The Details of the Veda ViNNappam *******************************************
In Part I , we focused on the The Veda BhAgams of KrishNa Yajur Vedam : amhithais and BrAhmaNams
.
The Samhithai ***************** The first Part of KrishNa Yajur Vedam is TaittirIya Samhithai consisting of many mantrAs. The Samhithai is further divided into 7 KhANDams. Each KhANDam has chapters ( Prasnam) . Each Prasnam is divided further into smaller and biger anuvAkams . A fifty Padham based unit of anuvAkam is known as PanchAdis ( Pancha dasees).These anuvAkams of Samhithai instruct us on the KarmAs to be performed and the salutations to the Vedic gods linked to those KarmAs . The BrAhmaNams ********************** The second part of the KrishNa Yajur Vedam is referred to as Taittireeya BrAhmaNam . The BrahmaNam is divided into three ashtakams, Kaadakam and AruNam( AaraNyakam) . There is a view that recognizes Ashtakams alone as BrAhmaNams and identify Kaadakam and AruNam as seperate entities . There are nine Prasnams in Taitthireeya BrahmaNam
constituted by
three Ashtakams . Acchidram is a part of the
Third ashtakam ,
which has nine Prasnams .
Acchidram
:
**************
Acchidhram ( recited on EkAdasi evening after SandhyA Vandhanam ) forms the seventh Prasnam among the Nine .
Acchidram is a
Prasnam that pleases BhagavAn VishNu
( VishNu Preethikaram) .Acchidhram means
blemishless .
Various PrAyscchittha Mantrams are in Acchidra
KaaNDam .
Praayascchittham ( atonement ) for the mistakes
made in
Vedic recitation consciously or Unconsciousy are covered
by
Acchidhra mantrams . Acchidhram serves as a link
between
imperfect and perfectly performed Karmaas .
Acchidhram
confers thus fulness to Vedic Karmaas like Yaagams
and
Yajn~ams .
Among the Tithis , EkAdasi has close links with
VishNu . Hence ,
the tradition is to recite Achidram and AswamEdham
on EkAdasi.
Such a recitation confers immense PuNyams for the
reciter
and listener .
AswamEdham
AswamEdham ( Recited along with Acchidhram
)
on the EkAdasi Evening after SandhyA
Vandhanam)
is known as the AsvamEdha BrahmANam . It constitutes
the 8th and the 9th Prasnams of the Third Ashtakam
.
The PradhAna dhravyam in the AswamEdha Yaagam is
Aswam or horse . It was conducted mostly by
Kings
in olden times . Pancha Mahaa Paathakams ( the
Five
heinous sins ) are destroyed by performing
AswamEdha
Yaagam . In today's parlance , dhravyams other
than
the horse are used .
Kaadakam Recited on DhvAdasi Day ******************************************* The three Prasnams of Kaadakam are recited
in the early morning of DhvAdasi along with the four
Prasnams of the Upanishad .
The Agni associated with the Yaagams ,
Yajn~ams
and Homams has immense glory .It is very
powerful.
The KuNtam or Vedhi , which holds that
Agni also
becomes glorious. It is considered that the
Vedhi
is the embodiment of Agni Devan . Vedhi or
Agni
KuNtam ( Vedic sacrificial pit) is made up
of
bricks assembled in a specific
sequence
as per the rules of Chayanam . There are
many
big and small Chayanams . When it is a big
Vedhi ,
the Chayanam associated with it is known
as
Mahaagni Chayanam and when the Vedhi is small
,
the Chayanam associated with it is known as
KshudhrAgni Chayanam . There are othe chayanams
known as Saavithra Chayanam , NaachikEtha Chayanam
,
ChAthurhOthra Chayanam and Vaiswasruja Chayanam
.
The chayana mantrams associated
with the construction of
the Vedhis and their prayOgams are housed in
KaaDakam .
They form the backbone of PrayOga Vidhis used by
Aapasthambha and BhOdhAyana Soothrams .
Status of the SamarpaNams for
the Vedic Recitation
on EkAdasi and DhvAdasi days
:
1) This Kaimkaryam will
start on Dec 20 at Chembur
Ahobila Matam in presence of
Srimath Azahgiya Singar ,
Malolan and Dolai KaNNan .
This day is very special
because it is SrI Vaikunta
EkAdasi day ; On Dec 21 ,
Kaadakam will be recited in
the early morning before
PaarAyaNai
.
2) The 2008 EkAdasi-DhvAdasi
Veda PaarAyaNams of
Acchidram, AswamEdham and
KaaDakam will commence
on Uthpatthi EkAdasi-DhvAdasi
on Jan 3-4 and conclude with
the EkAdasi -DhvAdasi (
Dec 22 and 23) after Sri Vaikunta
EkAdasi of 2008( Dec 9 and
10) .
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