe meditate on Him.All divine beings serve him.Both mrityu(death)and Amrithathwa(eternal life)follow him like his shadow and obey him.To that Deva I offer this Havis. 4. The earth,the shining sky,are enlightened and cry with their minds praying for protection.(Earth to be protected.The sky to protect everything within it).Therefore the sun rises and sets and revolutions happen.To that Deva I offer the Havis. 5 Of whose greatness the Himalaya and the great ocean with all essence sings,and whose arms are these directions,to that Deva I offer this Havis. The words Himavantho Mahithwayasya samudra rasayaa sahaa shows the extend of India from Himalaya to the southern ocean and that entire subcontinent sings the glory of the God . 6 By whom this terrible upper worlds (Dyo)and the earth are fixed,by whom the Suvarloka(heavens)has become sorrowless and fixed,who has created the dust(Rajas/also means ability of creation and colours) in the Anthariksha (for creativity of Gandharvaas) to that Deva I offer this Havis. 7 By whose greatness,this illusionary world which gives birth to fire,and has creativity is made,from whose single breath all these divine beings were born,to that Deva I offer this Havis 8 When his sideglance fell on the waters and earth which gives birth to fire,they became powerful.To that Ekadeva I offer the Havis. These slokas are praise to Vishnu but it also shows the knowledge of origin of universe and of the earth with fire in its womb and the starry form of Vishnu in zodiac as Simsumara and how all the fixed stars,the other celestial phenomena and the winds and seasons follow the law of the supreme power .The rajas of creation is interesting since we know that it is dust that forms condensation of raindrops and that produce creativity and food and all these scientific things are said in a poetic way as praise giving. Sl 12 Esha hi deva:pradishonu sarvaa: Poorvo hi jaatah:sa u garbhe antha:/ Sa vijaayamaana: sa janishyamaana: Pratyangmukhaamsthishtathi viswathomukha:

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future too.He has faces everywhere and hence called Viswathomukha.At the same time he is Pratyangmukha (Antharmukha or with face of each person and being ) too. Inside and outside,everywhere that energy alone exists and that is revealed in the Jyothishmathi of a Yogin. Sl 13 .Viswathaschakshurutha viswatho mukho viswatho hastha utha viswathaspaatha/ Sam baahubhyaam namathi sam pathathraidhyavaprithvi janayana deva eka://

That Ekadeva gave birth to this earth .He,as Viswathaschakshu (eyes of the entire world)Viswathomukha,Viswathohastha(hands of the world)Viswathopada(feet everywhere)by his hands,feet ,wings and organs leads everyone everywhere. This gives the Viswaroopa of Vishnu as given in the Gita too. Sl 14.Venasthatah pasyan viswaa bhuvanaani vidvaan yathra viswam bhavathyekaneedam / Yasminnidamsam cha vi chaikaamsa otha:prothascha vibhu:prajaasu

In which cosmos all these universes are resting as if in a single nest,and who sees or witness them all,that scholarly Vena is the Vibhu (Lord)who wears all these praja(his children/subjects/beings in himself as Othaprotha(crisscross as if in a cloth). Sl 15 Pra thadvomche amritham nu vidwaan gandharvo naama nihitham guhaamsu Threeni padaa nihithaa guhaamsu yasthadvedam savithu:pithaa sath That scholarly Gandharva,,knowing that I am Amritha,resides in the cave of hearts.Three pada are in the cave.Knowing this the Svitha(sun)becomes the satya (truthful)Father(Pitha). According to Yaska the word Vena has four meanings.Indra,Surya,Prajapathy and the Gandharva called Vena.Bhattabhaskara thinks Vena is the Vibhu or Lord who willed the creation of worlds,and Gandharva as the first divine being in whom communication originated as the first sabda(sound)and language(Bhasha).Gam Dharayathi Ithi Gandharva. Gandharva is the oen who cognizes and has gamana or gamaka which is movement.Gandharva is Naadathmaka.He is the first poet/singer.Vena is the Lord of first desire for creation and hence is Kaamadeva.When these two combine in one person (Naada and creativity)the cosmos,the literature and music and all arts are born.Even the creativity of generations of children is due to that since Kamadeva is there.The Needa or nest is the home which parent birds make for the process of combined living and for the coming of new generations .That is the resting place for generations of living things.Hence Brahman is called the Needa or nest of all the beings in the past,in the present and in future.There is place for all in Brahman forever and in that the Brahman is having Akasalinga( similarity to Akasa). The trhee pada are also explained as the three consciousness in Jagrad,swapna and sushupthi and also as the para,pasyanthi and madhyama sounds which also reside in heartspace. If we take Chidakasa as the cave ,then Aksharapurusha ,Purushothama,and Prajapathy all reside in Chidakasa.This world with name and form reside in the heart of the

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creator/poet,and in the Chidakasa .The oneness of the Rishikavi and Brahman is thus brought out in an Advaitha. Sl 16 . Sa no bandhurjanithaa sa vidaathaa dhaamaani veda bhuvanaani viswaa Yathra devaa amrithamaanasaanaasthritheeye dhaamaanyabhyairayantha By whom the devas ate Amritha and reached their own position in the third world(Suvarloka),that Deva knows all worlds and their positions.He is our Relative,friend,father and Lord. This is about the story of Vishnu helping Deva to get nectar from Asura . Sl 17 Pari dyaavaaprithivi yanthi sadhya: parilokaan paridisa:pari suva: Sruthasya thanthum vithatahm vichrutya thadapasyatha thadabhavatha prajaasu.// They (the three pada or feet) spread (Pariyanthi) in dyava and Prithwi,in all worlds,directions and in Suvarloka.The threads (Thanthu)Of Ritha (order)is spread in the Praja(children/subjects) and decided (decision to spread and to continue) by Him and he knows them all.He became all that (law as well as Praja). Parameswara implements that which he decides within a moment.It is he who spreads as the threads crisscrossed within all beings as his Praja.He is in the vst cosmic Chidakasa as well as in the subtle individual Hridakasa of all beings at the same time.(Simultaneously).Consciousness and word (Vak)as fire(agni)is having the nature of quick spreading.The one who witness that quick awakening and spread of consciousness becomes oen with it.Here the three pada or feet of consciousness is spoken of as the three time,(past,present future)and the representations of it as Morning,midday and evening ,equated to the three feet of the dwarf Vishnu (Vamana) as Sun .The sun is thus the representative of the cosmic Vishnu as far as earth and its beings are concerned and hence he is the SuryaNarayana worshipped by Indians and many other ancient cultures of the world. Sl 18 Pareetya lokaan pareetya bhoothaani pareetya sarvaa:pradisho disaaswa Prajaapathi :prathamajaa rithasyaathmanaathmaanamabhisambabhoova://

That firstborn Prajapathy of the Ritha,spreads all worlds,elements,directions and everything by His own Athman.He becomes all Athman (Jeevathma).That is how the Eka became the Aneka .Abhisambhaboova means the coupling or union of Jeevathma and Paramathma according to Bhattabhaskara.This union is the Raasleela of Vishnu in his Krishna Avathar.This is spoken of by Krishan in Gita as the creation of worlds by Prajapathy with Sahayajna.Without this coupling of male and female principle the prajasrishty does not happen.Therefore this union is a Yajna for continuation of life and races on earth for survival of the races.(Also see commentary on Bhagavad Gita Souvarnam by the author) Sl 19 Sadasaspathimadbhootham priyamindrasya kaamyam Sanim medhaamayaasisham//

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The one who gives the wonderful Medha( Intellect) which is desired and loved by Indra is the Lord of both Sad and Asad.Let meattain Him.(Let me be with Medha ,attain both sad,asad and beyond them) Sl 20.Udheepyasva jaathavedopadhnanniryatheem mama Pasoomscha mahyamaavaha jeevanam cha disho disha// Jatahvedas,Agne,Burn to destroy everything except the Ritham within me.For me and for my cattle ,give food ,water and directions and space for safe living. Everything except the order of Universe (called Ritham)is impurity and the rishi wants the order to be continued.He therefore prays that the Alakshmi or Niryathi (this include unhealthy,illness,poverty,laziness,adharma,and ugliness) be removed or burned by the pure Agni within him.It is the prayer to the Medhavi Athman within .This prayer was first echoed among the wandering tribes of cowherds who lived on cattle and its products and had an agroeconomy and who used fire for the first time in human history.They equated that firstborn Agni as Surya for the earths energy and Vishnu for the cosmic energy .The history of human consciousness and its evolution from the most primitive human races we can see in the vedic verses Sl 21 . Maa no himseejjaathacedo gaamaswam purusham jagath Abhibradagna aagahi sriyaa maa paripaathaya// Hey,Jathaveda,Do not destroy our cattle,horses,Purusha,and worlds.Agne,come without wearing your weapons (without weapons of destruction and without the thought of destruction in mind).Protect me with your Sri (Prosperity) Sl 22 Purushasya viswa sahasraakshasya mahaadevasyam Dheemahi Thanno Rudra:prachodayaath// We know the Purusha with a thousand eyes and do Upasna on Him.Let Rudra initiate us From here onwards the twelve Gayathri are given for Japa and Dhyana.These are for invoking the sun in the 12 Rasi of zodiac as cosmic fires of directions.In Yajurveda Maithrayani Samhitah there are 11 RudraGayathri or Dhaynagayathri.(2.9.1)In the last Agnichayana ,it is not the fire of the Homakunda or Chidagni,but the fire of the funeral pyre (called Chithagni) is meditated upon.Before this the Satharudreeya Homa is done.Rudra is the one who makes us cry.Both sorrow and crying gives wisdom to human beings and hence Rudra is a Guru or giver of wisdom ,and hence it is said that Rudra be our initiater (who does Upanayana ).After saying Mahadevasya Dheemahi Thanno Rudra Prachodayath ,the series of Gayathri comes. Sl 23 Thath purushaya vidyahe Mahadevaya dheemahi Thanno Rudra :prachodayath Let me know and do upasana on the Mahadeva .Let Rudra be my initiator .This is Rudragayathri. Sl 24 Thath Purushaya vidhyahe Vakrathundaya Dheemahi

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Thanno Danthi:prachodayath The Purusha with Vakrathunda (curved nose Ganapathy)be meditated upon and known .Let Rudra initiate and influence us.This is called VignesaGayathri. Sl 25 Thath purushaya Vidhyahe Chakrathundaya dheemahi Thanno Nandi :prachodayath Here the Nandi or Rishabha the vehicle of Shiva wearing a Chakra (wheel )is being meditated upon for initiation. Sl 26 Thath Purushaya vidhyahe Mahasenaya dheemahi Thanna Shanmukha :prachodayath This is for Upasana of Shanmukha the commander in chief. Sl 27 Thath Purushaya vidhyahe Suvarnapakshaaya dheemahi Thanno Garuda:prachodayath This is for meditation on Garuda who is called the one with Golden wings .Suvarnapaksha is golden wings.But Paksha also means the fortnight and also taking one side .That is Suvarnapaksha means taking the side of Suvarna (The golden lady )of the Srisuktha and also the white paksha or fortnight with fullmoon (16 kala including Amrithakala as well as the new moon with Amrithakala alone) Sl 28 Vedathmanaayam vidhyahe Hiranyagarbhaya dheemahi Thanno Brahma prachodayath This is for meditation on the Hiranyagarbha who is having veda as his Athaman .That is the son of Mahavishnu ,Brahmadeva. Sl 29 Narayanaayam vidhyahe Vasudevaya dheemahi Thanno Vishnu:Prachodayath This is for Upasana of Vasudeva Narayana and is called Vishnugayathri. Sl 30 Vajranakhaayam vidhyahe Theekshnadamshtraya dheemahi Thanno Narasimha:prachodayath This is Narasimhagayathri Sl 31 Bhaskaraya vidhyahe Mahadyuthikaraya dheemahi Thanno Aditya:prachodayath This is for meditation on Aditya. Sl 32 Vaiswanaraya vidhyahe

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Laaleelaaya dheemahi Thanno Agni:prachodayath This is for meditation of Vaiswanara Agni which licks and swallows everything (as depicted in Viswaroopadarsana in Gita). Sl 33 Katyayanaya vidhyahe Kanyakumari dheemahi Thanno Durgi:prachodayath ( Kum kutsitham anishtam maarayathi ithi Kumaaari).

This is for meditation of the virgin(Kanya) kumari (not yet reached adulthood) as Katyayani and Durgi (within a fortress and invincible). After this there are a few manthras for praise of this Devi . Sl 34 Sahasraparamaa Devi sathamoolaa sathaankuraa Sarvam harathu me paapam Durvaa du:swapnanaasini//

She is beyond thousands,with a hundred roots,and with hundred sprouts,and who destroys all bad dreams .She is the Durvaa( a type of Kusa or Darbha grass /when the Va is displaced by Ga we get Durgaa ) who takes away all my sins. Sl 35 Kaandaath kaandaath prarohanthi parusha:parusha:pari Evaa no doorve prathanu sahasrenaa sathena cha//

From each nodes(joints) new new sprouts come out and flow .By that flow ,Hey Durga,you grow.Liek that our races also be multiplied grown as hundreds and thousands. This world of existence as illusion (Maya )of Paramathman is called Durga.She makes the Eka grow every moment multiplied by hundreds and thousands into a endless progeny.Thus the races also multiply(to produce population explosion/continuance and survival of races).The householder Rishi wants all the races (human,animal,bird and plants )to continue in an ecofriendly way and does not want to destroy any of the races.Just like the Darbha grass spreads its roots and thus the joints and the sprouts from them in all directions let my race spread all over the world and populate it and continue my race is his prayer to mother Durga .This prayer echoes how the Indian race had relationship from prehistoric times to people all over the world. Sl 36 Yaa sathena prathanoshi sahasrena virohasi Thasyaasthe deveeshtake vidhema havishaam vayam//

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Devi Ishtake,You multiply by hundreds.Grow by thousands.We offer Havis to such a Goddess like you.Therefore our race also will multiply and grow is the wish of the Rishi . Samsara is something which people love(Ishta).Therefore the races will multiply and grow is a prediction which is according to natural law. Sl 37 Aswakraanthe Rathakraanthe Vishnukraanthe vasundharaa Sirasaa dhaarayishyaami rakshaswa maam pade pade // Mother ,Vasundhara (Earth which bear jewels),You journey with horses,chariots and by Vishnu (spreading everywhere ).I bear you on my head.Protect me whenever I put a feet on you. The words Aswakrantha,Rathakrantha and Vishnukrantha are names of three herbs used by the Ayurveda for cure and prevention of several disorders.The herbal and jewel knowledge of the Rishi surface here.The earth is full of jewels(prosperous)and herbs that keep us healthy.Thus she is mother and protector of all .This is a Nyasa done before taking a bath,and sometimes before getting up from bed and walking on the earth.The earth(sand)is touched and then the head is touched and the prayer is uttered for propitiating earthmother. Since both Sri and Bhoomi (prosperity and earth )are consorts of Vishnu agroeconomy and economy by trade and artisanship using various stones had been part of Indian life from time immemorial and the artisans (silpi) were sons of Vishnu in a previous incarnation( As Ojas in Rishi Suthapas and his consort Prisni .In Chalukya inscriptions this name Ojas is seen given to silpi/architects as a epithet). Travel by artisans,by tradesmen and by the herbal medicines(spice trade)and knowledgable physicians of the land of India to far off lands is recorded from Babylonian,Sumerian and Akkadian times . Therefore this prayer has to be viewed with a historical perspective . Sl 38 ,39 and 40

38 Bhoomirdhenurdharani lokadhaarini Udhruthaamsi varaahena Krishnena sathabaahunaa // 39 Mrithike hanam paapam yanmanaa dushkritham kritham Mrithike Brahmadathaasi Kaasyapenaabhimanthrithaa// Mrithike dehi me pushtim thwayi sarva prathishtitham //

40. Mrithike prathishtithe sarvam thanme nirnuda mrithike Thwayaam hathena paapena gachaami paramaam gathm// This earth as the Dhenu (cow) is dharani( which bears all) and is also Lokadhaarini(who carrys entire samsara world )and the one who was carried by the hundred armed (sathabahu) Krishna as Varaha . Hey ,Mrithike,destroy all the sins and bad acts done by me.Hey Mrithike,who was given by the Brahman ,invoked by the Kasyapamanthra ,Give us prosperity/growth .(Pushti) .Everything is fixed in you .Hey ,Mrithike ,which is fixed.Let all sins be made purified in me.By the destruction of the sins by you,I get my Paragathi (going to other worlds).

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It is interesting that this prayer calls earth as Mrithika five times.This Manthra is called Mrithikamanthra and is first invoked by Kasyapa ,the father of living beings on earth,according to Purana.Mrithika is that which has an end or Mrithyu .That which is made of the five elements .And that was having the symbol of Swasthika.When a letter is written either roen puts a swasthika symbol or write swasthi sri .In all Brahmadeya and deals of ancient Indians we find this practice.In the sangam literature Ilamkovadikal says Madhavi drew a Mrithikachihna(symbol of Mrithika-Swasthika) before she wrote a letter to Kovilan.Thus swasthika denotes the cosmos made of Panchabhootha and its representative the earth.When we find this symbol in Indus valley and Harappan seals ,we should understand that we have to correlate such archeological findings with the scriptural details of Indians .Whatever incorrect usages happen in ones language is said to have been purified by putting such a mark.And this is the sign of the first movement of Naada and Prakaasa(sound and light vibrations ) in timespace and represent Brahman.Uttering the symbol of the panchabhoothathmaka Prapancha ,the Vasthu made of such swasthika (like towns.villages,houses,temples etc) ,and marking it before speech or any communication one destroys all misunderstandings,all incorrect and untruthful dishonest things and makes it purified.In all Brahmadeya deals we find this used from all over India .Swasthi and Swasthika is the most auspicious and most pure state which leads both to sreyas and preyas. Sl 41 and 42 41 Yatha Indra bhayaamahe thatho no abhayam krridhi Maghavachagni thava thanna oothaye vidwisho vimrudho jahi// 42 Swasthidaa visaspathirvrithrahaa vimrudho vasi Vrishendra :pura ethu na :swasthidaa abhayamkara://

Indra,when we become afraid,make us Abhaya(fearless).Hey,Maghavan,Let your fire protect us from the battles of our enemies. The Lord of the worlds who give us Swasthi,the killer of Vrithra,make us Abhaya .The seer,the Abhayankara (one who gives refuge /also fearlessness),Indra,come to our Pura(city).Give us Swasthi. Pura is city and Purusha is one who sits in Pura.The body,the city /village as well as entire prapancha is Kshethra or abode of Purusha.Thus this invokes the jeevathman within,the King or chieftain who protects the city,and also the Paramathman who protects the cosmos.The agni is the energy within individual,within the royal protector,and within entire cosmos as Purushothama who is one with every Jeevathman.Thus Indra ,the ruler of ones Indriya (senses)as energy within is the ruler of all living things and of cosmos.Vedic Indra is thus equivalent to Vedic Agni and Vishnu .They are not different . Sl 43 Swasthi na Indro Vridhasravaa:swasthi na:pooshaa Viswavedaa: Swasthi nastharkshyo arishtanemi: swasthi no Brihaspathirdhathaadhu// Indra,Thou are Vridhasravas (who is praised from a very distant past and hence called Vridha very old),give us swasthi.Pooshan,who is Viswavedas(knower of Viswa),give us Swasthi.Tharkshya ,who is Arishtanemi,give us swasthi..Brihaspathe,Give us swasthi.

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This manthra is seen in Rgveda.This is said to give protection from all dangers of water ,including whales and other oceanic creatures.Therefore this is usually uttered by people who go for long voyages in sea.Suparna or Garuda is the one who makes the Kaalachakra (time wheel) function in order.His Ratha or chariot is the same as his axle of the chariot wheel .And that axle itself destroys all dangers(arishta)and hence called Arishtanemi . Thus the travelers on sea and land both pray to Garuda ,the vehicle of Vishnu for removal of all sorts of troubles for their journey .Viswadeva is the lords of the directions.Since it is impossible to reach the desired goal without knowing directions ,the travelers invoke the directions.The directions are known by the north star ,by the starry heavens and for a sea traveler that is the only way to know directions at night .Hence the development of astronomical maps and the form of Vishnu as Simsumara ,and the earth map corresponding to the stellar maps evolved in India .This was because of the sea travel and its requirements .Not as a superstition but as a scientific discipline to carry out necessary day to day functions efficiently and effectively for human welfare and welfare of society . Sl 44 Aapaanthamanyusthrupalaprabharmaa dhuni:shimeevaacharumaamrijeeshi Somo viswaanyathasaavanaani Naarvaagindram prathimaanaani debhu://

Somaa, The one who show Manyu( anger) and shower stones ,and move all (Dhuni),The one who has several functions (Sameevaan), the one who wears weapons (Sarumaan)the one who drinks Somam(Rijeesham),the one who grows forests of Athasa in the world,whatever Prathimaana ( measures or weights equal to weight.)is put Indra cannot be brought down (The Thula or balance in which Indra sits is not equal to anything,any weight,any praise). Whatever similie does not equal Indra .Sayanabhashya says Rijeesha is Gathasaarasomadravya.That is the Soma which is devoid of all its essence (after extraction).Athasa is the dry bushes and herbs and different types of such herbal medicines.(Sayana).The Indra who drank all waters on earth and made it dry,(both ocean and rivers) rains it again and thus make the plants grow again in seasons.By three Pala (three stones) when we crush Soma to extract its essence,Soma does not get angry (even with that injury to Him).At that time the Soma is made to move a lot and churned,and sounds produced and it is subjected to several Kriya or functions.Like compressing,filtering etc .Then all its ingredients (Anga)are merged and mixed (Saru).This Saru or Charu is offered . Soma also means handra or moon .The Lord of all Oushadi/Vanaspathy and of water for their growth.Chandra is jalamaya and rasamaya and is the essence of Soma .This is interesting because only in 2010 the modern scientists have said that moon contains ice crystals and sign of water and that is the source of water for earth. Sl 45 Brahmajagnaanam prathamam purasthaadwiseematha:suruchovena aava: Sa Budhnyaam upamaa asya vishtaa:sathaswa yoni masathaswaviva://

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In the past,the first wisdom born from Brahma ,as the beautiful Vena ,spread to all limits.He spread as Yoni(origin or womb) of all Budhni,and of all that are his Upama(likeness/reflections/Prathiroopa) again as Sath and asath wombs. In 14th sloka we found a reference to Vena the Gandharva.The same enlightened Prajapathy ,simultaneously as Budha and Budhni (male and female principle) became the light of consciousness and then differentiated into male and female bodies .H ehimself is the womb of all,both good and bad.Both truth and untruth.Here Prajapathy is given a feminine gender .Vena is a male gender and to it the neuter gender Gnana and Prathama as well as female or feminine gender name Budhni is given.In Rajasthan the names Budhni and Budhnia are very common for individual names even now.( See the film Rudali for example).In the Samhitha the name Budhnya is used as a neuter pleural.Budhna means Akasa .Adding the upasarga Vi to Avaa ,we get Budhnyaa.Vi means to light up,to shine.Vena is a word derived from that .Th elight spreads in both heaven and earth .The light of wisdom spreads in hearts ,in world and in cosmos. Budhini is a name given to a group of Scythians who drink Soma (Refer Pragathi .June 1989 Vol 42 .Page 50) The term Venus of Greek mythology has come from the term Vena . Sl 46 Syeno prithivi bhavaa nivesani Yachaam na :sarma saprathaa://

Earthmother ,who is praised 9Sapratha) for bearing men and all ksharavasthu( temporary and destroyable things ) within her,become our destroyer of sorrows.Be our Sharma and give sharmam.(Be our bliss and by that bliss protect us).For destroyer of sorrow the term Syonna is used.So is the Dhathu which means end.From that was created the Syonna Prithwi.From this word the Sonna (Suvarna) is derived as in Sona Bengal in Tagores poetry.Sayana says this term means that which increase the bliss(Anandavardhana).Nyakshara is taken as Anyakshara or the place without thorns(of sorrow) by Sayana. Sl 47 Gandhadwaaraam duraadarshaam nityapushtaam karoshineem Iswareem sarvabhoothaanaaam thaamihopahwaye Sriyam// We invoke Sri to this place,who is Gandhadwara (with fragrant openings) invincible (Duraadarsha) ,Nityapushta (always wellnourished),and who is full of cowdung and well ploughed,and the Iswary of all Bhootha(elements). This is part of Srisuktha of Rgveda.In some texts before the next manthra ,we find the LakshmiGayathri as , Om Bhurllakshmi:Bhuvarlakshmi:Suva: Kaalakarni Thanno Lakshmi :prachodayath Padmaprabhe Padmasundari dharmaratahye Swaha Sl 48 Sreerme bhajathu ,Alakshmee me nasyathu Vishnumukhaa vai Devaaschandhobhirimaamllokaananapajayyamabhyajayam

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Mahaan Indro Vajrabaahu:shodaseem sarma yachathu// Let Sri worship me.Let my Alakshmi be destroyed.Those unconquerable worlds which are having Vishnu as face,Deva and Chandas as body be conquered by me .Let Indra who is Vajrabahu (wearing Vajra,and also the one with hands as strong as Vajra/Diamond) and Mahan give me the sixteen Sharma. Let me have the strength to do the most difficult and hard to achieve the greatest bliss is the essence of this prayer.To conquer all the Vedic knowledge,and the Chandas and Vishnupada is difficult.But if the Medha and the pure mind and intellect are bestowed ,this difficult thing can be achieved.The moon with the 16 kala,the shodasakshari of Srividya ,and its Yanthra ,the 16 sciences are the sixteen Ananda or bliss called Sharma here.In Shodasakaal all the 64 Kalavidya are included.If Sri worships the Upasaka ,the medha and all the requirements to attain Vishnupada is also obtained .The sarvavidya and sarvakalavaallabha nature is pointed out here.In Vallabha vansa of South India (which had Valabhi as their university )the two names Varma and Sharma are given to its outstanding outgoing students .(Mooshakavansakavya has mentioned this).Here we find Sharma mentioned Shodasisharma is the 16 swara,akshara,sasthra and kala which makes one a Sarvagna. Sl 49 Swasthi no maghavaa karothu Hanthu paapmaanam yosmaan dweshtim//

Let Maghavan give us swasthi.Let him destroy the sins that harm us . Sl 50 Somaanam swaranam krunuhi Brahmanaspathe Kaksheevantham ya Ousijam Sareeram yajnasamalam kuseedam thasminthseedathu yosmaan dweshti// Brahmanaspathe,Like Kaksheevan,the son of Usik,make me Somavan and Swaravan.Make my body yajnasadhya.Let the enemies be put in Kuseeda(hell)for a long time. Somanam is given the meaning one who takes somam out of the plant and Swaranam is given as one who is praised and famed ,and Yagna is sacrifice in several commentaries.The last line is commented upon as sent my enemies to hell,as accurse on others.This explanation is not correct. First thing ,this comes after the last line of the previous sloka which asks to destroy all sins that harm the mind of the Rishi.Those which are destroyed should not come back and should be there in its abode (Kuseeda )is the better meaning,than.That is,keep me always pureminded by destroying all sins ,doen so far,and preventing them to reenter me again.Somarasa is Brahmarasa.From a person who enjoyed the Brahmarasa ,a beautiful swara (sound)and language (Bhasha)flow out effortlessly .Thus it is a prayer to make me the origin of beautiful language ,literature and Music of best quality from a scholarly Sri Vidya Upasaka.The words are from a person who got the shodasi Sharma should not be forgotten.Cognition becomes complete only when the previous sloka meanings are grasped in wholistic manner.Make my body a Yajnasadhana( to do sacrifices like

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Jyothishtoma etc) healthy and with a soft smooth peaceful mind and sound ,make it a pure and beautiful instrument through which the divine power flows forever without a break is the meaning. Sl 51 Charanam pavithram vithatham puraanam yena poothastharathi dushkrithaani Thena pavithrena sudhena poothaa athim paapmaanamaraathim tharema//

By the most ancient and wide Charana,made pure,and crossing all sinful deeds with that pure,let us win over and cross the enemy sin (papa)which is made purified (By Thou). Here the meaning is very clear. The charana is also Vishnus feet as well the Charana in a song praising Him.Charana also means a clean and pure Charya or Jeevithacharya (lifestyle).The charana is said to be very ancient .And practice of it also is very ancient .When that path is touched,even the enemy called sin become purified and nullified.And that is the only way to cross and win over it. When we pour water over the guests feet,the feet of Brahman,and of Guru and Iswara ,and when we enter water upto kneedeep to take a bath this Manthra of Thaithereeya is uttered.Th epurity of Vishnupaada is famous.Charanadevatha is Vishnu.Both Vaishnava,Jaina and Budhist people worship the Paada or charana of their masters/Gurus etc. Sl 52 Sajoshaam Indra sagano Marudbhi:somam pibha vrithrahaschoora vidwaan Jahi sathroomrapa mridhonudaswadhaabhayam krunuhi viswatho na://

Indra,the valiant,scholarly killer of Vrithra,with your Gana the Maruths(winds)take and enjoy Soma,and happily destroy all enemies.Then make us fearless in the world Sl 53 Sumithraa na aapa oshadhaya:santhu Durmithraasthasmai bhooyaasuryosmaan dweshti yam cha vayam dwishma:// Give us good friends,water and Herbal medicines.Let them be harmful to those who are enemies of us. Vatahpitha and kapha are enemies of health and herbal medicines are enemies of these when they are in imbalance . Sl 54 Aapo hi shtaa mayobhuvasthaa na oorje dadhaanatha/ Mahe ranaaya chakshase/ Yova:shivathamo rasasthasya bhaajayatheha na:/usatheeriva maatara: /Thasmaa aram jagaama vo yasya kshayaaya jinuatha/ Aapo janayathaa cha na:// Water, which residing in the Bhuvarloka and give me energy,The oen who gives eye in the great battle,give us ,like loving mothers,your most auspicious(shivathama)essence,to

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us.Let us proceed to your positions,which has happiness in being destroyed.Let us have Apas. In this battle of wits of samsara the inner eye is given and the maintaianance of health is assured by the loving mothers milk and food she provides.Liek that the energy in the atmosphere by continuing the wind-water-agni cycle gives us consistent and continuous energy .To that mother this prayer is addressed.What is the happiness in being destroyed? A mother is happy when her resources are destroyed by feeding the child.The same happiness of mother in sacrificing everything for her child is shown by the mother earth and its atmosphere in giving rains and tehn getting dried up for continuing the cycle. Sl 55 Hiranyasringam varunam prapadhye theertham me dehi yaachitah: Yanmayaa bhukthamasaadhoonaam paapebhyascha prathigraha:// I prostrate at Varuna the Hiranyasringa(one with Golden horns).Give sacred waters to me who beg for it.Whatever I had eaten from sinners,and taken as gifts from tehm,be purified by that sacred waters Sl 56 Yanme manasaa vaachaa karmanaa vaa dushkritham kritham Thanna Indro varuno Brihaspathi:Savithaa cha punanthu puna:puna: Let all my sins which were done with mind,word and deed be purified by Indra,Varuna and Brihaspathy and Savita (surya) again and again. Sl 57 Namograyepsumathe nama Indraaya namo Varunaaya namo Vaarunyai Namodbhya:// Namovaka to Agni hidden in waters,for Indra ,Varuna ,Vaaruni,and waters. Energy is hidden in water is said here . 58 Yadapaam krooram yadamedhyam yadasaantham thadapagachathaath //

Whatever is impure,dangerous,harmful and cruel and agitated in these waters be destroyed . A purification rite for waters-both drinking water as well as oceans to be traversed through a ship. Sl 59 & 60 Athyaasanaadathipaanaadyacha ugraath prathigrahaath Thanme varuno raajaa paaninaam hyavamarsathu// Sohamapaapo virajo nirmuktho mukthakilbisha: Naakasya prishtamaaruhya gachedBrahmasalokathaam//

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Let whatever was overeaten,overdrunk,and from receipt of cruel people be purified by the touch of King Varuna.Let me be sinless by that .Being purified and free from al bondages let me ascend to the back of the heaven (Naakasya Prishta) and reach the Brahmaloka. All the poisons,impurities,dangers in the waters and food is called Paapa here .Therefore sin is not restricted to human deeds alone .Freed from all impurities inner and outer,being sorrowless by a healhy body ,mind and intellect let me follow the oldest path of Dharma and reach bliss of liberation enjoying all the four Purushartha is the wholistic meaning of entire text . Sl 61 Yaswaapsu varuna:sa punaathwaghamarshana:// Let the Aghamarshana Varuna,sitting in the waters ,purify. Aghamarshana is the one who destroy all sins or all impurities.Water by its purifying effect is aghamarshana .By a bath or wash oen gets rid of all impurities .Just after this come the praise of the rivers. Sl 62 Imam me Gange Yamune Saraswathi Suthudristhomaam sachathaa parushniyaa Asikniyaa Marudhrudhe Vithasthayaarjikeeye srunuhuaa Sushomayaa//

Hey,Gange,Yamune,Suthudri,Prushni,Asikni,Marudvridhe,Vithasthe,Arjikeeye,Sushome come and hear my Sthothra (song of praise ). Sl 63,64 &65 63 tham cha satyam chaabheedwaathapasodhyajaayatha Thatho raathrirajaayatha thatha:samudro arnava:// 64. Samudraadarnavaadadhi samvatsaro ajaayatha Ahoraathraani vidadhadwiswasyamishatho vasi//

65 Suryaachandramasou dhaathaa yathaapoorvam akalpayath Divam cha prithiveem chaantharikshamatho suva:

From the lighted up(enlightened) Thapas (austerity) were born Ritham and Satya.(order and truth).From that night and from night Arnava and Samudra .From Arnavasamudra was born the samvatsara.From Samvatsara the day and night were born.And all the living things and worlds were created by that attractive creator.The earth and heaven,the sun and moon,the atmosphere,and heavens were thus created as before (The word Yathaa Poorvam = As it had been before is important). Thapas Brahman Ritham/Satyam Bodha enlightenment Rathri Ambhas (Nakshatra/Suvarloka) Mareechi (Anthariksha) Samudra,Arnava Apas (waters/Bhooloka) Samvatsaram Prapancha

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Human beings as observers

Also see the sloka 1 and 2 of Aithareya Upanishad. Human beings calculate from observation and counting of years(samvatsara)from counting of days and nights which are due to movement of earth.Thay calculate from the Saayana (movement)upwards to planets and stars above the earth and the spacetime in which they exist and tehn to the causative urja or energy responsible for all this .This is a Arohana from earth and its phenomena being observed,sitting on earth.But when we come to origin of universe,the order or Ritham is in Avarohana krama.The first creator had samvatsara first and ahorathra next after creation of earth.Human creation is last in the list of the first creator.Then in the enlightened consciousness of the human beings the order has to be reflected as if in a mirror in reverse order.Thus Ahorathra is a relative feeling of humans due to nature of the planet/abode on which they are seated.The paramarthasatha is energy with no movement or change and that is Nirayana but to reach it human thought has to flow in reverse order and do an Arohana . Sl 66 Yathprithivyaam raja:swamaantharikshe virodhasi Imam sthadaapo varuna:punaathvaghamarshana:// Punanthu vasava:punaathu Varuna:Punaathwaghamarshana: Esha bhoothasya madhye bhuvanasya jopthaa// Esha punyakrithaam lokaanesha mrityorhiranmayam Dhyaavaaprithivyorhiranmayam samsritham suva: Sa na : Suva: samsisaadhi //

Let the Apas of the Varuna,who is Aghamarshana,purify the dust(Rajas)in earth,atmosphere and above that.Let Vasu,Varuna and Rishi Aghamarshana purify.This one(Varuna)is the protector earth in the middle of elements.He gives the golden worlds of Mrityu(death)to the people who does good deeds.The suvarloka (heavens)are dependent on the Golden Dyavaprithvi worlds.Make such Suvarloka purified. It is not only between the five elements but also between past and future ,this present earth is protected.Bhootha is element as well as past.The Bhuvarloka between earth and Suvarloka is the abode of anthariksha and Apas.It is called the golden world of ancestors who have gone to world of death.Both in bhooloka and Bhuvarloka souls have birth and death and hence both are golden worlds of Mrityu.Depending on them is situated the Suvarloka and they in turn depend upon the golden worlds of Mrityu.It is a mutual dependence.When earth and atmosphere are made purified by waters (rainclouds from oceans/Varuna purifies them) naturally the Suvarloka is also purified. Sl 67

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Aardram jwalathijyothirahamasmi/Jyothijwalathi Brahmaahamasmi/Yohamasmi Brahmaahamasmi/Ahamasmi Brahmaahamasmi/Ahamevaaham maam juhomi swaahaa//

The Ardra burns as a flame.(Ardra is wet and soft .It is burning as a flame or Jyothi seems contradictory but is not as explained below).The Jyothi burns.I am Brahman.I am I.I am Brahman.I alone give offerings within me .Swaha. There is a ritual of taking a little water as Ardra and drinking it before eating solid food.All the five elements are essentially Agni or energy.Therefoe they burns.The compassionate and soft heart is the seat of Athman which is most energetic and enlightened as a Jyothi,the Jyothishmathi.In such a mind only the Athmabodha is evoked and such a mind alone gets enlightenment.Ardra is a star cluster which burns red and is said to be the birthstar of Maheswara.To become such Ardra and to evoke Maheswara within the women of India do austerities on Ardra nakshathra (when Moon reaches that asterism in Dhanu/December ).The samyoga/union with Brahman for a Jeevathman is that ultimate . The concept that a compassionate soft mind doing no harm to another rbeing ,by word or deees or thought is the Ardra mind and only that becomes a Jyothi to lead others is important for Indian philosophy .The experience of a Rishi who became one with Brahman is given in the sloka. Sl 68 Akaaryakaaryavakeernee stheno broonahaa Gurusthalpaga: Varunopaamaghamarshanasthasmaad paapaath pramuchyathe Even if a person is jumbling up what is needed and not needed,a thief.killer of embryos,and one who slept on the bed of his Guru,the Apas of Varuna,Aghamarshana makes him purified from all such sins.Avakeeerni is one who deviated from vow of Brahmacharya.That was considered a sin. Inthis earth,the sorrows are due to the reactions that happen to our actions .This Karmasidhanta of cause and effect tells us that Rajoguna makes Karma/actions.Rajas is also dust or impurities with which dirt accumulates.The accumulated dust and Rajoguna(karma)makes man cry and the removal of dust and Rajas by Aghamarshana Apas /water makes purification and freedom from sorrows. Sl 69 . Rajobhoomisthwa maam rodayaswa pravadanthi dheero://

The Dheera (bold)say, You make me cry,who is the abode of Rajas. Sl 70 Aakraanthsamudra:prathame vidharmmanjanayanpraja bhuvanasya raajaa Vrishaa pavithre adhi saano avye brihathsomo vaavudhe suvaan indu:

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The oceans always do aggression.In the beginning that King of all worlds created all dharma,praja and everything.That Vrisha (bestower /young bull) ascending the Pavithra(pure)protects.The Brihath (great/Big) Soma ,Indu increase again and again . The chandravansa or the vansa of Apas and oushadi and annam (food)including all living beings is increasing day by day again and again by the cyclical action of solar heat (Thapas) and clouds and rains every year . Anuvaka 2 Starts with the only manthra which is attributed to the sage Kasyapa the first Rishi and it is on Agni as Jatahavedas and uses the term sindhu (ocean) and according to Saradathilaka thanthra this is the Agneyasthramanthra and is known as Durgaasooktham. Sl 1 1. Jaathavedase sunavaama somamaraatheeyatho nidahaathi veda: Sa na:parshadathim durgaani viswaa naaveva sindhum duritaatyagni://

The one born of the Veda, we are invoking you.Let the knowledge of this somam kill all enemies.Liek a ship in the sindhu(ocean) let all the forts(Durga)be crossed and reach beyond all sorrows and protect . Durga is the goddess who protects and conquers all fortresses and kills all enemies so that man finds success in all endeavours.A person who cross the ocean use a ship to cross it with all its risks . Samsara is like that and Veda and the Agni born of Veda is compared to that ship.This is significant.Because if Kasyapa was living originally at Kasyapa sea (Caspian sea) this is not possible.Or the other possibility is that the area was under oceans when Veda was composed .Then the time of veda cannot be fixed as BC 1500 as the historians do today .The word Sindhu (In Persian language pronounced as Indu /see the previous sloka in which Indu is used to denote moon) for ocean and knowledge of ship that cross it,makes it more likely to be from the coastal regions of India and tehn that is proof for Vedas being composed in the Indian subcontinent itself. When Kasyapa Prajapathys succcessors traveled wide they might have named a lake in the north in their ancestors anme and that is the more likely explanation for the Caspian sea being called in Kasyapas name. Sl 2 2 Thaamagnivarnaam thapasaa jwalanthim vairochanim karmaphaleshu jushtaama/ Durgaam deveem saranamaham prapadhye sutharasi tharase nama: I take refuge in Durgadevi,who is like a red flame with the heat of her Thapas,and is Vairochani (daughter of Virochana) and whose abode is in the Karmaphala(effect of karma).Namaskaram to her who is expert in taking oen across easily .

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Durga is here called Sutharasi or one who takes over to the other shore easily .She is Agnivarna or having colour of fire. Sl 3 3 Agne thwam paarayaa navyo asmaan swasthibhirathi durgaani viswaa Pooscha prithwi bahulaa na urvee bhavaa thanayaaya samyo:

Hey,Agne,we take you with us to new shores with Swasthi ,crossing these difficult (Durgama)risky worlds .Let our cities,our fields,and the earth become many and prosperous.Let our children and grandchildren have auspicious lives. This shows the ancestors had gone out of the land crossing seas and mountains and risky terrains and taken their divinity Agni with them to all those terrains for the prosperity of the races.The fire /energy and divine power that cross the oceans to reach distant places is for Shamyu (prosperity)of the children and grandchildren. Remember that Shamyu is a Rishi in the Kasyapa lineage /Gothra in Vedic rishi list as well.This fact must be remembered when we think of naming the Kasyapa (Caspian )sea as the ancestral Gothra name by a branch who left their original home and established away from home. Sl 4 4 Viswaani no durgahaa jaathaveda : sindhum na naavaa durithaathiparshi Agne athrivanmanasaa grinaanosmaakam bodhyavithaa thanoonaam//

Hey,Jatahvedas,The one who destroys all the Durga(fortress)of the world, Do take us across all our troubles,like a ship crosses an ocean.Agne,Cognizing by mind as Athri did,bless our bodies with enlightened consciousness.(Bodhi avitha = protect with Bodhi) Let us also cognize the enlightened Agni by mind like Athri . By that Bodhi the body,mind,intellect and soul are protected.This Bodhi itself allows us to cross the ocean of samsara .That Agni with colour of sun ,and pure is the enlightened consciousness of the Rishi itself.In this also the two words Sindhu and Naava for ocean and ship is used . Sl 5 5 Poothanaajitham sahamaanamugramagnim havema paramaatsadhasthaath Sa na:parshadathi durgaani viswaa kshaamadevo athi durithaathyagni: I invoke the great fire which conquers the bodies of others with power (Sahamaana),from its ultimate (Parama) Low position( Adhasthath).Let that Agnideva cross me all the Duritha(difficulties and sorrows)and Durga (forts)of this world which has the nature of fleeting /temporary existence. The word Paramdhasthath is comented upon as the Ultimate Sadas (in the Yajna) or the assembly in the court where scholars assemble . But a more proper interpretation according to me is the invocation of Sakthy at the lowest center of the Chakra (Mooladhara)where she is sleeping as Kundalini .Thisi sespecially so since the Durga as energy is being invoked.The one who awakend that energy within gets power to awaken

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it in others body as well .That is why the word Prithanaajitha is used.Prithana is also the Valabhi or fortress with a curved wall /the geodesic in the case of universe .The coiled Kundalini is having a geodesic or curved figure .Hence called the Prithana.The Agneyasthra is within the leader or hero awakened before starting a new journey or new life of risks and turmoils .Both in battles of a kshathriya,Vidy aof a Brahmana and in long voyages of a Vaisya this power is invoked and awakened for getting success .The same agni is evoked by all for different purposes .The word sahamaana here shows the cooperative endeavour (Saha )using the Mahaprana Ha for added strength.The Maana is the measuring device or balance and the invocation here is by a traveler who goes for overseas trade and commerce with the help of the ship and the weighing balance (both being used by Indus valley/Harappan people ). Sl 6 6 Prathnorshi kameedyo adhwareshu sanaascha hothaa navyascha sathsi Swaam chaagne thanuvam piprayaswaasmabhyamcha soubhagamaayajaswa//

In the sacrifices you are nourished and born.You increase bliss.You take abode in both the old and the new Hotha .Agne,your body enjoys in growing bliss in our bodies.Bring us prosperity. Sayana has commented upon this as the Karmika Yajna .The hidden meaning is also there.The Jeevathman grows Agni within in their Jeevithayajna (life as sacrifice).Taht is called Bodhi in each Jeeva.It is hidden in the coverings of Annamaya,Praanamaya,Manomaya,Vijnanamaya Kosa as Anandamayakosa and it is in this internal bliss of Anandamayakosa the agni is protected and grown .The outer covering ,the body enjoys only because that internal agni is there.This was there in all our ancestors and would be there in all our successors.The Anandamaya body of Agni within,gives bliss to all beings forever .It is in that bliss the fire finds bliss.That agni which fills Jeevathman with eternal bliss to cross over the samsara is being invoked by the rishi . Sl 7 7 Gobhirjushtamayujo nishiktham thavendra vishnoranusamcharema Naakasya prishtamabhi samvasaano vaishnaveem loka ihamaadayanthaam// Indra,you are Ayuja .(Not joined ).By your bliss the cows are bathed and they follow Vishnu in that bliss.Your abode in the back of heaven(Nakaprishta)which is Vaishnava,gives us bliss even in this world. When two things join it is a compound .There are two in it and it is dual.The united one can undergo division and separate.The dualities are divisible and have an end.When Indra is called Ayuja ,it means both Indra and Vishnu are same and not different.That is why his abode is Vaishnava and the cows bathed in Indras bliss follow Vishnu .The blissful shower of the Paramathman is followed by all living beings through the rays (the shower of rays ) or the paths to Him.Both in this world and in that world the bliss of Paramathman only exists.

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Anuvaka 3 Bhoorannamagraye prithivyai swaahaa,bhuvonnam vaayaventharikshaaya swaaha,suvarannamaadithyaaya dive swaaha,bhoorbhuvasuvarannam chandramase digbhya:swaahaa,namo devebhya:swadhaa pithrubhyo bhoorbhuva:suvarannamOM//

For the earth to give me food,I give food to Agni and earth.For the Bhuvarloka to give me food,I offer to Anthariksha and winds.For the suvarloka to give me food I offer to sun and the day.For bhu,bhuvar and swarloak to give me food ,I offer to moon,directions which are 8 in number.Namaskaram to the divine ones.Swadha to the ancestors.Let the three world give food ,uttering Pranava . This is clearly for the perpetuation of heat,cloud,rain cycle in which the solar system,the sky ,,atmosphere and earth participate and the Rishi knows the ecocycle . Anuvaka 4 .Bhooragnaye prithivyai swaaha,bhuvo vaayaventharikshaaya swaahaa,suvaraadityaaya dive swaahaa,bhoorbhuvasuvaschandamase digbhya:swaahaa,namo devebhya:swadhaa pithrubhyo bhoorbhuvasuvaragna OM//

I offer to the Agni and Earth spoken of by the Vyahrithi Bhoo.I offer to the Vayu and anthariksha spoken of by the vyahrithi Bhuvar.I offer to the Aditya and Ahas spoken of by the vyahrithi Suvar.I offer to the Chandrama and eight directions spoken of by the Vyahrithisamashti BhurBhuvaswa:Namaskaram to divine ones.Swadha to ancestors.To the agni which is Bhurbhuvaswa I offer with Pranava. Third Anuvaka is for getting food for himself/herself by the human being.It is containing a selfish element.The 4 th is a unselfish offering for the sake of good of world as Nishkamakarma. Third Anuvaka is for food sufficiency of a society/nation alone.the 4th one is for food sufficiency of entire living beings of the world . Anuvaka 5 Bhooragnaye cha prithivyai cha mahathe cha swaahaa,bhuvo vaayave chaantharikshaaya cha mahathe cha swaahaa,suvaraadityaaya cha dive cha mahathe cha swaahaa,bhoorbhuvatsuvaschandramase cha nakshathebhyscha digbhyascha mahathe cha swaahaa,namo devebhya:swadha pithrubhyo bhoorbhuva:suvamahar OM. By doing selfoffering in the first three Vyahrithi ,the sadhaka is offering in the 4th vyahrithy as wel which is called Maharloka.This manthra is that .Mahath is a sabda which means Saraswatha or SabdaBrahman according to Saradathilakathanthra. Nityanandavapur nirantharagalath Panchasadarnoukramaath Vyaptham ye characharathmakam idam Sabdartharoopam jagath sabdaBrahma yadoochire sukrithinaschaithanyamanthargatahm thadvovyad anisam sasankasadanam vachamadeesam Maha:

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one who offers Athman in a great thing becomes great himself.The one who offers in Mahath becomes Mahan/Mahathy. Anuvaka 6 Paahi no agra enase swaahaa,paahi no viswavedase swaahaa,yajnam paahi vibhaavaso swaahaa,sarvam paahi sathakratho swaaha://

Agne,remove all our sins and protect.Vibhavaso,protect our yajna.Sathakratho,protect everything. The Icha (will) gnaana(wisdom) and kriya(actions)all should be protected spotlessly clean and unselfish .that is the prayer of the Rishi . Anuvaka 7 Paahino agna ekayaa,paahyutha dwitheeyayaa,paahyoorjam thritheeyayaa,paahi gheerbhischathasrubhirvaso swaahaa//

Agne,by the Eka Ritha and ,the dwitheeya Yajus,and Thritheey aSaama ,protect us.Protect us with all the four types of cows. The four veda are spoken of as four cows and four rays .By them fire is nourished.And by sadhaka who awakened agni in him the Vedas are in turn protected.The four rays and cows and veda are mentioned by number ,but by name Atharva is not mentioned here . Anuvaak 8Yaschandassamrishabho viswaroopaschandobhyaschandaam syaavivesa/Sathaamsikya:provaachopanishadindro jyeshta indriyaaya Rishibhyo namodevebhya:swadhaa pithrubhyo bhoorbhuvassuvaschanda OM.// The Viswaroopa ,who is the Rishabha of all Chandas, enters Chandas from Chandas.To attain the Sad (truth) indra ,the eldest of all Indriya ,teaches Upanishada to the Rishis.Namaskaram to that Deva.For ancestors with Pranava ,offering of swadha made.In the chandas of Bhu,Bhuvar and Suvar offerings made with Pranava. Viswarupa called the Rishabha as Guru,enters as Suthrathman in each Vyahrithi,each Chandas,and gives his first disciple ,Indra the secret knowledge and blesses him.Since this secret knowledge is tehn given through generations ,the first Guru ,the Vyahrithy and Chandas are propitiated by every learner.The word Upanishada is secret knowledge or Wisdom.Here it is also used as Indra .That is because the one who has done offering of self in Mahath becomes Mahath himself.By offering himself to Upanishada Indra becomes one with it.Gnana and gnani become one with the Guru. Anuvaka 9 Namo Brahmane dharanam me asthwaniraakaranam dhaarayithaa bhooyaasam karnayo:srutham maa chyodam mamaamushya OM// Namaskaram to Brahman.Let me have Dharana (power of cognition)Let me be one who does Dharana without discarding knowledge.Whatever I heard with my ears ,be retained within me. Dharana is cognition with memory power .Th student has to be one with cognition and memory to use what he/she learned when the need comes.The heard thing and seen thing should be reflected over and logically and objectively analysed before coming to a conclusion.Since memory is an indivisible part of cognition the Rishi prays for

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both.Brahman is Parabrahman here,as well as Guru and oneself (Jeevathamn) who have become one in the process of learning and teaching . Anuvaka 10 Ritham thapa:satyam thapa:srutha thapa: saantham thapo damasthapa:samasthapo daanam thapo yajnam thapo bhoorbhuva:suvaBrahmaithadupaaswaithathapa://

There are eight types of Thapas (austerities).Ritham (order)satya(Truth)Srutha( heard )santha(peace/calm)dama(control of senses) sama (quenching of all desires ) daanam (giving alms ) yajna(sacrifice) are the eight Thapas .Thapas is the meditation of Brahman which is manifested as the Bhu(earth) Bhuvar (Anthariksha) and Suvar (upper worlds of heavens/stars) lokas. Anuvaka 11 Yathaam vrikshasya sampushpithasya dooraadgandho vaathyevam punyasya karmano dooraadgandho vaathi yathaasidhaaraam karthuvahithaamavakraame yadyuve yuve havaa vihuayishaami katham pathishyaameetyevamamruthaadaathmaanam jugupseth//

Just like the fragrance of a flowered tree is taken to far off places by the wind,the fragrance of good deeds also spreads far and wide.Just like a person walking over a edge of sword,kept over a great ditch walks cautiously fearing that I will fall into the ditch(suffering the pain of the sword edge),the Athman (Jeevathma)which is desirous of Amrithathwa is always cautious of sins of Samsara. The same words were repeated in a different way by Budha in the Dhammapada.The fragrance of flowers does not spread against the direction of winds.The fragrance of Chandana(sandal)and jasmine are alike in that.But the fragrance of a good man spreads even against the direction of winds.The Dharmishta(righteous)spreads everywhere by his fragrance. Anuvaka 12 Dwadasonuvaaka: 1. Anoraneeyaan mahatho maheeyaanathmaa guhaayaam nihithosya jantho: Thamakrathum pasyathi veethasoko dhaathu :prasaadaanmahimaanmeesam//

Sapthapraanaa prabhavanthi thasmaath sapthaarsisha:samidha:sapthajihuaa: Saptha ime lokaa yeshu charanthi praanaa guhaasayaannihithaa;saptha saptha: Atha:samudraa jirayascha sarvasmaathsyandathe sindhava:sarvaroopaa:

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Athaswa viswaaoshadayo rasaascha yenaisha bhoothasthishtatyantharaathmaa// 4 Brahmaa devaanaam padavi:kaveenaamrishivipraanaam mahisho mrigaanaam Syeno gridhraanaam swadhithirvanaanaam soma:pavithramatyethirebham// 5 Ajaamekaam lohithasuklakrishnaam bahveem prajaa janayanthim saroopaam Ajohyeko jushamaanonusethe jahaatyenaam bhukthabhogaamajonya:// Hamsa:suchishadwasurantharikshasadyothaam vedishadatithirduronasad Nrishadwarasadrthasadyomasadabjaa gojaa rithajaa adrijaa ritham briham// (A ). Yasmaajjaathaa na paraa naiva kimchanaasa ya aavisesha bhuvanaani viswaa Prajaapathi:prajayaa samvidaanasthreeni jyothimshi sachathe sa shodasi // (B) Vidharthaaramahavaamahe vaso:kuvidhwanaathi na:savithaaram nrichakshasamam// 7 Ghritham mimikshire ghrithamasya yonighrithe sritho ghrithamuvasya dhaama Anushwadhamaavahamaadayaswa swaahaakritham vrishabha vakshi havyam// 8.Samudraadhoormirmadhumaan udaaradupaamsunaa samamruthathwamaaanat Ghrithasya naamaguhyam yadasthi jihuaa devaanaamamruthasya naabhi: 9.Vayam naama prbravaamaa ghruthenaasmin yajne dhaarayaamaa namobhi: Upa Brahmaa srunavaschasyamaan chathu:srungovameedgoura ethath// 10. Chathwari sringhaa thrayo asya paadaa dwe seersha saptha hasthaaso asya Thridhaa badho vrishabho roravithi maho devo martyaam aavivesa// 11 Thridhaa hitham panibhirgrihyamaanam gavi vevaaso ghrithamanuavindan

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Indra ekam surya ekam jajaana venaadekam swadhayaa nishtathakshu:// 12. Yo devaanaam prathamam purasthaad Viswaadhiko rudro maharshi: Hiranyagarbham pasyatha jaayamaanam Sa no deva:shubhayaasmrityaa samyunakthu// 13 Yasmaathparam naaparamasthi kinchith Yasmaannaarneeyo na jyaayosthi kaschith Vriksha iva sthabdho divi thishtathyekaSthenedam poornam purushena sarvam// 14 Na karmanaa na prajayaa dhanena tyaagenaike amrithathwamaanasu: Parena naakam nihitham guhaayaam bibraajathe yadhyathayo visanthi//

15Vedanthavijnaanavinischithaarthaa:samnyaasayogaadhyathaya:sudhasathwaa: The Brahmaloke thu paraanthakaale paraamrithaa(th):parimuchyanthi sarva// 16Dahram vipaapaam paravesmabhootha yath pundareekam puramadhyasamstham Thathraapi dahre jajanam visokam thasmin yadanthasthadupaasithavyam// 17. Yo vedaadou swara:proktho vedaanthe cha prathishtitha: Thasya prakrithileenasya ya:para:sa maheswara://

Sl 1 Athman which is subtler than the Atom,and greater than the greatest ,resides in the cave of all beings.That Akrathu(actionless)and Greatness (Mahimaana) which is Iswara is seen (directly perceived)by the person who has become Veethasoka(sorrowless)by Dhathuprasada( bliss of balanced elements). These words are repeated in both Kata Upanishad and Swethaswetara Upanishad .The importance of having Dhathuprasada by following an Ayurvedic lifestyle is thus a method for attaining Athman or experience of Brahman. Sl2 The seven Praana flow from Him.The seven Archis(flames of fire)the seven Samith (Kusa grass )the seven Jihua(tongue)the seven worlds in which the seven praana(winds)travels all tehse are groups of seven flow from Him who resides in the cave . Sl 3 From Him the oceans,the mountains,the rivers ,all forms,all worlds,and herbs flowed .He is the inner Athman of everything because of this.Everything is He himself.There is nothing except Him.

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This is the Eka Iswara which exists in Sarvam .Thus this is the Sarveswara which is perceived in every grass,worm,element and beings with and without life and worshipped by all.This is the Advaitha which appeared like a pantheism or animism to the western travelers of medieval period . Sl 4 For that Eka Deva, is assigned the titles.Among the Deva as Brahma,among the Kavi (poets)as the word with meaning,among the Vipra as Rishi,among the animals as Mahisha(buffalo),among eagles as Syena(SyenaSuparna is Garuda called Lankavi or Ilankavi by his light brown colour and is the bird of Vishnu and of South Indians as the children of the ocean) among the forests Swadha .Like that.The Pavithra(pure)Soma is beyond Rebha . Rebha is a Rishi .But it is also sound .It is also the poojya or Sad as Zero .The Brahman is beyond cognition of Rishi Rebha ,and of sound and word and also the symbols like zero by which it is designated by the scholars.That which is beyond all is spoken of and thought about and tried to be known by names and forms and terms by the limited human mind knowing very well that it is beyond all these. Swadha is usually offered to Pithru or ancestors.But here it is said among the Vana or forests He is swadha.The ancestors of human race were Aranyaka or people who lived in forests.Therefore the wisdom of the ancestors or Medha of those ancestors is given the term Swadha and offered to them by each new generation.Sayana has said Vana as forest which is the usual meaning in Indian languages.The meaning of a destroying instrument is given by some.Then the axe of a woodcutter is that which destroyed the forests for making villages and cities and the new generations who dwell in the village and city offer the swadha for that action which deprived the ancestors (including the trees and animals)of their due place . Another rterm here is interesting.The Mahisha.The meaning is buffalo.Buffalo is considered as the vehicle of Yamadharma ,the God of death.The Mahishasura in the story of Devi and the Mahishi of the Ayyappa stories show Mahisha as a Asura nature .But in Indus valley and Harappan times the headwear of figures including a Yogin show this Mahisha horn .The God of death is Dharma and Yama which is the hallmark of a Yogin according to Indian concepts.Just like the vehicle Garuda of Vishnu ,equal importance is given here to Mahisha the vehicle of Yamadharma and both Yama and Vishnu are guardian Lords of South . Sl 5 A single female Aja(birthless and Eka),with Lohithasuklakrishna colours( red,white and black) give birth to several children resembling her.The Eka Aja (Male)with bliss is always attached to That.Another Aja,after enjoying it ,moves away from it. The rootcause called Moolaprakrithi has Lohitha(Thejas/Fire) Sukla(Apas/white)and Krishna(Anna food/ black) colours.From that similar children are formed.Some of tehm after enjoying this multiplicities and dualities of Maaya for a long time sacrifice it for Sanyasa life .Others continue the cycle of Samsara with pleasure in it.In both ways the Athman are always birthless(Aja)born from Aja only.Birthless thing has to have children which are birthless too ,since they are Saroopa (same form)as their mother. The colour of human race whether it be black (tropical region) white ( polar regions)or red(temperate region) and the mixed varities of tehse (yellow or brown etc) are all the

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children of Athman only which is Aja .Thus entire race is the children of the birthless first mother and father . Sl 6 The Brihath (great) Hamsa(Swan) as Rithm(order)Vasu (jewel)Hotha (one who offers)and Athithi(the guest ) is in 12 forms .Suchisath,Antharikshasath,Vedisath,Dronasath,Nrishath,Varasath,Rithasath,Vyomasath, Abjam,Gojam,Rithajam,Adrijam. This is called the Hamsamanthra.Hamsamanthra thinks as I am so is the Sun. (Yoham so sou .) The sun,the Brahman,the Knower of Brahman as well as the Praanahamsa (Jeevathma as Praana )are considered as Hamsa or swan.The same hamsa is seen in suchi (pure places)in anthariksha(in upper atmospheric spaces),in the Vedi (sacrificial and the royal sabha /stage of performances) in Drona (the pot in which food is cooked )in Kings,in great people,in the order of universe,in the waters,in animals,in everything born out of the world order,in all that is born from the hills .The jewels of manifold types,the food offered,the guest to whom it is offered,and the person who offers it ,and all law and knowledge is nothing but that Hamsa /Brahman. Swa is a word which is pronounced and written as Suva and it means the heavenly abode of golden colour of the stars.The same word if we reverse becomes Vasu or jewel .Thus Swadha itself is Vasudha .Swadha is offering to the ancestors.Vasudha is the earth which gives us all jewels .The present generation has taken it from the ancestors and has to hand over it to next generation without spoiling it and making it grow more and more selfsufficient.Therefore we have to do it as a sacrifice for our ancestors who have given it to us ,and return it to the next generation (who are the ancestors re-born) .Thus the Suva or Vasu is the Suthrathman that joins the world of existence of all beings.For that suthrathman to take a form depends upon mother earth,Vasudha. Hamsa and Paramahamsa are two terms used to denote a wise person and a person who reached the Ultimate Brahman .They are the ones who teach us how to unite the two seemingly opposite dualities of Samsara and Sanyasa .Thus they are equal to Brahman . Sl7 Whatever is born from him is not different from Him.There is nothing in the universe that is not entered by Him.Prajapathy Himself become the Praja.He burns as the three Jyothis.He himself is the 16 kala(shodasakala). Brahman and Prapancha are not two ,but one.Praana,sradha,five sense organs,five elements,mind,food,power or veerya,(energy)Thapas (heat and austerity)manthra ,yajna,celestial bodies,names and forms all are Him only .Because He pervades all these . Sl 8 We invoke the Vasu,Sun (Savitha)who watches even the lawgiving King ,by offering our Havis.Let him give us lot of Vasu (Kuvith=several/many /lot of. Vanaaathi= let him give) Here Vasu is not only jewels and wealth of physical types but also the successors who are equal to the sun in valour and intellect and Thejas .The successors who can cognize,memorise and continue the tradition and knowledge system is meant . Sl 9 The Ghritha(Ghee)is offered in ghee itself.Ghee is the Yoni(womb).Ghee is the place of dependence.Ghee is His only abode(Dhaama).In each yajna bring bliss.(Ananda).Hey,Vrishabha,say that Havya done by Swaha.

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The Hotha,the Havya,and the Agni are ghee (energy is represented by ghee).Therefore ghee resides and is offered by ghee only to ghee .The origin of all beings is the ultimate energy Parabrahman and the enrgy of Jeevathman also is the same energy .Thus Hotha is Parabrahman only.Brahman doing a action of offering is thus offering in Himself .Every action is done as a offering to Brahman /Athman by a being.Then that Karma brings Ananda .A positive Bhavana always brings blissful and contented state which is essential for mental as well as physical and intellectual health. Swaahaakritha .This word can be understood with two meanings.1 With the form of Swam Aha .Or as offering to Athman /self 2.That which is offered uttering the word Swaha. Both the person who does the sacrifice as well as the Parabrahman as Vrishaba are asked to utter the word and to offer to self what is self itself. Sl 10 The madhumaan(honeyfilled)Urmi(wave)arise from the Samudra(ocean).By whispering the name of the secret Ghee,Amrithathwa is attained.His tongue becomes the center (Nabhi)of the Amritha of the divine beings. Brahman is here compared to a ocean of honey.Just after the Vrishabha who rains honey is invoked for rains,the waves of the ocean are seen rising which is a common observation for those who live near the sea.Each wave is a wave of honey being a part of the ocean of Honey .That is so for each Athman too,which is a wave of the ocean of Brahman .Endless honeyfilled waves of Athman come and go .For one who continuously observe and do Manana (reflective thinking ) that secret center of Amrith(eternity)as the Nabhi of Vishnu is attained.The center of creativity of tehse universes is perceived.Then his tongue becomes the nabhi of creativity.From that come out waves of words and musical rhythmic poetry .Thus the tongue of poet/musician who is a Gnani becomes the origin of eternal Sound and word(Vak)energy and continue tradition of consciousness and wisdom of human race. Sl 11 Let the name be said thus.By ghee let the Dhaara be done in our Yajna.The Goura with four Sringa as Srutha and Sasyamaana shine as Brahman. Dhara is a continuous flow of sacred waters on a idol in a temple.In the case of human beings it is not only water that makes one pure in body but words that make one pure at heart .Dharana is a Sanskrit word for cognition.That is continuous cognition of truth is what keeps mind and thought pure and thus make sweet words of wisdom flow out for ever purifying all minds around. The white or Goura is also Gouri ,the Vak with four Sringa(horns)as Kamadhenu .The four horns are the Para,Pasyanthi,Madhyama and Vaikhari for Vak.It is the four Veda for Brahman .That pure word has to be thought of and reflected upon and cognized and kept in memory ,and pronounced with correct pronounciation and expression and meaning and in this way the secret Brahman should shine in all sadhaka as Vak /Vidya or education.Thus pouring ghee in Agni is equivalent to increasing energy of coming generations by properly educating them in use of the word with meanings. Sl 12 That great Rishabha (Maharishabha) with four horns,three feet,two heads,seven arms,and three bondages is making sound.The Deva is entering the human beings. The four horns were already said in last sloka.

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The three feet-swapna,sushupthy and jagrad the three states of consciousness Two heads are Dwani and its meaning Seven arms are the seven swara Three bondages are the tongue ,palate and Hridaya(Nabhi). In the case of a yajna the four Rithwiks Adhyuryu,Brahman,Udgatah and Hotha utter the Om with the four horns and themselves form the four horns.Garhapatya,Ahavaneeya and Anuaharya are the three feet .Praayaneeya and Udayaneeya or Yajamana and his wife makes the two heads.The seven Chandas upto Gayathri make the 7 arms.The three savanna are the three bondages. Maha: is a word which denotes Neuter gender and SabdaBrahman as Saraswathi .Th eRishabha is here this Vagdevatha who is continuously created in generations of human race by rains and the food produced by rains .Only when the Vagdevatha entered the Human beings man became Amritha and if it was not there we have no difference from other animals. The mark of humanity is language,and all arts and sciences created with it .Hence by negating Indian arts,sciences and the scriptures of this land we are negating our own existence,our own culture and heritage.If that is reduced from us we have nothing left . Sl 13 There are three types of likes for the Pani.1 Guhyamaanam 2 Ghritham 3.Gavi.One was created by Indra,one by Surya and one by Vena.By Swadha these three were organized into order. Guhyamanam Para Ghritham-Pasyanthi Gavi-Vaikhari Here Pani is the term used .This is a significant feature we have to observe.The meanings here as the Dasa or servant of Brahman,as the Acharya/Guru of the ancestors who codified knowledge into orderly system and as the first makers of the word and also as the root Panivu in Tamil as Vinaya (Namratha/servitude /humble behaviour) .The three types of words are said to be the Hitha (Ishta or likes /loved by ) of the ancestaral Pani .Pani is a Gramya pronounciation of Phani (That with a hood/wearing a hood/the Naga or serpent tribes)and this term is corrupted as Phoenicians by the Greek /Latin languages . The Par which is most secretive is unmanifested and experienced in deep sleep,Samadhi and in dreamlike trance when no body consciousness exists .Therefore it is compared to Vena or Phena which is the foam of the ocean of Brahman produced by the Vena . The Swapnaand the daydream(Jagartsushupthy)experiences of consciousness are by the Thaijasa Pasyanthi and Madhyama and are produced by the Lord of the Sense organs ,Indra.The gross word produced consciously by man in jagrad state is the sthoola Vaikhari and is by the Sun . In some human beings the Swadha will be more than others.In others it will be less .If Swadha is more they perceive Para which is the essence and the most subtle energy possible to be visualized. If it is less they see only a gross sound and never go deep into its meanings. Sl 14 That Viswadhika Rudra is the first Maharshi among the Deva.All who are born see that Hiranyagarbha.Let that Deva bring us the auspicious memory(Smrithy).

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It is not enough if we get Dharana(cognition) and word ,but we should have the memory too.The prayer is for getting memory so that what is cognized is preserved for posterity .All the beings born see a Hiranyagarbha who makes tehm cry and that Hiranyagarbha is therefore called Rudra.Memory makes humans cry over the lost past,lost heavens and lost landscapes.And such crying over a lost past or lost worlds and lost paradise makes man strive to get it back .The process may sometimes lead to quarrels between two brothers/groups as well.It will lead to more sorrow and more crying.But it is not this memory of the lost things and the quarrels over it (which some people call history) that the Rishi is talking about.It is the auspicious memory of the arts ,sciences and other wisdom that is learned the Rishi wants to retain for the sake of welfare of entire world .The bad memories should not remain and we should forget and forgive all old wounds and only then we get the concentration to remember all science and arts and impart it to posterity without partiality .The Vaikhari is that which cause man cry and Rudra is here the first man to generate the Vaikhri or word of sorrow and quarrels .The Hitanyagarbha is the father of even that Rudra and is the generator of auspicious Para,Pasyanthi and Madhyama which allow us to rise above the mundane existence of power politics and greeds for possessions etc. Sl 15 There is no one beyond Him.There is nothing subtler than it.There is nothing elder to it.It is Eka.It is seen in the dyo (upper worlds/sky)as a changeless tree ,not moving .By that Purusha the entire cosmos is pervaded and filled . Thaithareeya Brahmana asks: (118.9) : Kim swidavanam ka usavriksha aaseethayetho dyavaprithwi nishtathakshu: maneeshino manasa puchathedudadayadadhyathishtatha bhuvanaaniradhayan .Brahmavanam Brahmasa vriksha aseetha yaktho dyavaprithwi nishtathakshu:maneeshina manasa vibrameemiva:Brahmadhythishtitha bhuvanani dharayan: Was that a forest? From which tree was this heaven and earth originated? The wise men,Find out the answer by asking questions by your own mind.The forest is Brahman.The tree also is Brahman.The heaven and earth originated from that Brahman.Wise men,I did analysis and cognized in my mind and declare my answer .The Brahman alone is the one which bear the entire cosmos. Vriksha has a nature of Avrithi or continuous cycle of repetition and also a seed state and a tree state .This nature of tree and of the cosmos is compared.By analyzing and cognizing such a tree of samsara and the prapancha by mind the wise people know its true nature.The heartspace allows the wise to directly perceive the true nature of the tree as changeless and revolutionless ,though to the outer eye it looks as if changing and revolving and making cyclical repetition.In a silent and nonmoving mind (in Samadhi)the cosmos also is perceived as changeless,movementless and eternal Brahman . Sl 16 Not by deeds,not by these generations of children/races,not by wealth but by sacrificing all these the wise got Amritha.The Yathi ,attain that which is in their hearts cave and which shines beyond even the heavens.Even without sacrificing the dharma,duties,racesa and generations of children,and wealth for doing good deeds a person can directly perceive the truth in heartspace and such a person is a Yathi .The royal personages of

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India did this and accepted Vanaprasthaa and sanyasa after all their duties to the state and race and people were carried out .This last Yajna of whole sacrifice was called Hiranyagarbha and afer that the person who did that is called the Daasa (Dasyu) of God and also the King of Kings (Rajadhiraja) . Vibraja is the world called Vairajam .Sayana says about it : Paschime saamagaanaam Vairajam Pourusham suktham Souparnam Rudrasamhitha Saisavam panchanidhanam Gayathram Jyeshtasaama cha Vamadevyam Brihath Saama Rouravam Sarathamtharam Gavamritham vikarnam cha rakshognam cha yasasthathaa Vividhani raajanthe vasthunyathrethi Virat ,Brahmandadeha: For the worldly people who follow the left path of Vaamadevya, the entry is upto the world of the Brahma,Vishnu,and Rudra (Thrimurthy) .Beyond that is the place of Purushothama Brahman ,Mahavishnu. Sl 17 By the direct perception of Vedanthic experience ,after getting the consciousness of true meaning,the Yathi who takes up Sanyasa (in the end) in the last times (Paranthakala) or death become merged in Brahmaloka as Amritha . The yathi who have not taken to sanyasa are vanaprastha.They reach Virajaloka.They when they take to complete sanyasa and merge in the Brahman in the end ,it is total layana in Brahman.And there is no coming back to cycles of death and birth. Sl 18 Dahlam vipaapam varaveshmabhootha yatha pundareekam Puramadhyasamstham Athaapi dahle gaganam visokam thasmin Yadanthasmad upaasithavyam Meditate on the inner space which is small(subtle)and sorrowless and the abode of the subtle purest Parameswara .Whetehr one is a householder or a sanyasin,the Jyothishmathy shines within the lotus of heartspace .And that Jyothishmathy is Visoka (devoid of sorrow). Sl 19 Yo vedaadou swara:proktho Vedaanthe cha prathishtitha: Thasya prakrithileenasya Ya:para:sa maheswara: Which was spoken of at the beginning of the veda ,that swara is fixed in the vedantha .Prakrithilaya do not reach beyond the Maheswara. The two words Vedadi and Vedantha (as beginning and end of Veda) is used in the manthra.The words Visoka vaa Jyothishmathy and the concept of Prakrithilaya are in the Pathanjali Yogasuthra. Anuvakam 13 1.Sahasrasheersham devam viswaaksham viswasambuvam Viswam naaraayanam devam aksharam paramam prabhu(pada)m//

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4.Naaraayana:param Brahma thathwam Naaraayana:para: Naaraayana:parojyothiraathmaa Naaraayana:para:// (Naaraayana:paro dhyaathaa dhyaanam Naaraayana:Para:) 5.Yacha kinchjjgathyasmin drishyathe srooyathepi vaa Antharbahischa thathsarvam vyaapya Naaraayana:sthitha:// 6.Ananthamavyayam kavim samudrontham viswasambuvam Padmakosapratheekaasam hridayam chaapyadhomukham// 7Adho nishtyaa vithasthaanthe naabhyaamupari thishtathi Hridayam thadwijaaneeyaadwiswasyaayathanam mahath// 8.Santhatham siraabhisthu lambathyaakosasannibham Thasyanthe sushiram sookshmam thasminsarvam prathishtitham// 9Thasya madhye mahaanagnirviswaarchiviswathomukha; Sograbhugvibhajanthishtanaahaaramajara:kavi:// (thirygoordhwamadha:saayee rasmayasthasya santhathaa:) 10Santhaapayathi swam dehamaapaadathalamasthakam Thasya madhye vahnisikhaa aneeyordhwaa vyavasthithaa // 11. Neelathoyadamadhyasthaa vidhyullekheva bhaasvaraa Neevaarasookavathwannwi peethaa bhaaswathyanoopamaa// 12 Thasyaa:shikhaayaa madhye paramaathmaa vyavasthitha: Sa Brahmaa sa shiva sa Hari :sendra:sokshara:paramam swaraat//

Sl 1.2 and 3 This cosmos is Purusha only.(The one who dwells in Pura is the Kshethragna and is also Purusha).He has a thousand heads.His eyes are the cosmos.He is the Shambhu who generates bliss in universe.He is Narayana.He is Lord (Prabhu) akshara and Parama.He is the absolute,the eternal,the cosmos of all cosmos,Narayana Hari and is the Mahagneya (The greatest to be known).That Viswathman is the last and absolute goal of all journeys. (The Paraayana).And in him the cosmos lives.

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Rgveda imagines this Deva as Agni .The Agnirahasya of Sathapatha Brahmana and Agnichayana of Thaithareeya Brahmana meditates on Agni within oneself as Purusha.Sathapatha say Agnireva Mahath Ekaksharam Brahma: And that Agni is being meditated as Purusha and sthree.Saraswathy or Vak as Agni is meditated both as man and woman.And also as the neuter Mahath.So is the meditation on Vishnu and Shiva.Agnichayana is a action to invoke the male energy of Agni.In Purushasuktha the same energy is meditated upon a sVishnu.The Purushothama of Gita is also this Agni.Vajasaneyi Samhitha speaks of it as UtharaNarayana and in Rgveda(Purushasuktha)as Purusha. Sl 4 Narayana is the absolute truth beyond all. Narayana is the Paramjyothi (the light beyond).Narayana is Paramathman.The Parama Dhyana and the Parama dhyani are Narayana Himself. Sl5 Whatever is seenin the universe ,whatever is heard in the universe,is omniscient in outer and inner worlds as Narayana . Ssl 6 In the heart is seen the anantha,Avyaya and the most auspicious of all worlds as Kavi within the ocean ,as the downward turned lotus (heart). The inner ocean of energy or light is first visualized and at its end (Samudrantham) or middle of the milky ocean,which is endless,eternal the God is visualized .Just like that in aesthetics we find the words: Apare kavyasamsare Kavirka Prajapathy : The downward direction of heart points to the inward directed introspective Manana of the concentrated heart.The oen who meditates within ,finds the truth he/she searched for within .The milky ocean of energy,the endless word and the thousandheaded serpent power and its awakening along with the one who sleeps on it happen within our own heartspace.That moment is the most blissful moment of discovery .By that bliss ,words flow from heart through mouth and those words are blissgenerating words of peace and wisdom.The Vak or aksharabrahman awakened in te hRishikavi is thus Brahman personified .The Padmasindhu of heartspace brings out the Swar,Varna,Dwani as music and language to communicate the emotion and meaning .The words and sentences and lyrics thus born ,makes the beginning and end of Veda in the same moment .The end and beginning has no separate existence in that moment of bliss.Timeless bliss is the energy ocean and its visualization and awakening. Sl 7 Nishti (Greevabandha) binds the neck with body.One finger below that and one finger above nabhi (umbilicus) is the position of Heart .The entire cosmos is seated in that position.Know this.There is a apadabheda for Hridayam Thadwijaaneeyaath as Jwalamaalaakulam bhaathi . Sl 8 That which is encircled by several arteries/Naaadi and the shape of a lotusbud,and kept upright has got a small opening in its middle.In that space everything is fixed .The heart and brain are sometimes described as the same or having the same importance . Sl 9;10 &11

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That which has a field(Mandala) that is heated up(Thapathy),is called the Aditya( The first one Sun).There those Rks by Rks creates the fields.(Mandala).That worlds of Rks itself becomes in this Mandala (In this field)burning as the flame.(Archis).They become the Saaman (Rathanthara,Brihathy etc) .Who in this Mandala(field)and in this Archis (flame)is residing as Purusha ,That Yajus and his worlds become heated up as Thrayividya(The 3 wisdoms).Who knows this as the Golden Purusha (Hiranmaya purusha) also becomes that . Beyond the white Yajus and the dark (Shyama) Saaman ,the Golden light of the Rk is directly perceived by a Gnani (wise man) who does dhyana(Meditation) or introspective reflective thought. We know how important is the integration of bioenergy within us and within everything ,with the energy of the sun and beyond the solar system. The modern science had been seeking to do this unification from the days of Einstein.The Rishi is speaking of the energy and its manifestations and the oneness of all .The 16 Mandalas or fields and the 64 Kala/arts or Vidya of the ancient Rishi have this integration of consciousness of observer and the energy he/she gets from the field equations or Mandalsamavakya of Astrophysics of ancient India.And this is beyond all our sensory experiences in a transcendental plane that we experience (swanubhoothi of Sanskrit literature). Anuvaka 15 1.Adityo vai theja ojo balam yasaschakshu:srothramaathmaa mano manyurmanurmrityu:satyo mithro vaayuraakaasa:praano lokapala:ka: kim kam thathsatyamannamamritho jeevo viswa:kathama:swayambhu Brahmaithadamritha esha purusha esha bhoothaanaamadhipathirbrahmana:saayujyam salokathaamaapnothyethaasaameva devathaanaam saayujyam saarshtithaam saamaanalokathaamaapnothi ya evam veditetyupanishath// 2 Ghruni :surya aadityomarchayanthi thapa: satyam madhu ksharanthi thadbrahma thadaapa aapo jyothi rasomritham Brahma bhoorbhuva:suvarOM

Anuvaaka 15:1.Aadityo vai theja:ojo balam yasaschakshu:srothram aathmaamanomanyurmanurmrityu:satyo mithro vaayuraakaasa:praano lokapaala:ka kim kam thath sathyamannam amrithojeevo

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viswa:kathama:swayambhoobrahmaithadamritha esha purusha esha bhoothaanaam adhipathiBrahmana:saayujyam salokathaamaapnothyethaasaam eva devathaanaam sayujyam saashtim thaam samaanalokathaamaapnotyesaameva devathaanaam sayujyam saashtim thaam samaanalokathaamaapnothi ya evam vedethyupanishad. How do I compare this with Modern science ,you may ask .First I quote two sentences from Einstein himself and then I go on to his romantic words to Weyl and the geometry of distant parallelism .Readers who can understand the modern Astronomical terms can also see the parallelism between Einsteins mind and the mind of an ancient Rishi.Sankara has said the same thing that logical and intellectual capacity has to come from own experience and so has Pathanjali said. 1. It is a wonderful feeling to recognize Unifying features of the complex phenomena which present themselves as quite unconnected to the direct experience of the senses. 2. The skeptic will say it may well be true that this system of equations (field equations)is reasonable from a logical standpoint but this does not prove that it corresponds to nature.You are right,dear skeptic.Experience alone can decide the truth. 3. Above stands the marble smile ofimplacable Nature which has endowed us more with longing than with intellectual capacity.(Einsteins words to Weyl) The geometry of distant parallelism(absolute parallelism/Teleparallelism) looks as follows: Consider a contravariable Vierbien model ,a set of 4 orthonomial vectors.Imagine the Vierbien itself as a whole to stay parallel to itself upon arbitrary displacement . If this is possible ,one define a straight line (not to be confined to geodesic)and of parallel lines.Distant parallelism is possible only for a special kind of nonsymmetric connection in which 64 I are expressible in terms of 16 fields and in which the curvature tensor vanishes. ( 1 & 2 from page 350 and 3 from page 343 and 345 of Subtle is the Lord-The science and Life of Albert Einstein .Abraham Pais Oxford Uty Press 1982 .The equations are omitted since this is not an astronomy work ) The next Anuvaka says everything /all types of energies are sun only and this is for the earth and its beings . Sl 1 Thejas,ojas,Bala,yasas,chakshu,srothra,Athman,Manas,Manyu,Manu,Mrityu,Satya,Mithr a,Vayu ,Akasa,Prana,and the Lokapaala are all the Aditya only.He is the three Kaa,Kim and Kam.The truth of it,the food,the nectar,the life,the universe(viswa)and the Kathama,and also the Swayambhoo (which originated on its own without a cause) Brahman is Him alone.He is the Lord of all elements.Only the one who knows this gets Brahmasayujya and attainment of similar worlds.The secret wisdom of the Upanishad is for attaining that state. This clearly shows how the different types of energy (light ,creative energy,physical strength,fame ,the ability of hearing and seeing as biological energy ,the mind and its powers of cognition and memory ,the anger,death and truth and the King and friend ,the winds and akaasa (which the western scientists translated as aether and made so much of confusion without understanding its meaning )the life principle ,the

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directions,the protectors of the directions and the worlds in the directions (the stars/planets visualized from earth ) are all considered as a single unit as the energy of Sun or soalr energy field. Sun is the representative symbol of Brahman for the beings on earth since its energy is manifested as the different types of energy seen and experienced here. The words ka,kim,kam and kathamam requires explanation. In Lalithasahasranaama the Sakthy or energy of Devi is called Kakaararoopa Kalyani.The divine power or sakthy as Maya is the first form that is created so that it becomes visible and it represents the cosmic power.The Swasthika form of OM or Pranava when it become manifested first becomes a 4 directinal figure which by movement and revolution becomes the real swasthika with the 8,16 ,64 ,256 and more upto endless limbs to it.This Ka is written in Brahmi script as This is the first symbol of universe . Kam is Anandam or bliss.Kim is the question what ? Kathamam means the most blissful but it also means the most subtle .And this Sanskrit word was used by Latin language (during Roman period)and from this the modern science derived the term quantum. So the most subtle and the most blissful state of wisdom and knowledge of the universe as the Pranava and Akshara and as the energy state (sath,chith,ananda )is represented in this.Unless one asks the question(unless there is a desire to know and experience it directly)that self-knowledge or experience will never happen.Thus the energy of enquiry and the energy of wisdom are one .Without one the other does not happen. Sl 2 The sun who gives rains is the Aditya.For him we offer Omkara (Pranava).Thapas (austerity/heat) flows satya(truth)and Madhu(nectar) .It is Brahman and Apas.It is Jyothish and Amritha full of Rasa.It is the Vyahrithy Bhu,Bhuva and Swa: It is Omkara. Aditya is having the form of Om or pranava ,and the offering is the swara as Om,and the one who offers (the sadhaka)also is Om .Thus the offering,the offering person,and the receiving deity are one or manifestation of the same force .This is called Thanmayibhava(becoming one with the meditated form) and this is what Bhakthi is for.The method of concentration and cognition,and memory of it forever makes one a wise person .That has to come from long practice .This is all education is about in ancient India .It is a mass scale education for the wellbeing of all beings so that peaceful co-operative living is possible . Anuvaka 16 Nidhanapathaye nama: Nidhanapathaanthikaaya nama: Oordhwaaya nama: Oordhwalingaaya nama: Hiranyaaya nama: Hiranyalingaaya nama: Suvarnaaya nama: Suvarnalingaaya nama: Divyaaya nama: Divyalingaaya nama: Bhavaaya nama: Bhavalinghaaya nama: Sarvaaya nama: Sarvalingaaya nama: Shivaaya nama: Shivalingaaya nama: Jwalaaya nama: Jwalalingaaya nama: 200

Aathmaaya nama: Aathmalinghaaya nama: Paramaaya nama: Paramalinghaaya nama: Ethathsomasya suryasya sarvalingam sthaapayathi paanimanthram pavithram//

The Paanimanthra which fixes the symbols of SuryaSoma,by repeating the 22 names of him is the most Pavithra (Purest).Usually this manthra is uttered when a Linga is fixed and when offerings are made to it.The linga means the sign or lakshana . The number 22 is given since there are 22 sruthis in music. Nidhanapathaye nama::-Nidhana is abode .It is the pralaya waters which is the abode of the absolute . Nidhanapathaanthikaaya nama: The Lord of pralaya as well as the witness or observer of that Lord is is Brahman Urdhwaya nama: The upturned one Urdhwalinghaya nama: The one with upturned Linga or sign .This is considered as the character of Shiva /Brahmacharins who practice celibacy . Hiranyaya nama: The golden one Suvarnaaya nama: Suvarna also is gold .But it is also the best Varna or swara /Naada from musical and linguistical /grammatical views. Suvarnalingaya nama: The sign of Lord as golden varna means the form of Akshara /varna /swara as samaveda speaks swara eva suvarna(see Chandogya Upanishad commentary) Divyaya nama:The divine one Divyalingaya nama: one with the divine signs Bhavaaya nama: Bhava is samsara or worldly life . Bhavalingaya nama: The sign of Lord as Bhava is ascertained showing both Nirvana and samsara are one. Sarvayanama: Sarvam is the controlled sensory functions and the calm yogic mind Sarvalingaya nama: That peaceful interior and exterior milieu is sign of Lord Sivaya nama: The auspicious one Sivalingaya nama: The sign of Lord as Shiva/auspiciousness Jwalaaaya nama: The oen who burns (energy/fire) Jwalalingaaya nama: The sign of that heated and lighted flame of energy within is praised . Athmaya nama: the self Athmalingaya nama : the sign of Lord /and devotee is the wisdom of Athmagna and oneness of Brahman/Athman . Paramaaya nama: the absolute Paramalingaaya nama: the absolute sign (Ethath somasya suryasya sarvalinghaam sthaapayathi paanimanthram pavithram). This description of Brahman as Shiva and its Linga is the most secret and sacred manthra according to Maha Narayana Upanishad.That is there is no difference between Narayana,Nara (man)and Shiva or the sakthy(energy)as far as these vedic seers are concerned.The sign or Linga (lakshana) of Narayana is Shiva and by

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Shivathwa(auspiciousness ) the Narayana has to be known by a sadhaka.The yogic eye of Narayana who is witnessing everything in his Yoganidra on the mandala or ocean of energy has to be known by the yogic sadhana of a human being .The name paani is also to be noted .Pani in Rgveda is a serpent/Phani in Sanskrit )and is a south Indian word .The Paani or the style of the Pani is this 22 sruthi and its musical repertoire .This connotes a Dravidian origin of all the Vedas . Anuvaka 17 Sadhyojaatham prapadhyami sadhyojaathaaya vai namo nama: Bhave bhave naathibhave bhavaswa maam/bhavodhbhavaaya nama://

I take refuge in Sadyojatha. Namaskaram to Sadyojatha.Do not dip me in bhava and bhava again.(The poetry is Bhave bhave naathibhave bhavaswa maam .Bhavodbhavaaya nama:with anuprasa which makes it musical) Let me be merged in that which is beyond samsara.Namaskaram to the one who originated in samsara. Sadyojathan has the meaning the one born now,today,in the present.That Brahmagnana which is revealed in every sadhaka mind in the present time is sadyojatha as shiva. Therefore every Sadhaka is Sadyojatha.He ,as the one who creates the external worlds is Bahirmukha (face to outside ) and as destroyer of it is antharmukha (giving liberation by destroying samsara) .The sadhaka does not want to be born again and again in this samsara and need liberation from it. Anuvakam 18 Vaamadevaaya namo jyeshtaaya nama:shreshtaaya namo rudraaya nama:kaalaaya nama:kalavikaranaaya namo balavikaranaaya namo balaaya namo balapramathanaaya nama:sarvabhoothadamanaaya namo manonmanaaya nama://

Here again by eleven names of the Rudra the Lord is praised. Vamadeva,Jyeshta,Sreshta,Rudra,Kaala,Kalavikarana,Balavikarana,Bala,Balapramath a,Sarvabhoothadamana ,manonmanana are the eleven names given here. Bhattabhaskara gives nine names avoiding Sreshta and Bala.Sayana gives ten names except Bala.But traditionally there are EkadasaRudra and Narayana Upanishad gives 11 names .Rudra (the one who makes us cry ) is the time(kaala) and the first (jyeshta)and great(sreshta).He is themost powerful(bala) and is vaamadeva(the Lord of the left side )the follower of the left path.He disperse the kala and bala ( units of strength /arts and energy) to all.Vikarana is the spreading like a ray of light .He is the one sitting in mind and making manana (reflective thought)possible and he destroys all enemies of mind and body and intellect too.He is destroyer of all elements .He elevates mind of sadhaka from mundane to higher realms.It was earlier said that the poet who raises his word/swara to speak/sing is spreading the wisdom as the sandal spreads its fragrance .here the spread of knowledge is as units of light (kalaavikirana) . Anuvakam 19 .Adhorebhyotha ghorobhyo ghoraghoratharebhya:

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Sarvatha:sarva sarvebhyo namasthe asthu rudraroopebhya:// Hey ,Sarva ,in the form of Rudra, Namaskaram to all your forms which are Ghora,aghora,ghratharathara,in all ways . Anuvakam 20 The 23rd sloka of 1 st anuvaka is repeated here ,meditating upon the face of the Lord facing east as Rudragayathri. Anuvakam 21 Thathpurushaya vidmahe Mahaadevaaya dheemahi Thanno rudra prachodayaath //

Let Sadashiva who is the Isa(Lord)of all Vidhaana (methods) the Lord of all elements(Bhootha),the Lord of Brahma and Brahmana ,and Brahman himself give me Shiva(auspiciousness/himself). Anuvaka 22 Isaana :sarva vidhyaanaameeswara: sarvabhoothaanaam BrahmaadhipathirBrahmanodhipathirbrahmaa shivo me asthu sadaashivOM Namaskaram to the one with golden arms,the oen with golden colour,and form of gold,and Lord of gold,the Lord of Thrambaka,Uma and Pasu (all animals/jeeva). Hiranyabahu,Hiranyavarna,Hiranyaroopa,Hiranyapathy ,Thrambakapathy,Umapathy,Pasupathy are used here . Anuvaka 23 Namo hiranyabaahave hiranyavarnaaya hiranyaroopaaya hiranyapathaye ambikaapathaya umaapathaye pasupatha ye namo nama Ritham satyam param Brahma purusham Krishnapingalam Oordwaretham viroopaaksham viswaroopaaya vai namo nama:

Namaskaram to only that Purusha who is Viswaroopa(form of universe) the orderly truth(Ritham and satyam) the absolute Brahman(Parbrahman) the Purusha with the Krishnapingala colour ,who is Urdhwarethas (controlled all sensory desires) and is called Viroopaksha (a name of Shiva).Here colour of Shiva is not golden but Krishnapingala. Anuvaka 24 Sarvo vai rudrasthasmai rudraaya namo asthu/Purusho vai rudra:sanmaho namo nama:/viswam bhootham bhuvanam chithram bahudhaa jaatham jaayamaanam cha yath/sarvo hyesha rudrasthasmai rudraaya namo asthu//

Sarvam(everything)is Rudra.Namaskaram to that Rudra.Purusha is Rudra.Namaskaram to the Mahas which is truth(sath).He is the universe,the past ,the manifold born beings of present and the future worlds to be born.Sarvam is Rudra.Namaskara to that Rudra.

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Anuvaka 25 Kadrudraaya prachethase meetushtamaaya thavyase/vochema shaantham hrade/sarvohyesham rudrasthasmai rudraaya namo asthu // We utter our words for that Rudra ,who is Prachethas ,the oen who rains all that is desired for the saadhaka,who is praiseworthy and who resides in hearts.Sarvam is Rudra.Namaskaram to that Rudra. Anuvaka 26 Yasya vaikanghatyagnihothrahavanee bhavathi(prathishtithaa:)pratyevaasyahuthayasthishtantyatho prathishtithyai//

Who is born from the Agnihothrahavana (sacrifice called Agnihothra) like Vaikankathi (born from the instrument made of the tree Vaikankathy/Agni ) to that one our Ahuthi (offering in fire).The Ahuthi is done by the instrument in the fire.Both the offering and the fire and the offerer being fire the Rudra (the one who makes us cry in samsara)himself becomes the instrument for generating Athmagnana in this life. Anuvaakam 27 Krunushua paaja ithi pancha:krinushwa paaja: This is the five manthra (Krinushwapaaja ithi pancha ) having Vamadeva as Rishi and Agni as Devatha. These manthra are the same given in Rgveda(1V 4.1-5) the entire manthra given below as 5 manthra.Thaithareeyasamhitha (1.12.14).The manthra said to ward off enemies is actually a homage to the five elements which cause the ecocycle of fire(agni)Vayu(winds)rains (aapas)and the food in Prithwi (earth) for the sake of prosperity of all living beings . 1. Krunushua paaja ithi pancha: Krunushua paaja :prasithim na prithwim yaahi raajevaamavaam ibhena Thrishneemanu prasithim droonaanosthaasi vidhyam rakshasasthapishtai:// 2.Thava bramaasa aasuyaa patahntyanu sprisa ghrushathaa sosuchana: Thapoomshyagne juhuaam pathangaanasandhitho vi sruja vishwagulkaa:// 3.Prathi sparso visruja thoornithamo bhavaa paayurvimsi asyaa adabdha: Yo no doore adhasam so yo anthyagne maakishte vyathiraadagharsheeth// 4.Udagne thishta pratyaa thanushua nyamithraam oshathaathijmahethe Yo no araathim samidhaana chakre neechaatham dhakshyathasam na sushkam// 5.Urdwo bhava prathi vidhyaadhyasmadaavishkrunushua daivyaanyagne Avasthiraa thanuhi yaathujoonaam jaamimajaamim pramrineehi sathroon//

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Anuvaakam 28:Adithirdevaa gandharvaa manushyaa:pitharo asuraasmeshaam Sarvabhoothaanaam maathaa medinee mahathi mahi saavithri gaayathri Jagatyurvee prithwi bahulaa viswabhoothaa kathamaa Kaayaasaa sathyetyamrithethi vaasishta: Vasishta said: The mother of all bhootha(elements)of pithru(ancestors)Asura (the nonenlightened),the deva,gandharva and manushya(divine/enlightened,the artistic/musicians/dancers; and for all homosapiens ) is Adithi (The same mother ).She is eternal truth,with formand flesh,great and fat,and Mahas,expanding (bahula)manifoldly and the cosmic mother,called Gayathri,Savithry ,Jagathy and Prithwi,with body(Kaaya)but is also the elemental(bhootha)and Kathama(subtle quantum form).She is One (Adithi means Eka without a second) and protects all alike .She who is bodyless,subtle is also forming all bodies with great and vast structures .The word Mahathi is used as the lyre which Mother Saraswathy carry.It means the excellent or greatest .A similar eulogy of Aditi is seen in Rgveda 1.89.10 Anuvakam 29 Aapo vaa idam sarvam viswaa bhoothaanyaapa:praanaa vaa aapa:pasava aaponnamaapomrithamaapa:samraataapo viraadaapa:swarataapaschandaam syaapo jyothimshyaapo yajoomshyaapa:satyamaapa:sarvaa devathaa aapo bhoorbhuva:suvaraapa OM//

Whatever we see here is Apas or waters.All elements in the Viswa(cosmos)is water only.Praana I sApas.Animals,food,nectar,samrat,virat,swarat ,chandas ,jyothisha,yajus ,satya and all devatha are Apas only.Bhu,Bhuvar and Swarloka are all Apas only.OM. After eulogizing Aditi as the great mother of everything and as the unified deity of all,the Rishi eulogises water.The rain and water for life(praana on earth ) and food is emphasized.Bhattabhaskara gives importance to annam(food)and amritha(nectar) and samrat (perpetuallyshining ones)Virat(manifoldly shining one)and swarat (selfluminant).All actions and all beings are due to water content only.In planets where there is no water life cannot happen.After the eulogy Pranava is uttered to show that the source of all is pranava. Anuvakam 30 Aapa:punanthu prithivim prithivi punaapunaathumaaam Punanthu brahmanaspathir brahma punaapunaathu maam Yaduchishtamabhojyam yadwaam duscharitham mama Sarvam punanthu maamaapo asathaam cha prathigraha :swaahaa The waters purify earth.The purified earth makes me pure.The Brahmanaspathy purifies.The pure Brahman purifies me.Whatever bad food,or partly eaten food or receiving of things from bad people has happened ,or whatever bad deed I had committed ,all those are purified by the waters.Swaha.With swaha one drinks water

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and eats food and pays homage to fire during a sacrifice.Eating and drinking is done as sacrificial purificatory rites . The achamana during food intake and bath is with this thought experiment of purification.With the water only a gift of land is given to any person by a king or Lord for cultivation in India and this reflects the nature of purity of life on earth .The physical,mental and intellectual purity is maintained by such thought experiments by all alike .First line denotes physical purification of earth and body.Second line denotes the intellectual purity by the Brahman who is Veda and the preceptor(Guru)who intellectually and mentally purifies the disciple with study of Veda .The individual and collective impurities of the race are purified by education .The accepted code of conduct and Ahimsa and compassion for all creatures is for purification of all the sins of all the human race.This selfpurification of the Guru and shishya for sins of the humanity was later accepted by Jesus Christ as a principle of religious transformation.Only a thoughtful and involved aspirant can do such a selfpurification rite through thought,word and deed . Anuvaka 31 Agnischa maa manyuscha manyupathayascha manyukrithebhya:/paapebhyo rakshanthaam/yadahnyaa paapamakaarsham/manasaa vaachaa hasthaabhyaam/padbhyaamudarena sisnaa/ahasthadavalumpathu/Yathkincha duritham mayi/ Idamaham maamarithayonou/satye jyothishi juhomi swaahaa//

Let Agni,Manyu and Manyupathy protect me from the sins done by Manyu.In this Ahnika(day) whatever sin I had done with mind,word,limbs,stomach,generative organ be taken away by this water.If there is any other blemish in me,that also I sacrifice /offer in this womb of nectar ,this Jyothisha(enlightened) satya(truth). Om .Swaha. Manyu is anger.Peopel do commit sins due to pend up anger .To understand that anger is a sin and it should be controlled everyday in every situation,leads one to a state of social harmony.The daily prayer to anger to leave the mind and to protect thus from committing sins is therefore significant .Without that truth and ahimsa(nonviolence)as Gandhi said cannot exist .The guardians of anger(Mnyupathy) are the sense organs and their passions.The passions and desires cause envy,greed,anger and violence .Therefore the sense organs are asked to protect one from being slave to such emotions which are enemies of man and of society. Anuvaka 32 Suryascha maa manyuscha manyupathayascha manyukrithebhya Paapebhyorakshanthaam yadraathriyaa paapamakaarsham Manasaa vaachaam hasthaabhyaam padbhyaamudarenasisnaa Raathristhavelabhethu yath kincha duritham yathi Idamaham maamarithayonnou suryajyothishi juhomi swaahaa The sun,manyu,manyupathy ,protect me from sins done by manyu (anger).The sins committed in this night by mind,word,limbs,stomach,generative organs be taken

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away from me by this night.I sacrifice all my bad deeds and sins in the sun which is the womb of eternity and Jyothisha(enlightened/shining one).Om Swaha. Raa means to give .Thri means the three ways of protection.Even in Raathri (night)it is the sun which protects us with energy ,life and food and moon is the representative of that light only (reflected) Therefore even in night the prayer is to sun . Anuvaka 33 .Omithyekaaksharam Brahma/Agnirdevathaa Brahma Ithyaarsham Gaayathram chandam paramaathmam saroopam/saayujyam viniyogam// The single syllable OM is Brahman.Arsha says Agnidevatha is Brahman.Gayathri is the chandas.Paramathman is the swaroopa.The viniyoga(use)is the sayujya. This passage again reminds us the oneness of pranava as Brahman ,and the rishi/arsha has named it as Agni or fire/energy for everything including life on earth.The meter or measurement of the energy is Gayathri (with 24 letters/24 hours) .The use of this knowledge of Brahman as fire energy and as Pranava akshara and Gayathri chandas as deity is to get united with it .The union with supreme truth alone is the ultimate aim of a Jeevathman or human soul. This eulogises the vidya or educative system of the land . Anuvaka 34 1.Aayaathu varadaa devi aksharam Brahma sammitham Gaayathri chandasaam maathedam Brahma jushaswa na:// 2.Yadahnyaa kuruthe paapam thadahnyaathprathimuchyathe Yadraathriyaathakuruthe paapam thadraathriyaathprathimuchyathe Sarvavarnaa Mahaadevi sandhyaavidhye Saraswathi//

The devi who gives blessings is Akshara,Brahman,and accepted by Vedantha and is the mother of all chandas,Gayathri.Let that mother Brahman come to us. During sandhya(twilight)this manthra is invoked by Indians .Brahmavidya is the grace of the divine mother .The worship of Gayathri as Savithri,and Saraswathy goes back to vedic age and the Indus/Harappan seal of worship of Saraswathy/Gayathri in a tree with seven swara as dancing maidens and a Vrishakapi(kamadhenu) behind a squatting man playing a lyre show how old this custom of worship of Vidya is in the land. Mahadevi,who has all the varna within her,the Saraswathi as Vidhya of the Sandhya(twilight),let us be liberated from sins done in day ,in day itself.The sins done in night be removed in night itself. The effects of karma should not be prolonged to the next janma(birth) of day and night is the idea behind. Anuvaka 35

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.As I had already pointed out the seal of IVC /Harappan times shows the antiquity of this cult in India . Anuvaka 36 1.Uthame shikhare devi (jaathe) bhoomyaam parvathamoordhni Brahmanebhyobhyanugnaathaa gacha devi yathaasukham// 2.Sthutho mayaa varadaa vedamaathaa prachodayanthi pavane dwijaathaa Aayu:prithivyaam dravinam brahmavarchasam mahyam dathuaa prajaahum brahmalokam// 3.Sthuthaaa mayaa varadaa vedamaathaa Prachodayaanthaam paavamaani dwijaanaam Aayu:praanam prajaam pasoom keerthi dravinam Brahmavarchasam mahyam dathuaa vrajatha brahmalokam//

The greatest and the best Devi ,known and experienced again and again by knowers of Brahman,come to the top of this mountain ,on the top of this earth. The blissgiving mother,the mother of Veda,the purest,the twiceborn lady,Propitiated by me ,give me lifespan ,wealth,and Brahmavarchas in this earth and stimulate me and then go back to your abode of Brahmaloka .In Atharvaveda thi smanthra is seen with a little bit modification as: Sthuthaamayaam varadaa vedamaathaa Prachodayanthaam paavamaani dwijaanaam Ayu:praanam prajaaam pasum keerthim dravinam Brahmavarchasam mahyam dathwa vrajatha Brahmalokam ( Athar X1X 71-1) Anuvaka 37 Ghruni:surya aadityo na prabhaa vaathyaksharam /Madhu ksharanthi thadrasam/satyam vai thadrasamaapo jyothi rasomritham Brahma bhoorbhuva:suvarOM//

The sun who is eternal gives light .Its nonending Rasa(essence) flows as honey .That essence is Satya (truth).It is Apas(waters),and Jyothi(light).Rasa ia amritha ,Brahman,BhurBhuvaSwarloka. OM. The Brahma experience,the blissful experience of aesthetics in the poets words., and in the musicians music,and the waters flowing from mountaintops as a result of the heat and light energy of sun,and the milk from the mother Goddess is here one and the same energy . Anuvaka 38 1.Brahmamethu maam/Madhumethu maam/Brahmameva Madhumethu maam/Yaasthe soma prajaa vatsobhi so aham/Du:shwapnahandurusshaha/ Yaasthe soma praanaam sthaanjuhomi//

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2.Thrisuparnamayaarchitham braahmanaaya dathaath/Brahmahatyaam vaa ethe ghnanthi/Ye Braahmanaastrisuparnam padanthi/The somam praapnuvanthi/Aa sahasraath pankhthim punanthi/OM// Let me attain Brahman.Let me attain Honey (Madhu).Let me attain the Brahman which is honey.Soma,I am Thy Vatsa (calf) .Kill my bad dream of life and end my sorrows.For that I offer to you my Praana . This is the first manthra of Thrisuparnamanthra.(the three Suparna) Give Thrisuparna to Brahmins without being asked.By a Brahmin who learn the Thrisuparnamanthra ,even the sin of Brahmahatya is destroyed.They attain Somam.They purify even a group of one thousand by their mere presence. Anuvaka 39 Ekonachathwaarimsonuvaaka: (the hexad of second Thrisuparna. 2 and 3 in Rgveda V 82.4-5.) 1.Brahma Medhayaa/Madhu medhayaa/Brahmam eva madhu medhayaa// 2.Adhyaano deva savitha:prajaavatsaavi:soubhagam/ Paraam du:khapniyam suva:// 3.Viswaani deva savithardurithaani paraasuva/ Yadbhadram thanma aasuva// 4.Madhuvaathaa rithaayathe madhuksharanthi sindhava: Maadhweerna:santhvoshadhi:// 5.Madhu nakthamuthoshasi madhumathpaarthivam raja: Madhudhyourasthu na:pithaa// 6.Madhumaanno vanaspathirmadhumaan asthu surya: Madhweergaavo bhavanthu na:// ( seven stanzas from vaajasaneyasamhitha( 1st 2 XXX11 14-15) and Atharvaveda V1 108-1-5 follows.) 1. Yaa medhaa devaganaa:pitharaswopaasathe/thayaa medhayaagne medhaavinam kuru swaahaa// 2. Medhaam me varuno dadhaathu medhaamagni:prajaapathi:/ Medhaamindrascha vaayuscha medhaam dhaathaa dadhaathu me swaahaa// 3 Thwam no medhe prathamaa gobhiraswebhiraa gahi/ Thwam suryasya rashmibhirasthwam no asi yajniyaa// 4.Medhaamaham prathamaamBrahmashwathim Brahmajoothaamrishishtuthaam/ Prapeethaam Brahmachaaribhirdevaanaamavase huve// 5.Yaam medhaamribhavo viduryaam medhaamasuraa vidu: Rishayo bhadraam medhaam yam vidustaam mayyaavesayaaamasi //

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6.Yaamrishayo bhoothakritho medhaam medhaavino vidu:/ Thathaa maamadhya medhayaagne medhaavinam krunu// 7.Medhaam saayam medhaam praathamedhaam madhyandhinam pari/ Medhaam suryasya rasmibhirvachasaavesayaamahe//

8Ya imam thrisuparnamayaarchitham Braahmanaaya dadhyaath/Broonahatyaam vaa ethe ghnanthi/ye braahmanaasthrisuparnam padanthi/The somam praapnuvanthi/Aa sahasraathpankthim punanthi/OM//

By Medha(intellect)Brahman.By Medha the Madhu(honey).Brahman is attained only by madhu and medha.The divine Savitha(sun),Give us prosperity .We are your children/calves.Remove our bad dreams. Remove the sorrows of this earth.Bring prosperity and bliss.For those who desire Ritham(order)let these winds become madhu(honey).Let the Sindhu flow Madhu .(Rivers should flow the honey /water ).The herbs(Oushadi)become sweeet with honey (by that water).In day and night the earthly dust of honey be intoxicated with honey .(watery ).The ancestarla nd heavenly worlds be honey for us.The vanaspathy (the trees and plants of forests)be filled with that honey for us.Let the sun be filled with that madhu .Let the cows flow the honey from their udders for us. This is the second manthra of the Thrisuparna . The entire water and life cycle and food cycle for growth of intellect is here depicted in the most poetic language .The protection of all life-plants,animals and cosmos as a whole- is understood by this manthra .The intellectual power and knowledge ,the arts and compassions and language skills and every skill a man possess is only that supreme energy from sun is brought out .Part of the manthra is seen in Rgveda.The Medha is a deity and is equivalent to Saraswathy (who resides in Gandharva,the celestial minstrels) who flows music and literary ability to the devotee.It is tehse qualities which made homosapiens different from other animal species and hence this knowledge of the vedic seer is to be seen as the first evidence of human intellect and its knowledge . Medha is the intellect necessary to grasp and memorise and understand the words of the Guru .She is a devatha .The seer says let her come to me during the morning and evening times and during my middle day sacrifice (The periods when he/she is concentrating on learning).Here the rishi says if a Brahman learns this second Thrisuparnamanthra,he/she is purified and becomes able to purify even the sin of killing an embryo . Anuvaka 40 1. Brahma medhavaa/Madhu medhavaa/Brahmameva madhu medhavaa// 2. Brahmaa devaanaam padavi:kaveenaamrishirvipraanaam mahisho mrigaanaam Syeno gridhraanaam swadhithirvanaanaam soma:pavithramathyethi rebhan// 3.Hamsa :suchishadwasurantharikshasadhyothaam vedishadathithirduronasath Nrishadwarasadrithasadwayomasadabjaa gojaa rithajaa adrijaa ritham bruhath// 4.Riche thwaa ruche thwaa samithsravanthi saritho na dhenaa: Antharhridhaa manasaa pooyamaanaa:Ghrithasya dhaaraa abhichaakasomi//

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5.Hiranyayo vethaso Madhya aasaama/thasminthsuparno madhukrith kulaayi bhajannaasthe madhu devathaabhya:Thasyaasathe haraya:saptha there swadhaam duhaanaa amrithasya dhaaraam// 6.Ya idam thrisuparnamayaarchitham brahmanaaya dathaath /veerahatyaam vaa ethe ghnanthi/ye brahmanaasthrisuparnam padanthi/the somam praapnuvanthi/aasahasraath pamkthim punanthi/OM//

This is the third of the Thrisuparnamanthra. The first part of it is sme as the second Thrisuparna except the fact that the word medhayaa is changed to medwaa.It is a Yajus. The first Thrisuparna is a complete surrender to Brahman for attaining Brahman experience.To merge in Paramathman.The second Thrisuparna is to get Vidya or knowledge through intellect developed through scriptural study,through preceptors,proper environment,proper food and for that proper seasons and rains giving water which is purifying in all ways.The third one emphasise karma as vedic sacrifice and that is why the word Medwaa is used . In the Richa ,in the Ruchi,for you,I offer the mentally (by internal heart)purified flow of the ghee like a flow of river that never breaks ,in the fire of Samith .I kindle and enhance thee. In the fire of samith which is intellect,the purified words by a concentrated mind is continuously fed to enlighten the fire of wisdom .Ruchi is beautiful as well as tasty .The orderly is the richa .Systematic orderly knowledge is science.The beautiful tasty knowledge is aesthetically rich music and literature.In both Richa and Ruchi the words of the Rishi is offered continuously to enrich the flow of Vidya for generations to come without a break . In between them ,a golden Veda as Suparna who makes honey sits within its nest.It flows honey to divine ones .In its shores(near it) are seven Hari (the seven rishi/colours/swara ) who flow the nectar of swadha forever. The golden Purusha sits in the middle of Ahavaneeya fire.It is in the middle of the lotus of thousand petals(in brain) and there it collects and enjoys the honey of science and arts and gives out the sweet experience to others forever through thoughts,words,deeds.Like the seven tounges of fire the seven swara,the seven rays,the seven colours of that Goddess of Vidya (Sun) flows out enriching human civilizations.They removes all sorrows of mankind.It is that sudha as Swadha the Rishi enjoys,remembers and propitiates for learning and teaching in Gurukula.The thrisuparnamanthra as the seven divine beings and the Kamadhenu,the saraswathy in a tree etc in Indus Valley seal I had repeatedly remembered for making a point that Vidya and its Upasana had been more ancient than what the modern historians have given its credit for. Just like Brahmahatya and Broonahatya ,Veerahatya is also a sin.The people who commit these sins are the Kshathriya and warriors.For them the thrisuparnamanthra and sacrifice of everything earned by such wars is prescribed for removal of sins.The story of several kings and emperors (including Asoka in historic times) is a proof of the value of this dictum in India.No king was ever allowed to enjoy the fruits of his violent wars but had to sacrifice all those in a Hiranyagarbha sacrifice and take to

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sanyasa/bhikshacharya .This controlled the greed of monarchs whether it be Mahabali or Chenguttuvan or Asoka .From the context of the Bhagavad Gita and its message ,understand that the message of the Gita is that of the Thrisuparna Sacrifice . Anuvaka 41 Let1.Medhaadevi jushamaanaa na aagaadwiswaachi bhadraa sumanasyamaanaa/ Thwayaa jushtaa jushamaanaa durukthaanbruhadwadema vidathe suveeraa:// 2.Thwayaa jushta rishirbhavathi devi thwayaa brahmagathasreerutha thwayaa Thwayaa jushtaswithram vindathe vasu saa no jushaswa dravinena medhe// Devi Medha ,who is everywhere in the cosmos,auspicious,and of good mind,making us blissful,come to us.All the duruktha(badly said ones) which are enjoyed by Thee and are enjoying themselves,be able to know Thee and thus become strong and great and be communicable . Before the attainment or coming of divine Medha (intellect)people enjoy in badly said things .Even those are really the bliss of medha only ,but badly said and given without intellectual acumen .After her coming and blessing,even those become good and powerful and great and auspicious words and thoughts begin.The medha is seen as the spreading energy of sun through the sunrays by Rgveda.It is Goddess Gayathri/Savithri/Saraswathy . Devi,The one who is blissful through yu becomes the Rishi.The one who is blessed by you become Brahman.He is chosen by Sri (prosperity/SriVidya).He grasps the wonderful Vasu (jewels)of wisdom .Devi Medha,who gives jewels ,give us the wealth(of wisdom).From intellect prosperity and wealth naturally happens without any bad acts .Srirutha is that natural wealth due to education/knowledge and thus Dravina here is not the physical wealth directly,but the wealth accrued naturally through the wealth of knowledge .The wealth of Vidya gives wealth of all kind. Anuvaka 42 1.Medhaam ma Indro dadaathu medham devee saraswathi Medhaa me aswinaavrubhaavaadhathaam pushkarasrajou// 2.Apsaraasu cha yaa medhaa gandharveshu cha yanmana: Devee medhaa saraswathi saa maam medhaa surabhirjushathaam swahaa// Let Indra give me Medha.Let Saraswathy give me medha.Let the twin Aswins wearing lotus garlands give me medha.Give me the Medha within the Apsara(celestial maidens) the mind within the Gandharva(celestial Minstrels) ,the divine Medha called Saraswathy, and bliss that is Surabhi( synonym of Kamadhenu) .Swaha. The same manthra is seen in Rgveda with slight modification. Medhaam me Varuno Raja medham devi Saraswathi Madham me Aswino deva vaadhathaam pushkarasraja Yaa medhaapsarasu gandharveshu cha yanmana: Daivee yaa maanushi medha saamaam aavisathaadiha.(Rg 1V 8-2-3) The daughter of Madhavi in Chilappathikara ,gets Amrithasurabhi ,the ever filling pot of intellect .This is according to the concept given in Bhagavatha (Syamanthaka and

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Akshayapathra stories) and here as Surabhi or Kamadhenu through Saraswathy .In the 11th Anuvaka the wisdom of Rishi was compared to the fragrance of flowers.Surabhi also means fragrant one. Anuvaka 43 .Aa maam medhaa surabhirviswaroopaa hiranyavarnaa jagathi jagamyaa Oorjaswathi payasaa pinwamaanaa saa maam medhaa supratheekaa jushathaam// 44 Mayi medhaam mayi prajaam mayyagnisthejo dadhaathu Mayi medhaam mayi prajaam mayeendra indriyam dadhaathu Mayi medhaam mayi prajaam mayi suryo braajo dadhaathu//

Medha is given seven names here. That Medha which is Surabhi,Viswaroopa,Hiranyavarna,Jagathy,Jagamya,and Urjaswathy and supratheeka ,let her be enriched by the milk and come to me and be filled within me. Jagathy is always wakened intellect Jagamya is the one who has to be enquired into and discovered always by every human being. Urjaswathy is the energy filled and energetic one . Viswaroopa is the form of the cosmos that has to be understood Hiranyavarna is the golden coloured enlightened being or of golden letters (varna is letters) Supratheeka is the good symbol or pratheeka which is a good model of wisdom. Anuvaaka 44:Mayi medhaam mayi prajaam mayyagnisthejo dathaathu Mayi medhaam mayi prajaam mayindramindriyam dathaathu Mayi medhaam mayi prajaam mayi suryaam braajo dathaathu Let Agni give me Medha,praja and Thejas.(the splendour born of vedic study and wisdom) Let Indra give me Medha ,praja and Indriya.(virility of all the senses) Let Surya give me medha,praja and Brajas.(Prowess that creates wonder and respect in hearts of the onlookers) It is interesting that these three deities give medha and praja as a common blessing.But Agni or fire gives the splendour of wisdom and vedic study in excess.Indra gives beauty and strength and virility of all sense organs in excess.And Sun gives the word and thought powers which creates wonder and respect in those who see and listen to the Guru /person.(Communication skills).If all these are in one person that person is definitely considered as a divine being and respected by all members of society . Anuvaka 45 .Apaithu mrityuramritham na aagaanwaivaswatho no abhayam krunothu Parnam vanaspatherivaabhi na:seeyathaam rayi:sachathaam na:sacheepathi: Panchachathwaarimsaanuvaaka: Anuvaakam 46:.Param mrityo anuparehi panthyaam yasthe swa itharo devayaanaath

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Chakshuspathe srunuathe the braveemi maa na:prajaamreerisho mothaveeraan// Let death go back.Let Amritha com eto us.Let Vaivaswatha give us fearlessness.Like the leaves of a vanaspathy(tree) falling profusely ,let the rayi(silver)of the Sachipathy(Indra ) reach us. Vaivaswatha is Yama or God of death and is on the southern side.Indra is God of heaven and of eastern side .The wealth of Indra is compared to leaves that easily fall from tree and also to silver (not to gold) that comes easily .Gold is difficult to obtain .Rayi is night and silver . Anuvaka 47 .Vaatham praanam manasaanwaarabhaamahe prajaapathim yo bhuvanasya gopaa: Sa no mrityosthrayathaam paathwamhaso jyogjeevaajaraama seemahi// God of death,Your own different path(Pithruyana)which is not Devayana ,go back .The one who see and hear,I ask Thee :Let not our children be destroyed.Let not our bold ones be destroyed. Anuvaka 48 Amuthrabhooyaadatha yadhyamasya brihaspathe abhisastheramuncha: Pratyouhathaamaswinaa mrityumasmaddhevaanaamagne bhishajaa sacheebhi://

He is the protector of the cosmos,the wind.The praana.The prajapathy.I pray to him in my mind.Let him protect from death.Let him make the shining jeeva from Ahas(day) live till old age.This is for prolonged lifespan of human beings. Gopa is the protector .Here that word is used.SriKrishna as a child in Gopa family is to be remembered.He is the cowherd who protects the cow as cosmos .This cow gives everything as Kaamadhuk(Kamadhenu) for all its living beings Anuvaka 49 Harimharanthamayanthi devaa viswasyesaanam vrishabham matheenaam Brahmasaroopamanu medamaagaadayanam maa vivadheervikramasya// Brihaspathe,liberate Yama from your rules.Agne,From the worlds to come,let the divine Bhishaks(doctors) Aswins give us health and drive away death.Here Sachi is given as a word for health .It is a name of Indrani ,wife of Indra and Indra is the Lord of all the sense organs (Indriya).Sachi means the good actions(sathkarma)which are according to dharma so that health of all organs and mind prevail for pure intellectual ability and positive thoughts for healthy life. By this way of life one can conquer death . The words Vaatham (one of the thridosha)and Praana (breath) are used in the anuvaka showing antiquity of science of Ayurveda and Aswins as the doctors for psychosomatic medicines .

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.Salkairagnimindhaana ubhou lokou sanemaham Ubhayorlokayorridhwaathi mrityum tharaamyaham// Hari,the God of cosmos,the Rishabha of all minds,and the end of Hara(Harantha) all divine beings follow thee .The Ayana(travel/journey)of you ,who is the form of Barhman come to me again and again.Show your valour not to destroy me . Hari is the Harantha (Naadantha of Naada ) which is the ultimate Poojya or soonya when everything ends.That is Brahmaswaroopa or symbol.Mathi is mind as well as moon.The Rishabha position is the ucha or ultimate of moons position in zodiac .Rishabah is the one who pours rains/riches/food and wisdom.To be the possessor of such a great Rishabha mind ,Natrayana has to enter my mind.That coming should be again and again,always repeating cyclically .This evercyclical Narayana (Ayana of Naara or waters as Praana ) or as seasons of rich harvest and life on earth is propitiated for health as well wealth and socioeconomic wellbeing of all.That makes oen eternal and Mrityunjaya . Anuvaka 51 Maa chido mrityo maa vadheermaa me balam vivruho maa pramorshi: Prajaam maa me reerishi aayurugra nrichakshasam thwaa havishaa vidhema//

By kindling fire with two pieces of wood,I attain the two worlds .The worlds become prosperous and thus cross death . A sacrificer immeadiately before uttering the manthra ,takes a resolution : Anruthaath satyam upaimi,manushaad daivam upaimi ,daivim vaacham yachaami From untruth I raise to truth.From human nature I rise to divine nature;My words are from now onwards restricted for divine purpose alone . Thus truth,divine conduct and ethical life with compassionate words for the wellbeing of all without selfish motives is the resolution before doing self surrender to Hari and before doing the sacrificial rites. Anuvaka 52 .Maa no mahaanthamutha maa no arbhakam Maa na akshanthamutha maa na akshitham Maa no vadhi:pitharam motha maatharam Priyaa maa nasthanrivo rudra reerisha://

The fearful death,do not cut or kill me.Do not reduce my strength.Do not make me nonexistent.My children/subjects should have long life.Do not destroy them.I do offer Havis in Thee with concentrated eyes . The prayer is for long healthy life for oneself and for ones races /human race .Eternal life of races is prayed for.Just like Brahman who is witness of all with a one-pointed concentrated eye on everything,the sadhaka too is ever vigilant and witness to everything that protects his/her race of humanity as well as the races of all living things through a vow of truth and nonviolence.For Brahmanirvana this attitude is essential. Anuvaka 53

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Maa nasthoke thanaye maa na aayushi Maa no goshu maa no asweshu reerishi: Veeraathmaa no rudra maamitho vadheerHavishmantho namasaa vidhema the// Anuvakam 54. Chathushpanchasonuvaaka: .Prajapathe na thwadethaanyanyo viswaam jaathaani pari thaa babhoova Yathkaamaasthe juhumasthanno asthu vayamsyaama pathayo rayeenaam// Anuvakam 55 Panchapanchaasonuvaaka: 1.Swasthidaa visaspathirvrithrahaa vimridho vase Vrishendra :pura ethu na:swasthidaa abhayankara:// Anuvakam 56 Shadpanchaasonuvaaka: 1.Thryambakam yajaamahe sugandhim pushtivardhanam Urvaarukamiva bandhanaanmrityomuksheeya maamrthaath// Anuvakam 57 Sapthapanchaasonuvaaka: 1.Ye the sahasramayutham paasaa mrityo matyayi hanthave Thaan yajasya maayayaa sarvaanavayajaamahe// Anuvakam 58 Ashtapanchaasonuvaaka: 1.Mrityave swaahaa mrityave swaahaa// Anuvakam 59 Ekonashashtithamonuvaaka: 1.Devakrithasyainasovayajanamasi swaahaa/manushyakrithasyainasovayajanamasi swaahaaa/pithrukrithasyainasovayajanamasi swaahaa/aathmakrithasyainasovayajanamasi swaahaa/anyakrithasyainasovayajanamasi swaahaa/asmadkrithasyainasovayajanamasi swaahaa/yaddhivaacha naktham chainaswakrima thasyaavayajanamsi swaahaa/yathswapnacha jaagradschainaswakrimathasyaavayajanamasi swaahaa/yathsushupthascha jaagradaschainaswakrima thasyaavayajanamasi swaahaa/yadvidhvaamsaschaavidvaamsaschainaswakrima thasyavayajanamasi swaahaa/enasa enasovayajanamasi swaahaa// Anuvaakam 60 Shashtithamonuvaaka:

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1 Yadwo devaaswakrima jihuayaa guru Manaso vaa prayuthi devahengnam Araavaa yo no abhi duchunaayathe Thasmin thadeno vasavo nidhethana swaahaa// Anuvakam 61 Ekashashtithamonuvaaka: 1.Kaamo akaarshannnamo nama:/kaamokaarshaathkaama:karothi naaham karomi kaama:karthaa naaham karthaa kaamam:kaarayithaa naaham kaarayithaa esha the kaama kaamaaya swaahaa// Anuvakam 62 Dwishashtithamonuvaaka: 1.Manyurakaarsheennamo nama:/manyurakaarshinmanyu:karothi naaham karomi manyu:karthaa naaham karthaa manyu:kaarayithaa naaham kaarayithaa esha the manyi manyave swaaha:// Anuvakam 63 Thrishastithamonuvaaka: 1Thilaajjuhomi sarasaan sapishtaan gandhaara mama chithe rasanthu swaahaa// 2.Gaavo hiranyam dhanamannapaanamsarveshaamsriyai swaahaa// 3.Sriyam cha lakshmim cha pushtim cha keerthim chaanrushyathaam/brahmanyam bahuputhrathaaam/sradhaamedhe prajaa:samdadthaathu swaahaa// Anuvakam 64 Chathushashtithamonuvaaka: 1.Thilaa :krishnaasthilaa:swethaasthilaa:soumyaa vasaanugaa: Thilaa:punanthu me paapam yathkinchith duritham mayi swaahaa// 2.Chorasyaannam navasraadham brahmahaa Guruthalpaga:Gostheyam suraapaanam broonahatyaa thilaa shaanthim samayanthu swaahaa// 3.Sreescha Lakshmischa pushtischa keerthim chaanushyathaam /Brahmanyam bahuputhrathaam/sradhaamedhe prajaa thu jaathaveda:samdadaathu swaahaa// Anuvakam 65 Panchashashtithamonuvaaka: 1.Praanaapaanavyaanodaanasamaanaa me sudhyanthaam Jyothiraham virajaa vipaapmaa bhooyaasam swaahaa// 2.Vangmanaschakshu:srothrajihuaaghraanarethobudhyaakoothi:samkalpaa me sudhyantham jyothiraham virajaa vipaapmaa bhooyaasam swaahaa// 3.Thwakcharmamaamsarudhirmedhomajjaasnaayvostheeni me sudhyanthaam jyothiraham virajaa vipaapmaa bhooyaasam swaahaa// 4.Sira:paanipaadapaarswaprishtorudarajamghaasisnopasthapaayavo me sudhyanthaam jyothiraham virajaa vipaapmaa bhooyaasam swaahaa// 5.Uthishta purusha haritha pimgala lohithaakshi dehi dehi dadaapayithaa me sudhyanthaam jyothiraham virajaa vipaathmaa bhooyaasam swaaha//

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Anuvakam 66 Shadshashtithamonuvaaka: 1.Prithivyapthejovaayuraakaasaa me sudhyanthaam Jyothiraham virajaa vipaapmaa bhooyaasam swaahaa// 2.Sabdasparsarooparasagandhaa me sudhyanthaam Jyothiraham virajaa vipaapmaa bhooyaasam swaaha// 3.Manovaakkaayakarmaani me sudhyanthaam \ jyothiraham virajaa vipaathmaa bhooyaasam swaahaa?/ 4.Avyakthabhaavairahamkaarairjyothiraham virajaa vipaapmaa bhooyaasam swaahaa// 5.Athmaa me sudhyanthaam Jyothiraham virajaa vipaapmaaa bhooyaasam swaahaa// 6.Antharathmaa me sudhyanthaam Jyothiraham virajaa vipaapmaa bhooyaasam swaahaa// 7.Paramaathmaa me sudhyanthaam Jyothiraham virajaa vipaapmaa bhooyaasam swaahaa// 8.Kshudhe swaahaa/Kshuthpipaasaaya swaahaa/vivithei swaahaa// Rigvidhaanaaya swaahaa/kashothkaaya swaahaa/Om swaahaa// 9.Kshuthpipaasaamalam jyeshtaamalakshmeernaasayaamyaham Abhoothimasamridhim cha me paapaanam swahaa// 10.Annamayapraanamayamanomayavignaanamayamaanandamayamaathmaa me sudhyanthaam jyothiraham virajaa vipaapmaa bhooyaasam swaahaa// Anuvakam 67 Sapthashashtithamonuvaaka: 1.Agnaye swaahaa/viswebhyo devebhya:swaahaa/ Dhruvaayam bhoomaaya swaahaa/ Achyuthakshithaye swaahaa/ Agnaye swishtakrithe swaahaa/ Dharmaaya swaahaa/ Adharmaaya swaahaa/ Adbhya :swaahaa/ Oushadhivanaspathibhya :swaahaa/ Rakshodevajanebhya :swaahaa? Grihyaabhya:swaahaa/ Avasaanebhya:swaahaaa/ Avasaanapathibhya:swaahaa/ Sarvabhoothebhya :swaahaa/ Kaamaaya :swaahaa/ Antharikshaaya swaahaa/ Yadejathi jagathi yacha cheshtathi naannno bhaagoyam namne swaahaa/ Prithivyai swaahaa/ Antharikshaaya swaahaa/ Dive swaahaa/

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Suryaaya swaahaa/ Chandramase swaahaa/ Nakshathrebhya swaahaa/ Indraaya swaahaa/ Brihaspathaye swaahaa/ Prajaapathaye swaahaa/ Brahmane swaahaa/ Swadhaa pithrubhya :swaahaa/ Namo rudraaya pasupathaye swaahaa/ Devebhya:swaahaa/ Pithrubhya :swaahaa/ Bhoothebhyo nama: Manushyebhyo hanthaa/ Prajaapathaye swaahaa/ Parameshtine swaahaa// 2.Yathaa koopa:sathadhaara:sahasradhaaro akshitha: Evaa me asthu dhaanyam sahasradhaaramakshitham// Dhanadhaanyai swaahaa// 3.Ye bhoothaa pracharanthi divaanaktham Balimichantho vithudasya preshyo: Thebhyo balim pushtikaamo haraami Mayi pushtim pushtipathirdadhaathu swaahaa// Anuvakam 68 Ashtashastithamonuvaaka: 1.Om ThadBrahma/Om thadvaayu:/Om thadaathmaa/Om thathsatyam/Om thathsarvam/Om thathpurornama:// 2.Om anthascharathi bhootheshu guhaayaam viswamoorthishu/thwam yajnasthwam vashadkaarasthwamindrastwam rudrastwam vishnustwam Brahma thwam prajaaapathi:/Thwam thadaapa aapo jyothi rasomritham brahma bhoorbhuva:suvarOm .// Anuvakam 69 Ekonasapthathithamonuvaaka: 1.Sradhayaam praane nivishtomritham juhomi/ Sradhaayaamapaane nivishtomritham juhomi/ Sradhaayaam vyaane nivishtomritham juhomi/ Sradhaayaam udaane nivishtomritham juhomi/ Sradhaayaam samaane nivishtomritham juhomi/ Brahmani ma Athmani Aathmaamrithathwaaya // 2.Amrithopastharanamasi/

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3.Sradhayaam praane nivishtomritham juhomi/ Shivo maa visaaapradaahaaya/praanaaya swaahaa/ Sradhaayaam apaane nivishtomritham juhomi/ Shivo maa visaapradaayaaha/apaanaaya swaahaa/ Sradhaayaam vyaane nivishtomritham juhomi/ Shivo maa visaapradaahaayaa/Vyaanaaya swaahaa/ Sradhaayaamudaane nivishtomritham juhaami/ Shivo maa visaapradaahaayaa/udaanaaya swaahaa/ Sradhaayaam samaane nivishtomritham juhomi/ Shivo me visaapradaahaaya/samaanaaya swaahaa/ Brahmani ma Aathmaamrithathwaaya // 4.A mrithaapidhaanamasi// Anuvakam 70 Sapthathithamonuvaaka: 1.Sradhaayaam praane nivisyaamritham hutham/ Praanamannenaapyaayaswa// Sradhaayaapaane nivisyaamritham hutham/ Apaanamannenaapyaayaswa// Sradhayaa vyaane nivisyaamritham hutham/ Vyaanamannenaapyaayaswa// Sradhaayaamudaane nivisyaamritham hutham/ Udaanamannenaapyaayaswa// Sradhaayaam samaane nivisyaamritham hutham/ Samaanamanenaapyaayaswa// Anuvakam 71 Ekasapthathithamonuvaaka: 1.Angushtamaathra:purushonghushtam cha samaasritha: Isa:sarvasya jagatha:prabhu:preenaathu viswabhuk// Anuvakam 72 Dwisapthathithamonuvaaka: 1 Vang me aasyan/naaso:praana:/akshyeschakshu:/karnayo:srothram/baahuvorbalam/uruvoroja:/ar ishtaa viswaanyamgaani thanoo:/thanuvaa me namasthe asthu maa maa himsi:// Anuvakam 73 Thrisapthathithamonuvaaka: 1.Vaya:suparnaa upasedurindram priyamedhaa naadhyamaanaaa rishayo naadhyamaanaa: Apa dhwaanthamoornuhi poordhi chakshurmumugdhyasmaannidhayeva badhaan//

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Anuvakam 74 Chathu:sapthathithamonuvaaka: 1.Praanaanaam granthirasi rudro maa visaanthaka: / Thenaannenaaapyaayaswa//

Anuvakam 75 Panchasapthathithamonuvaaka: 1.Namo rudraaya vishnave mrityurme paahi// Anuvakam 76 Shadsapthathi thamonuvaaka: 1.Thwamemagne dhyubhisthwamaamsusukshanisthwamadbhyasthwamasmanaspari/ Thwam vanebhyasthawamoshadheebhyasthwam nrinaam nripathe jaayase suchi: Anuvakam 77 Sapthasapthathithamonuvaaka: 1.shivena me samthishtaswa syonena me samthishtaswa subhoothena me samthishtaswa brahmavarchasena me samthishtaswa yajnasyadwimanusamthishtaswop the yajna nama upa the nama upa the nama:// Anuvakam 78 Ashtasapthathithamonuvaaka: 1.Satyam param paramsatyam satyena na suvarggarlokaachyavanthe kadaachana sathaamhi satam thasmaathsatye ramanthe// 2.Thapa ithi thapo nnanasanaathparam yadwi param thapasthad durdarsham thad duraadarsha thasmaathapasi ramanthe// 3.Dama ithi niyatham brahmachaarinasthasmaaddameramanthe // 4.sama ithyaranye munayasthasmaaschame ramanthe// 5.Daanamithi sarvaani bhoothaani prasamsanthi Daanaannaathidushkaram thasmaadhaane ramanthe// 6.Dharma ithi dharmena sarvamidam parigriheetham Dharmaannathiduswaram thasmaadharme ramanthe// 7.Prajana ithi bhooyaam sasthasmaath bhooyishtaa:prajaayanthe Thasmaathe bhooyishtaa:prajanane ramanthe// 8.Agnaya ithyaaha thasmaadagnaya aadhaathavyaa:// 9.Agnihothramityaaha thasmaadgnihothre ramanthe// 10.Yajna ithi yajnena hi devaa divam gathaasthasmaadhyagne ramanthe// 11.Maanasamithi vidwaamsasthasmaadwidwaamsa eva maanase ramanthe// 12.Nyaasa ithi brahmaa brahmaa hi para:paro hi brahmaathaani vaa ethaanyavaraani thapaamsi nyaasa evaathyarechayath ya rvam videtyupanishath// Anuvaakam 79

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Ekonaaseethithamonuvaaka: 1.Praajaapatyo haaruni:Suparneya: prajaapathim pitharamupasasaara Kim bhagavantha:param vadantheethi thasmai provaacha// 2.Satyena vaayuraavaathi satyenaadityo rochathe divi satyam vaacha:Prathishtaa satye sarva prathishtitham thasmaathsatyam paramam vadanthi// 3.Thapasaa devaa devathaamagra aayana thapasaarshaya:suvarnuavindana thapasaa sapthnaanpranudaamaaraatheestahpasi sarvam prathishtitham thasmaathapa:paramam vadanthi// 4.Damena daanthaa:kilbishamvadhoonuanthi damena brahmachaarina:suvargachana damo bhoothaanaam duraadarsha dame sarva prathishtitham thasmaaschama:paramam vadanthi// 5.Samena shaanthaa:shivamaacharanthi samena naakam munayonuavindan samo bhoothaanaam duraadarsha same sarvam prathishtitham thasmaaschama:paramam vadanthi// 6.Daanam yajnaanaam varootham dakshinaa loke daathaaram sarvabhoothaanyupajeevanthi ,daanenaaraathirapaanudantha,daanena dwishantho mithraa bhavanthi daane sarvam prathishtitham thasmaadhaanam paramam vadanthi// 7.Dharmo viswasya jagatha:prathishtaa loke dharmishta prajaa upasarpanthi dharmena paapamapanudathi dharma sarvam prathishtitham thasmaadharma paramam vadanthi// 8.Prajananam vai prathishtaa loke saadhu prajaayaasthanthum thanuana:pithrunaamanruno bhavathi;thadeva thasyaanrinam thasmaath prajananam paramam vadanthi// 9.Agnayo vai thrayee vidyaa devayaana:panthaa gaarhapatya rik prithivee rathantharamnuaahaaryapachana:yajuranthariksham vaamadevyamaahavaneeya:saama suvargo loko brihasthasmaadagneen paramam vadanthi// 10.Agnihothram saayam praathargrihaanaam nishkrithi:swishtam suhutham yajnakrathoonaam praayanam suvargasya lokasya jyothisthasmaadagnihothram paramam vadanthi// 11.Yajna ithi yajno hi devaanaam yajnena hi devaa divam gathaa yajnenaasuraanapaanudantha yajnena dwishantho mithraa bhavathi yajne sarvam prathishtitham thasmaadhyajnam paramam vadanthi// 12.Maanasam vai praajaapatyam pavithram maanasena manasaa saadhu pasyathi manasaa rishaya:prajaa asrujantha maanase sarvam prathishtitham thasmaanmaanasam paramam vadanthi// 13.Nyaasa ithyaahurmaneeshino brahmaanam brahmaa viswa: Kathama:swayambhoo:prajaapathi:samvatsara ithi// 14.Samvatsaro asou aadityyo ya esha aaditye Purusha:sa parameshti brahmaathmaa// 15.Yaabhiraadityasthapathi rasmibhisthaabhi:parjanyo varshathi parjanyenoushadhivanaspathaya:prajaayantha oushadhivanaspathibhirannam bhavatyannena praanaa:praanaibalam balena thapasthapasaa sradhaa sradhayaa medhaa medhayaa maneeshaa maneeshayaa mano manasaa shaanthi :shaanthya chitham chithena smrithi:smrityaa samara:smaaena vignaanam vignaanenaathmaanam vedayathi;thasmaadannam dadansarvaanyethaani dadaathyannaathpraanaa bhavanthi bhoothaanaam praanairmano manasacha vignaanam vignaanaadanando brahma yoni:

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16.Saa vaa esha purusha:panchadhaa panchaathmaa yena sarvamidam protham prithvi chaanthariksham cha dyouscha disaschaavaantharadisaascha sa vai sarvamidam jagathsa sabhootham sa bhavyam jignaasakluptha rithajaa rayishtaa:sradhaa satyo pahaswaanthamasoparishtaath/gnaathwaa thamevam manasaa hridaa cha bhooyo na mrityumupayaahi vidwaan /thasmaannyaasameshaam thapasaamathirikthamaahu:// 17.Vasuranuo vibhoorasi praano thwamasi:sandhaathaa Brahman thwamasi viswasrithejodaasthwamasyagnerasi varchodaasthwamasi suryasya dhyumnodaasthwamasi chandramasa upayaamagriheethosi brahmane thwaa mahase// 18.Omityaathmaanam yunjeetha/ethadwai mahopanishadam devaanaam guhyam/ya evam veda brahmano mahimaanamaapnothi thasmaadabrahmano mahimaaanamityupanishada// Anuvakam 80 Aseethithamonuvaaka: 1.Thasyavam vidusho yajnasyaathmaa yajamaana:sradhaa pathnee sareeramidhmmuro vedirlomaani bahirveda:sikhaa hridayam yoopa:kaama aajyam manyu:pasusthapognirdama:samayithaa (daanam) dakshinaa vaagdhotaa praana udgaathaa chakshuradhyuryurmano brahmaa srothramagneethyaavadghreeyathe saa deekshaa yadasanaathi thadwaviryathpibanthi thadasya somapaanam yadramate thadupasado yathsancharatyupavisatyuthishtathe cha sa pravargyo yanmukham thadaavahaneeyo yaa vyaahrithiraahuthiryadasya vignaana thajjuhothi yathsaayam praatharathi thatsamidham yathpraatharmadhyandinam saayam cha thaani savanaani ye ahoraathre the darsapoornamaasou yerdhamaasaascha maasaascha the chaathurmaasyaani ya rithavasthe pasubandhaa ye samvatsaraascha parivatsaraascha thehargana:sarvavedasam vaa ethathsarvam yanmaranam thadavabritha ethadwai jaraamaryamagnihothram sathram ya evam vidwaanudgayane prameeyathe pithrunaameva mahimaanam gathwaa chandramasa:saayujyam gachathyethou vai suryaachandramasourmahimaanaou brahmanou vidwaanbhijayanthi thasmaad brahmano mahimaanamaapnothi thasmaad brahmano mahimaanamityupanishatha//

OM sam no Mithra :sam varuna:/ Samno bhavatyaryamaa/ Sam na indro brihaspathi: Sam no vishnururukrama: Namo brahmane/ Namasthe vaayo Thwameva pratyaksham brahmaasi Thwameva pratyaksham brahmaavaadisham Rithamavaadhisham Satyamavaadhisham Thanmaamaaveetha Thadvakthaaaramaaveetha Aavinmaama aavidwakthaaram//

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Om sahanaavavathu/saha nou bhunakthu/saha veeryam karavaavahai/thejaswi naavadheethamasthu/maa vidwishaavahai// Om shanthi shaanthi shaanthi://

Rudra, do not kill our great ends/goals.Do not kill our children.Do not make our animals,fathers and mothers ,dear wives and bodies suffer and cry.In Atharvaveda instead of Mahantha the word Vahantha is used (meaning animals which carry men and burden).All life forms ,domestic animals and living things are to be protected from untimely death is the essence of the prayer .The prayer also includes a healthy happy life without sorrows and cries . Anuvaka 53 Rudra,do not make our children,grandchildren lifespan,cows and horses cry and perish.Our warriors should not kill by their cruelty and anger.We ,the offerers of Havis ,humbly prostrate before you. Thoka means sons and Thanaya means grandsons according to Sayana.The warriors who are cruel and angry kill animals and men indiscriminately in battle.This should not happen ,says the Rishi.But ,then what is the role of a warrior ,one may ask.The warrior has to do the killing only as a duty or a defence and should not do it as a revenge or a emotional cruel act.The teaching of Krishna to Arjuna also says this. In sangam literature we find the Puratchi wars where warriors take away cattle but they do not kill them.The rishi does not want destruction of life or of food (annam).The peace talks of MadalaBrahmana in Chilappathikara to Chenguttuva is on these lines.The greed and power of a king has to be controlled by the unselfishness and the compassion of a Guru (Brahmana/Samana/Budha) .This is a factual educational history .The truth of this great lesson is not seen by modern historians who always find fault with the academic educational stalwarts of our ancient world who were knowers of Brahman and hence called Brahmana . Anuvaka 54 Prajapathe,all these worlds were born within you.Not from anyone else.They do not go beyond you.Whatever be the desires with which we do worship of Thee,let those come to us.Let us be the Lords of Rayi . Anuvaka 55 (see first anuvaka sloka 42 for the repetition ) Anuvaka 56 This is the Mahamrityunjayamanthra . I do yajana of the Thrayambaka which is fragrant and which makes us enriched.Like a cucumber liberated from its stalk ,let me be liberated from death.And not from amrithathwa(eternity). This is seen in Vajasaneyasamhitha for the four purushartha.Yajamana circumambulates the Ahavaneeya fire and utters this manthra.After that the same manthra is repeated by virgins changing the word Pushtivardhana as Pathidevanam and they too circumambulates fire.

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Thrayambakam is the bow of Shiva .The other meanings are the one with three eyes,the three fires,the three powers or sakthy. This bow was broken by Rama and he was married as Pathideva by Sita ,and she followed him as a shadow throughout life. The householder protects the three fires,the three generations- one before him,his own generation,and one after him- for continuity of civilizations,races and educational systems.The three powers Saraswathy,Lkshmi and Parvathy follows human beings as wisdom,wealth and valour for success in life. Anuvakam 57 Death,your ties for killing men are thousands and lakhs.We ,by the power of maya (magic)of our Yajna(sacrifice)remove all those ties . Anuvaka 58 Mrityave swaha is repeated twice.Hailing death .Repeating twice means two oblations are consecrated separately . Anuvaka 59 Agne,remove all sins done by deva,manushya,ancestors,by my own self,and by others.Remove all sins of day and night,in awakened,sleepy and dreamless states,done knowingly and unknowingly and by contact with sinners. Anuvaka 60 Divine beings,Vasus,whatever sins done by word(toungue)mind (thought) and deed (actions) ,whatever insults done,thought uttered to divinity,be deposited in those who come to hurt us and liberate us from such sins.Swaha. Anuvaka 61 The one who attracts desires(Kaama).Namo Nama: The Kaama attracted by Kaama does .I am not doing that.I am not the creator of Kaama.I am not the cause of Kaama either.He,Kaama,for Kaama Swaaha. Here the desire or Eros as a deity called Kaama is propitiated .It is said that that kaama is the cause of all the actions and the Athaman is devoid of any sins.The creation of desires and the actions out of desire are not done by me,but they are natural things to human race and therefore the deity Kaama is alone responsible for it.In Manusmrithy :Yadhyadkuruthe janthu :thathad kaamasya cheshtitham is mentioned.That Icha or will or desire is here called a deity . Anuvaka 62 The same sloka .Instead of Kaama the word is Manyu or anger.Anger is derived from desire (See Gita). Anuvaka 63 I offer thila(sesame) with rasa(water)pishta(rice offering)gandha(sandal) .Enjoy within my mind .Swaha.I get cows,gold,wealth,eatables and drinkables and all prosperity(sarvasri) .Swaha.Give me Sri,Lakshmi,Pushti,Keerthi,satya,Brahmanya,Bahuputhrata,sradha,medha and praja .Swaha. Anuvaka 64 This sesame seed which is black and white ,soft and oily and sweet removes all sins and blemishes within me and makes me purified.Swaha.This sesame removes the sins like eating food of thiefs,food of the ancestral rites,Brahmahatya,sleeping with ones

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preceptors wife,theft of cows,drinking alcohol,and killing embryos etc and makes one peaceful (shanthim samayanthu).Swaha. After that a repetition of the part in 63rd anuvaka on sri,lakshmi,pushti etc is given Anuvaka 65 Let my prana,apana,udana,samana and vyana be purified.Let be me liberated from sins,and without any dusts(rajas/blemish)let me become Jyothis(light) .Swaha. Let my speech ,mind,sight,hearing,taste ,smell,semen,intellect,intentions/imaginations and goals be purified by this offering.Let me become the supreme Light(Jyothi)devoid of all blemishes,impurities,sins and dusts and the causes of all these,and devoid of all passions(which cause impurity).For this gola I offer the oblations to the pure fire(Agni).Swaha. The person who offers thus makes his/her organs of perception,mind,intellect and sensory motor apparatus pure and thus makes the fire in his/her brain /nervous system(Naadi) shine as the greatest Jyothis or enlightened being .The person is awakening the best in oneself as God /fire .Uthishta Purusha(Awaken,Arise ,The Purusha) is the manthra to the best part within oneself .Jeeva is here Brahman itself.These Manthra are also uttered before one takes up sanyasa . Anuvaka 66 The qualities of sound,touch,colour,taste,smell are all purified by this oblation.Let me thus become the absolute Jyothi(light) devoid of all blemishes,sins,dust etc and for that goal I give oblations in fire .Swaha. May my deeds(actions) done through my mind(thoughts) speech and body be purified.Let me become the supreme light devoid of all blemishs and their causes and passions .For that goal I do oblations in fire.Swaha. Let me not have any suppressed passions or ego (Avyakthabhavairahamkara).Let me be the supreme Jyothi devoid of any passion,sins,blemishes and for that aim I do this offering.Swaha.Let my body be purified.Let me be the Jyothi absolute and supreme without blemishes,sins and their causes.For that goal I do the oblation in fire .Swaha.Let my internal organs also be purified.Let me be the supreme light devoid of sins,blemishes,their causes etc and for that end I offer the oblations to fire.Swaha.Let my infinite self-Paramathman be purified by this oblation. Let me become the supreme jyothi devoid of blemishes,sins their causes etc and for that I offer the oblations in fire .Swaha. These oblations be made for the deity of hunger and thirst (individually).Swaha.May this oblation be made to the joined deity of hunger and thirst .Swaha.May this oblation be offered to the allpervading supreme .Swaha.May this oblation go to the supreme who gives and ordains the Rg chantings.Swaha.May this go to the oen who is interested in his creation(the cosmos).Swaha.Om .I am Pranava.For that realization may this offering be made in fire.Swaha. Om Swaha . The impurities of hunger and thirst come before auspicious Lakshmi and is called Jyeshta .Let those Alakshmi be destroyed.The sins of poverty and (asamridhi)and lack of Bhoothi (luxuries) be ended .The annamaya(full of food),Praanamaya(full of life) manomaya(full of mind) Vignanamaya(full of knowledge/wisdom) anandamaya(full of bliss) Athman is pure Jyothy and I am that purest Athman ,the supreme light devoid of all sins of the earth .Swaha.

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The namaskara is given to hunger and thirst ,so that they are removed .The namaskara to the different ritha or orders which bring cyclical prosperity is interesting .The ritha and Rithavidhana (the order and the orderly scheme of cosmos ) the person who is interested and expert in Karsha (Krishi/agriculture)so that hunger and thirst are removed from earth is also given namaskaram.Only if one is interested in Karsha there is Uthkarsha or forward evolution is shown (Karshothkaaya swaaha).Vivithi or Vivishti means one who enjoys in Paroksha and vividye means this .Vish is to spread everywhere.Vivishti is the allpervasive nature of God as Vishnu . Lakshmi or Goddess of wealth and prosperity is the consort of Vishnu and she comes following hunger and thirst which makes man interested in making food(agriculture) for survival.Thus the cyclical seasons,the foodproducing agroeconomy leading to prosperity and the physical,mental,intellectual and spiritual health and evolution of humanity is hailed in these oblations . Anuvaka 67 This contains 36 short mantra for worship and oblation .The first 6 are for Vaiswedeva.Here the supreme is worshipped as fire,unified total whole of all deities,permanent fixed and the greatest cosmic being ,as permanent earth or abode of beings,and the supreme unchanging abode as well as the dharma or right sacrifice .Svishta is rightly made .Durishta is wrongly made sacrifice.Fire or agni by purification corrects all wrongly made sacrifices .Garhapatya fire is the Svishtakrit. Agnaye swaha Fire Viswebhyo devebhya swaha All deities of the cosmos as whole Dhruvayam bhoomaya swaha Permanent dhruva ,the Bhooma/greatest Dhruvakshithaye swaha Permanent earth as abode Achyuthakshithaye swaha Earth which is achyutha,never destroyed Agnaye swishtakrithe swaha Garhapatya fire Dharmaaya swaha Duty/responsibilities/order Adharmaaya swaha Opposite to dharma Adbhaya swaha Waters oushadivanaspathibya swaha Herbs,plants,trees,plant life Raksho devajanebhya swaha Both protectors(raksha)and divine(shining ) Guhyaabhya swaha Secret rites(household/private rites in a family) Avasanebhya swaha The deities of all such rites dwelling at the outskirts of a village/city / funeral rites Avasanapathibhya swaha The Lords of such final rites Sarvabhoothebhya swaha All the five elements Kaamaaya swaha The desire/will/eros Antharikshaaya swaha Winds in the interspace of earth and heaven Yadegni jagathi yacha cheshtathi That name which denotes all the moving Namno bhaagnethayam namne swaha and nonmoving in the universe .Namne swaha because the totality of names as Veda is a naama 228

Prithivye swaha Antharikshaya swaha Divai swaha Suryaya swaha Chandramasai swaha Nakshathrebhya swaha Indraya swaha Brihaspathaye swaha Prajapathaye swaha Brahmanai swaha Swadhaapithrubhya swaha Namo Rudraaya pasupatahye swaha Devebhya swaha Pithrubhya swadhaasthu Bhoothebhyo nama:

Manushyebhyo hanthaa

Prajapathaye swaha Parameshtine swaha

Earth Whatever dwells in the interspace beyond earth and below sun Heaven/day Sun Moon Stars Indra the God of all Indriya or senses Preceptor of Gods.Jupiter Lord of all created beings Brahman Ancestors and swadha (their offering) Rudra ,the Lord of Pasu /animals who makes us cry Divine beings Ancestors and swadha is again mentioned.Swadha is for ancestors. Five elements.Here swaha is not used,But Nama: is used .This shows Bhootha are considered as deities.Nama is for deities Humans.Hantha is used here for men .Not Nama: or Swaha.Hantha is for men .Swaha is for energy of fire . Lord of all praja/creation The supreme Brahman

Just like a well though it is having a hundred and thousand outlets of flows never ceases to exist ,just like that let me have thousand flows of grain productions forever.The 37th swaha is for Dhanadhanye swaha.The koopa or Suranga (perennial water sources)are natural flows of water , still seen in North Malabar as water fountains for all seasons.The ground water gives such neverending flow of water and prosperity for an agroeconomy and the rishi is aware of this .The food and wealth has to be continuously made available for a nation to be selfsufficient and for giving alms to all and for trade and commerce and sharing /barter . The parivara or groups of followers of Shiva(Shivabhootha)are traveling day and night desirous of Bali (offerings) and I having desire to be prosperous give Bali to them.Let the Lord of prosperity give me prosperity. Vithuda is the Rudra of the Kaalagni (samhara).Bhoothagana are the five elements.During the dry seasons and hot seasons the five elements are in need of food and drink and only the person who have produced surplus grain and preserved water reservoirs can provide them with food and drink and destroy hunger and thirst .The life is a sacrifice for sharing what we have with others .Let God be satisfied in such a lifestyle and give me abundance for the sake of all the members of society is the prayer here. In Chilappathikara also Ilankoadikal mentions that Bhootha travel around desirous of offerings(Bali) . 229

Anuvaka 68 Namaskaram to that Puram(city) which is Brahman,Vaayu,Athman,Satya,and Sarva(everything).You travel within the cave of the elements as Viswamurthy(form of cosmos).You are Yajna,Vashatkaara,Indra,Rudra,Vishnu,Brahman,Prajapathy .You are that .You are waters,Jyothis(light) Rasa(essence) and nectar(amritha).You are Brahman ,You are Bhu,Bhuvar and Suvarloka.Om . Anuvakam 69 I offer the Amritha(nectar) with sradha(concentration) in prana,apana,vyana,udana and samana (the five praana).In Brahman let my Athamritha(nectar of my Athman)be offered.Amritha(nectar)is the base (upastharana)for all beings .Before eating solid food the water has to be taken and uttering this manthra one has to drink it because without water no life is possible and all food(annam)is only transformed water only . This auspicious(Shivam) Homadravya (the thing for oblation) enter my being and destroy my hunger and thirst .The food and water as amritha I offer with concentration(sradha)into my praana(life energy) of the five forms.(prana,apana,vyana,samana,udana).By these let me be one with the supreme Lord and attain immortality .Amritha is a covering (apidhaana).It is covering for solid food,for earth .It is covering for the dead things (amritha as cover of Mritha) Anuvaka 70 .Therefore with sradha I offer the amritha in my praana and cover/protect it and strengthen it . Anuvaka 71 Purusha is of the size of ones thumb and is dependent upon the thumb(as measurement /unit).The Lord who is the Isa or God of all the universes ,eats all the worlds and become satisfied and enjoys them . Just by a single sumptuous meal the purusha within is satisfied .The one who is Lord of everything enjoys the unit of each and every being within it ,and therefore every single offering made by every being is enjoyed and relished by that great God .This is possible because the same Cosmic Purusha dwells in every being as the unit of ones thumb (measured by each person) .That is God is in everything everywhere .The meal taken by oneself and given to any being is actually meal or offering for the God itself. As a symbol after taking a meal and washing mouth and hand ,one pours some water on the right toe .The space inside ones heart is corresponding to the same measurement of ones right toe and by offering water to that unit one is offering to the universal cosmic Purusha .It is a symbolic act of propitiating entire cosmic Purusha dwelling in ones own self(Athman).The whole being is purified by a Yogic thought experiment of ceremoniously pouring water on a unit of energy . Anuvaka 72 Word in face,breath in nose,vision in eyes,hearing in ears,strength in arms ,and virility in thighs be created (by the offering of food ).The gross body with its subtle organs and tissues be healthy without any defect and with all its organs (sarvangha) .Namaskaram to Thee.Do not hurt me.

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enjoyed heavenly bliss.Therefore those who are fixed in Veda do yajna and enjoy in it. The scholars(vidwan/wise )say Manasa(introspection of mind) is the best and greatest thapas and therefore enjoy in the introspective mind and its thought processes. Nyasa (sanyasa)is the best and greatest method according to Brahma Hiranyagarbha ,the first Yogic scholar .Hiranyagarbha is the supreme absolute .Therefore it is the best and all others are inferior to that thapas said by Hiranyagarbha.Therefore ,enjoy in sacrifice or sanyasa of all.This is the secret doctrine of the Upanishad. Anuvaka 79 Aruni,the son of Prajapathi and Suparna approached his father Prajapathy and asked: which is the supreme means of liberation taught by the ancients?To him Prajapathy said: The wind blows by truth.By truth the sun shines in sky.Truth is the basis of speech.Everything in life depends upon truth.Therefore truth is the supreme means of liberation.By Thapas the divine beings attained their divinity.By thapas seers attained heaven gradually.By thapas w eget rid of our enemies who stand as obstacles to our achievements.Everything is based on thapas and therefore Thapas is supreme.By sense-control people remove all their sins.Ascetics reached heaven by control of senses.Sense control is inaccessible to ordinary beings.Everything is based on sense control.Therefore control of our senses is supreme. By peace or calmness of mind (tranquility/silence of mind) sages reached heaven.Calmness of mind is notattainable to ordinary beings.Everything is based on calm mind.Therefore it is the supreme.in yajna sacrifice and giving away everything(daanam) is the place of home/house/abode for the Varutha(for the commercial or the traders).All living beings subsist on the one who gives away everything.By giving gifts and food the enemies are won over by the giver.Thus they become enemyless.The unfriendly become friendly by a gift (daana).Everything is established in daana as gift or dakshina.It is the supreme way to liberation. Dharma is the support of universe.People come to a person who is known to be a righteous one.Through dharma people chase away sins.Al are supported by dharma.Therefore Dharma is supreme. Procreation is the foundation of races .The person who continues the race by progeny in the right way,according to rules of scriptures,does his duty to ancestral races.Therefore procreation is supreme.The great fires are the three vidya(Thrayi).That lead to divinity.Garhapatya is Rgveda,Earth and Rathanthara saaman .Anvaharyapacana is Yajur,anthariksha and Vamadevya saman .Ahavaneeya is saamaveda ,suvarloka and Brihat saman .Therefore the path of sacrificial fires being the path of the thrayividya is supreme for liberation.The agnihotra doen at morning and evening (sunrise,sunset)is expiation of sins done during the householders life every day.It is a good yajna and a homa and is the commencement of all yajna and Krathu .It is a path to heavenly worlds.Therefore Agnihotra is supreme.Yajna is way to liberation.Scrifice is dear to Gods.Gods attained heaven due to previous deeds of sacrifice.They drove away enemies by sacrifice.By sacrifice those who are hostile to us become friendly .Everything is supported by sacrifice.Therefore sacrifice is supreme.The most pure method is inward or internal meditation by concentration to attain Brahman .Those who have a concentration and

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power of meditation attain greatest and best results.By internal concentration o fmind Viswamithra created everything just by wishing for creation.Therefore powerful mind with introspection and concentration is supreme.Snyas ais is best and great way to Brahman.Brahman is the universal spirit ,bliss incarnate,selfborn,protector of universes ,the soul of Time and Samvatsara .It is the unit of all measurements and is everywhere .Smvatsara is beyond the sun.The person/purusha in sun is Hiranyagarbha.He is the Parameshtin (who protects cosmos) and is Brahmathman ,the supreme reality of innermost self of all creatures.Thus Brahmapurusha of Samvatsara is representing sanyasa and is the supreme .The rays by which sun give heat,transforms water to raincloud that shower rains.By rains from clouds herbs and food andtrees grow.By food our senses are nourished and become powerful.When lifebreath is so nourished oen gets strength and capacity to do thapas ,to practice selfcontrol,and other rites.By such thapas ,the faith in scriptural injunctions develop as intellect .By faith mental power is created .By mental power ,selfcontrol is made possible.By selfcontrol reflective thought and from that calmness or silencing of mind happen.Following experience of calmness of mind only we experience absolute truth.By the experience of truth repeatedly ,we remember it .By continued remembrance a unbroken direct perception of truth happen.By that one realizes ones Athman.Thus by giving good nourishing food we are giving all these to a person.The vital breath ,the senses of bengs are from food only and unbroken realization of truth and bliss by reflection is possible only with food.Thus a seer who realizes the supreme Brahman also realizes the importance and supremacy of food and food cycle .This long passage is called Annasthuthy(praise of food) . The one who pervades earth,anthariksha and heaven ,the directions and interdirections is fivefold and is made of five elements.The one who attains supreme knowledge by sanyasa is this Purusha .He is all that is perceived in present,was in the past and will be in future.Though apparently human,his/her true nature is settled by continuous enquiry into Truth9Veda/Brahman) and what is attained by that new birth is the right knowledge/wisdom.He /she is firmly fixed in the rich knowledge imparted by Guru,and in faith in Truth.Thus he/she becomes self-resplendent.He/she is beyond darkness of ignorance.O,Aruni,By becoming a person with knowledge of that supreme Brahman,through sanyasa ,with mind fixed in heart,do not again fall prey to death and cycle of births.Sanyasa thus being supreme means of realization is the best for liberation. O ,Supreme being,Thou art giver of wealth of wisdom to us.Thou have become everything.Thou unites individual souls in Suthrathman.Thou pervades universe.Thou art giver of lusture to fire. Thou art giver of light and heat to sun.Thou art bestower of riches of light to moon.Thou art taken in the upayaama vessel as soma juice for oblation.We worship Thee the supreme who art such for the manifestation of light.Thus meditating upon the supreme the sanyasin concentrates thoughts on Him uttering syllable OM.This syllable Om is the essence of many Upanishads and is a secret guarded by Gods withoutimparting to the unfit.He who practices meditation,with pranava on the Brahman attains Brahman .He attains greatness of Brahamn ,Thus says the secret wisdom of Upanishads . Anuvakam 80

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Krishnavairajam Mundaka Upanishad Shanthipaada: Om badram karnobhi:srunuyaama devaa badram pasyemaakshabhiryajathraa: Sthirairangaisthushtuvaam sasthanoobhirvasema devahitham yadaaayu: Om shaanthi shaanthi shaanthi!!! Swasthi na indrovridhasravaa:swasthi na:pooshaa viswavedaa: Swasthi nasthaarkshyo arishtanemi :swasthi no brihaspathirdadhaathu Om shanthi shaanthi shaanthi !!!

Mundaka Upanishad starting from Om Brahmaa devaanaam ,contains mantra from Atharvaveda.The vedavratha for Atharvana is wearing fire on head called Sirovratha,by which the hairs on head are lost as if shaved.And hence the name

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