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\"uQ S"pQ _"qZO"o"Veda Nda Sarit'(A Monthly Bulletin of Veddhyayana Kendra, Bangalore)

(For private circulation only)

Issue No.146 Vol.XV April 2013

Editor in Chief : Dr. C.L. Prabhakar Editors : Dr. Anjaneya Prasad, Surendra Pujar

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Tat Surya Dravinam Dhehi Citram

(Oh Surya! therefore, please bestow wonderful wealth on us all)

Sam no bhava cakshasa sam no ahna sam bhanuna

sam hima sam ghrunena yatha samdhvan saddurone

tat surya dravinam dhehi citram!asmakam deva ubhayaya

janmane sarma yacchata dvipade catushpade.

Saurasukta of RV 10.170.1-64

Annotation: Oh Surya Bhagavan please beprovider of happiness to us to our day ,toour activity , to the falloff snow, cold andto the extent of your light and other featuresof compassion. Please provide safety in our

pathways and bestow us surprising wealthand gifts, Oh surya! Kindly bestow ushappiness on our two births, the animal andhuman. This mantra is the 47 thand 48th ofthe set ofmantras of the Saurasukta whichis recited for health and prosperity. The suktahas the viniyoga in multiples and wields sureinfluence for medicinal advantages and forspirituality. Daily repetition of this mantra

provides peace and happiness. The anugrahaof suryabhagavan is immeasurable. This isalso employed as prayer to Santi attainment.

This is a powerful santimantra. By addingsvaha at the end it could turn into a yajusemployed at the saurasukta homa.There isvidhana for this. Wholly there are 64offerings (ahutis) with these mantras and

naturally the sun god gets pleased andsanctions the needs of the devotee. It is anaid for healing and health balancing and fordiagnosis of impending problems. It issaid:arogyam bhaskaradicchet and sriyamicchet hutasanat. Hustasana (Agni) and thesurya are the same and so Aditya shall giveus srih(wealth) and arogya (free fromailments)which would be base for anyactivity and serenity in our life enterprises.

May everyone recite this and get happy andpeace in their endeavours

WHAT IS DONE IN VEDADHYAYANA CLASSES NOW?

KumarNow we are at the conclusion of the year,

Nandana. The last two months: the Magha andPhalguna are the months noted for the worshipof Surya Bhagavan. So the students are beinggiven training in the recitation of the Saura suktaand the Arunaprasna simultaneously per classwith sankalpa and commentary for closerunderstanding.

Yaskaacarya, the famous Etymologist saidanyone who knows meaning of the mantraswould obtain everything (arthajna it sakalambhadramasnute). In case, he does not know themeaning or have no desire to know the meaningof the mantras he would be just like a Pillar

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bearing the weight of the load(sthanurayaka

bhara harah y adhitya vedam na janati artham).

Saura sukta is found in the RV(X.170). It isa powerful educative and instructive flowerbunch of 64 mantras revealed to the sage bySuryaBhagavan himself. We have manysubhashitas in this sukta which would be enlistedseparately. We make prayer to the LordSuryathat he should help us all to keep our bodyfree from attack of ill health and infections. InYajurveda, we have Arunaprasna, the firstchapter of the Taittiriya Aranyaka which is a

great source to know all about the Sun and hiseminence. He is regarded as the Arunaketuka

Agni. There are 148 passages. That text with

translation and notes in English is published byour Vedaashyayna Kendra prepared by Dr. C.L.Prabhakar, for the convenience of the Vedastudents. Now That text also is under study,recitation and practice in the Veda classes atmorning every day. The book is available forowning in the Kendra. It is hoped to concludethe course by performing the Aruna homaandthe saura sukta homa this month, the thirdSunday of April 2013.In the evening, Srisuktais being taught and explained besides other shortsuktas like svastino mimitam,Ayushyasukta,Vastu sukta and more..

SEMINAR ON THE ARCHITECTURE AND CONSTITUENTS OF DEVATAPUJA

Lalitamma

Culture of Devatarcana in our Human

Tradition is familiar to all. But it is necessary to

know about the Architecture and the

Constituents of the system also. That is how the

puja is structured and the accessories that fill

up the build to please the deities. There is

science and significance behind the doing,

besides a good deal of sense and sensibility.

Devata is defined in many ways. Yajurveda

offers that any object regarded with honour is

a deity( ya vai stuyate sa vai devata). Satapatha

Brahmana says Devatas are guests for men who

voluntarily visit all at first (Devah prathakmo

atithih manusyanam). Puja is a needed process

to get rid of the sins and turn pure to be able

to get into the portals of deities.So we say at

sankalpa definition as mama upatta samsta duritakshaya dvara, meaning through the gateway that

opens after ones bad conduct is outwitted, the

scope to paramaevara priti occurs and all good

shall result .The letter Pa stands to mean fall

and ja means the birth. Puja, therefore, is a

measure to get rid of the janmapapa and attain

nirvanasukha.

Lalita paramesvari is said to be provider of

Liberation owing to utterance of her name from

a to z. (nirvana sukhadayini). Dr. C.L.

Prabhakar explained the puja-system tracing

from its genesis in practice. Dr. S.R

Krsihnamurthi talked about the science of

Sacrifice. Dr S. Krishnakumar spoke on

shodasopacara puja. Dr Kumar Bhat explained

the puja vidhana according as the Bodhayan

rushi.He said one should ring the bell for 32

times every day in every bodys house that gods

enter and stay in the house doing good anyhouse

without the devatahvana would be thinkable.

Dr Pranesh spoke about the flowers

employed in worship and their individual

efficacies besides the procedure outlined in the

tantra sara. He touched the pancayatana Puja.Dr. T. Sitaramalakshmi spoke on the

manasapuja figuring in the kirtanas of Tyagaraja.

The Planets and their live pariharas for removing

doshas in ones life are described by Lalitamma.

Sri D.N. Munikrishna, IPS, who chaired the

seminar proceedings spoke on the influence of

devatarcana and vigraha aradhana on mankind.

Smt laitamma N. Swamy compered and made

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the programme lively with her comments and

remarks for the speeches by the learnedspeakers. Veda-Prayer was done by Kendra

students: Sri Mahesh & Vasan and Sangitanjali

by Dr. T.S.R. Lakshmi. She set two slokas to

raga highly relevant for the occasion andrendered them. The full papers of the speakers

would be published.

Announcements :

1. The courses on Palmistry, Astrology, Music, Yoga and Sanskrit are being conducted. Interestedneed register early. Next astrology class by Dr S.Krishna Kumar is on 4th& 25th April at6.30 p.m.

2. 28-4-13 Sunday seminar on Eschatology: life while living on earth and after departure leavingthe Body: Vedic View. The venue: kalyana venkataesvara temple premises, I phase, J PNagar, Bangalore-78.

IMPORTANCE OF GHEE LAMP IN POOJA

Dhananjaya Jog, Ag scientist

Sajyam trivartisamyuktam vahnina yojitam mayaGruhana mangalam dipam tryailokyam timirapah!

Bhaktya dipam prayacchami devaya paramatamaneTrahi mam narakat ghorat divya jyotir namostute!!

YajurVeda

The magic of this mantra is: ordinary vahni

(fire) becomes divyajyoti(divine Light) when itis offered to the deity and more so to the looksof the deity. It becomes capable to protect thebhakti from the terrific hell. The drusti of godseyes fall on the lamp. And when that touchesyou the whole body becomes beaming withhealth and luster. We become jyotirupas afterthe experiencing (sevana). It is like prayer tothe goddess durga who is present, in all, in theform of jyoti meaning everybody is of jyotisvarupa. when saktijyoti conjoins, there is

enhancement of divyatava n the individual whois devoted.That is all the wonder the ghee lampworks, lit with three wicks dipped deep in theghee. This is one method of making the gheefrom our side to reach the devis and devataswho are the custodians of the maintenance ofthe world and social orders. The care to removesuffering and enhance punya. Like wise the waterbefore abhisheka to deities is just water andafter the rite it turns into tirtha of immeasurablevalue.

Agni Puranclearly states that only oil orGhee (clarified butter) be used in the lamp meant

forpujaand no other combustible substance.

According to the Science of spirituality the lampwith clarified butter is more sattvik (spirituallypure) as compared to lamp in which oil is used.

This is an important aspect which we willtry to understand in details. So let us see thedifference between the lamp in which Ghee isused and the one with oil.

Generally the use of oil is more prevalentthan that of Ghee. The oil containing lampkindles longer while the ghee containing lampkindles for a short period. Now let us see the

difference from the spiritual view point.* Ghee lamp has more capacity to attract the sattvik

vibrations present in the surrounding atmosphere ascompared to oil lamp.

* The oil lamp can attract the sattvik vibrations spreadover a maximum distance of 1 meter while the gheelamp can attract sattvik vibrations spread over tillSwarga Lok (heaven)

* When the oil lamp stops burning the predominance ofraja particles in the atmosphere is enhanced and lastsfor half an hour. On the other hand when the gheelamp stops burning the impact of sattvikta (the qualityof being sattvik) on the atmosphere is experienced evenafter four hours. So pursue the tradition of offering

ghee lamp to the deities. Ghee is the most preciousitem. Veda says ghrutam vai hiranyam and thisstatement implies all significance.

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Activities at Kendra Premises

206, 12th Cross, 14th Main, J.P. Nagar II PhaseSundays } 6.00 am Yogasana by Sri T.S. Gopal (beginners and advanced)

7.00 am Veda Classes on popular sktas

Mondays } 7.00 am Veda Classes, Rudram, Camakam etc.

7.00 pm Mahanyasa classes at Veda Adhyayana Kendra

Tuesdays } 7.00 am Rudram class

6.30 pm Yoga for all by T.S. Gopal

Wednesday } 7.00 am Rudram class.

7.00 pm Classes on Bhagavadgita etc.,

Thursdays } 7.00 am Popular Vedic sktas alternately

6.30 pm Lectures on "Puranas' Subjects

Fridays } 7.00 am Sri Sukta and other Devi Suktas

7.00 pm Classes on Saundaryalahari (Kendra Premises)Saturdays } 3.30 pm Annamacharya Kirthana by Dr. (Smt.) Seetharamalakshmi Ph.D. (Music)

5.00 pm Sanskrit class. Lalita Trisati

6.00 pm Palmistry Classes by Dr. Shivappa

Programme for the month April 2013

(Popular vedic suktas and kirtanas applications and Relevance Year 2013-2014)

Please mark your calendar these dates and participate for certain

Printed matter

Sl.No. Date Topic Speaker

1012 04-04-2013, Thursday Astrology class Dr S.Krishnakumar

06.30 p.m.

1013 21-04-13, Sunday Lalita Homa and Samuhika Sri Saundaryalahari Havana at

10.00 a.m. Kendra premises. Purnahuti at 1.p.m.

1014 25-04-13, Thursday Guru Dr S. krishnakumar, medical Astrologer

06.30 p.m. holds classes for new batch.

1015 25-04-13, Thursday Vishnu puja Sahasranama parayana.

06.30 p.m.

1016 28-04-13, Sunday seminar on Eschatology. Scholars participate.

03.00 p.m to 07.00 p.m

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SUBHASHITAM(tips for fine health)

Na vishade matih karyah

vishado dosavattamah!

Vishado hanti purusham

balam kruddha ivoragah!!

Valmiki K 64.13

Never favour the sorrow- ridden mind.

Sorrow is room for many bad

consequences. Sorrow will kill the man

like the angry serpent, a boy.