Rg Veda manthram: III.14.2
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• May 12, 2002
SrI: NamO Veda PurushAya ! Dear BhakthAs : adiyEn will start with series of postings on Veda Manthrams related to prapatthi/SaraNAgathy/Bhara Samarpanam and related topics from today. This manthram has Agni as DevathA and the chandas is Thrishtubh: The antharyAmi of Agni is addressed here. ayAmi tE NAMA-UKTIM jushasva ritAvas thubhyam cEtatE sahasva: vidvAn aa vakshi vidhushO ni shathsi madhya aa barhir UtayE yajathra ---Rg Vedam: III.14.2 (meaning): To Thou , O Magnificient and Adorable Lord , the protector and sustainer of Your eternal Sanaathana laws , adiyEn offers my deep, profound and respectful salutations to You . May Thou, Mighty Lord wielding enormous power as the guardian of sacred rites accept adiyEn's salutations ! As the Omniscient One and Possessor of Supreme Jn~Anam , May Thou bring all men of wisdom in to Your fold ! O Sacred Lord ! May Thou make Your shrine in the heart lotuses of Your bhakthAs for their rakshanam. The key words here is "ayAmi tE Nama-ukthim" . Deep feelings of devotion and self-surrender are displayed through this "Nama:" sabdham. In many pramANams,the "Nama: " sabdham is used in place of SaraNAgathi.Therefore one can infer that "Nama: " sabdham here is dealing with Prapatthi performed at the holy feet of the Lord. Nama: Sabdham is housed in the Moola manthram between PraNavam and "NaarAyaNAya ". Our PoorvAchAryAs have provided deep insight into the meanings of " nama:" sabdham . Swamy Desikan in His magnum opus , Srimad Rahasya Thraya Saaram has dealt at length about the profound meanings of the "nama: " sabdham (27th chapter). ParAsara Bhattar has provided earlier the meanings of "Nama: sabdham in the third slOkam of his SrI Sookthi , Ashta slOki. A quick summary of Swamy Desikan's upadesam for us is provided below: " Nama: " is to be understood as "na+mama" .Swamy Desikan quotes two slOkmas from MahA BhAratham Saanthi parvam , which state that the reason for the afflictions of SamsAram is associated with the two lettered word "Mama".The reason behind the realization of the eternal Brahman is understood by reflection on the combination of words :" Na+Mama ".The crookedness associated with Ahankaara MamakArams (egoism, possessiveness) will only grow the ajn~Anam (nescience/ignorance) associated with SamsAram. That in turn will obstruct the growth of true Jn~Anam about the Jeevan's sEshathvam ( being the sole dependent of the Lord or as the one who exists for the sole purpose of the sEshin , the Lord)) and Paaratantryam (not having its own independence).Nama: sabdham or Na Mama refers to the Jeevan not having ownership about its svaroopam or ownership about things associated with it; further,it has no Lordship(supermacy-Swamythvam ) over anything.It has no independence of its own (SvAtantryam). The samhithais like Ahirbhudhnya Samhithai elaborates on the meanings of "Nama: " sabdham along the categories of SthUlam , Sookshmam and Param. The sthUla (gross)meaning is based on VyAkaraNa Saasthram (grammar). According to the meaning derived from sookshmaa (sthUlam) aspect , "Nama: "is interpreted as the salutations to the Lord with great humility and the performance of Prapatthi with its 5 angams.The above (second/sookshma) category of meaning is based on niruktham . According to this intrepretation , Jeevan is understood as not the possesor of independence or ownership of itself ("thaanum tanudayanavum tanakku uriyanavalla"). It has no independence of its own (Tanakku SvAtantriyam illai). The meaning according to Param (rahasya artham at the highest level) is based on Akshara NigaNDu is that the Supreme fruit realized from the performance of the of SaadhyOpAyam (Prapatthi) is the SiddhOpAyam of SrIman NaarAyaNan . It is easier to explain the essence of the Nama: sabdham in Tamil: " (1) Jeevan Tanakku tAnE sEshan allan (2) OnRum Jeevanakku sEsham anRu (3)Jeevan onRukkum sEshi allan (4) Jeevanakku svAthanthriyam illai. Swamy Desikan states that the above axiomatic & eternal truths are revealed by our PoorvAchAryAs ( Desika darisatha saarArTam). Swamy Desikan sums the many meanings along these lines with extensive citations from Ahirbudhnya Samhithai in Srimad Rahasya Thraya Saaram and points out that this powerful "Nama: " Sabdham housed in the Veda manhtrams is the karaNa manthram for the performanc eof all types of Prapatthi : yEvam sikshitha-naanArTam NAMA: SABDHA-samanvithA: sarvE karaNathAm yaanthi manthrA: SVAATHMASAMARPANE NaarAyaNa, NaarAyaNa , NaarAyaNa Daasan, Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan/SaThakOpan -------------------------------------------------------------- - SrImate rAmAnujAya namaH - To Post a message, send it to: bhakti-list@yahoogroups.com Group Home: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bhakti-list Archives: http://ramanuja.org/sv/bhakti/archives/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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