SrI:
Dear
VedhAbhimAnis:
30th Mantram
Introduction
A
request is made here for instruction on the
knowledge about where Paapis (Sinners/anAbhOgA:) and the virtuos
(
AabhOgA:/PuNyasAlis) reside after their life on earth. We get here an insight
into the naming of the Raagam as
AabhOgi by the NaadhOpakAsars .
The Text of the 30th
Mantram
anA bhOgA: param
mrutyum
pApA: samyanti
sarvadhA
AabhOgAstvavEva
samyanti
yatra puNyakrutO
janA:
tatO
madhyamamAyanti
chatumagnim cha
samprati
prucchAmi thvA
pApakrut:
yatra yAtayatE
Yama:
thvan nastat Brahman
praBrUhi
yati vEtthAasatO
gruhAn
Word
by Word Meaning of the 30th PanchAti
pApA: anAbhOgA:
sarvatA param mrutyum samyanti=The sinners without tasting
of any sukham travel always towards the inevitable death( param mrutyu) and
reach narakam .Lord in His GeethOpanishad (16.19) states that He throws these
sinners into asura yOnis to undergo the repeated cycles of births and deaths
as plants , worms, animals and other low births.
AabhOgA: tu
puNyakruta: janA: yatra samyanti?= Those enjoying sukha
bhOgams through accumulation of PuNyams thru virtous acts (
puNyavAns)travel to the abodes , where other PuNyavAns reside (Svargam) as
indicated by KaThOpanishad(
1.12) : In Svarga lOkam , there is no fear from Yaman. One does not
fear old age. There is no hunger or thirst experience.He enjoys the stay there
without any grief.
tata: madhyamam chatum
agninccha sampraty Aayanti =The others with an admixture
of PuNyams and Paapams find
themselves between
the sinners and the PuNyasAlis .They are in the middle status . They suffer
during their life gripped by diseases and after their death do not go to
narakam or Svargam but are reborn as humans in different
VarNams.
PraSna
Upnishad(3.7) sums this up precisely:" PuNyEna PuNyalOkam nayati,
PapEna Paapam, ubhApyAmEva
manushya lOkam ". Here it is pointed out the UdhAnan takes the sinner
Jeevan to Narakam and the virtous one to
Svargam.
Brahman! ThvA
prucchAmi=Oh Brahma Rishi ! I wish to ask one question
.
Paapakruta: Yama:
yatra yAtayatE taththvam yati
vEttha na: asata: gruhAn praBrUhi=If You have knowledge
about the places where Yama dharma Raajan takes
these sinners , please share that knowledge about those asata:
gruhams ( tath thvam vETThE, na: asata:
gruhAn praBrUhi).
Thirty First AruNa
PanchAti: Introduction
Earlier mantrams described the seven
SooryAs( rhOdhasi) , who create day and night
as well as the six ruthus as karma Saakshis. Following the command of BhagavAn
, these seven SooryAs grant the phalans for the jeevans according to their
karmAs. They plunge the paapis into narakam . The son of the Sooryan with the
name of ViSvavAn is Yama dharma rAjan.
The Text of the 31st
PanchAti
KaSyapAdhudhitA:
SooryA:
pApAn nirgnanti
sarvadhA
rhOdhasyOr-antardESushu
tatra nyasyantE
Vaasavai:
tE-aSareerA:
prapadhyantE
yathAapuNyasya karmaNa;
apANyapAdhakESAsa:
tatra tE ayOnijA
janA:
mrutvA
punar-mrutyumApadhyantE
adhyamAnAssvakarmabhi:
Word by Word Meaning of
the Text
KaSyapAt udhitA: SooryA:
rhOdhasyO: antardESEshu pApAn sarvadhA nirgnanti
The seven Sooryans ( RhOdhasa:)
originating from the 8th Sun ( KaSyapar)
punish the paapis always in the
interspace between the earth and the heaven.
Vaasavai: tatra
nyasyantE=The sinners are thrown there( in
the narakAs) by the seven
Sooryans.
aSareerA:tE yatA
apuNyasya karmaNa:
prapadhyantE=These without bodies attain yAtanA sareeram befitting
their paapams to experience the
punishment.
apANi apAdha
kESAsa:tatra tE ayOnijA janA:=There these pApis stay
without hands , legs as well as hair and stay without the benefit
of being born from the wombs of a mother.
mrutvA puna: mrutyum
apadhyantE=They are born after a stint in narakam in
manushya and other yonis and go thru the cycles of births and
deaths.
svakarmapi
adhyamAnA:=They are consumed by their sinful activities
.
Introduction to
the 32nd PanchAti
The episode of the venerable sage
DheergaSruttar is mentioned here . He was the guest ( atithi) of the KaSyapa
Sooryan once. DheergaSruttar means one who has a long lasting fame( keerti).
Text of the 32nd AruNa
Mantram
AaSAtikA: krimaya
iva
tata: pooyantE
Vaasavai:
apaitam mrutyum
jayati
ya yEvam
vEdha
sakalvaivamvidh
BrAhmaNa:
DheergaSrutthamO
bhavati,
KaSyapasyAtithis-siddhagamana:
siddhAgamana:,
tasyaishA
bhavati
Aayasmin sapta
Vaasavaa:
rOhanti
poorvyAruhu:
Word by Word Meanings of
32nd Mantram
AaSAtikA: krimaya: iva=
The Paapis suffer everywhere like the worm from the
punishments meted out to them by the seven
Sooryans.
tata: pooyantE
Vaasavai:=Those sufferings cleanse them of their sins thru
the blessings of the Sooryans themselves .
apaitam mrutyum jayati=
htis way , they win over the
apamrutyu.
sa kalu yEvam vidh
BrAhmaNA: dheergaSruttamO bhavati=The BrahmaNan , who
understands this will become a DheergaSruttaman
KaSyapasya Atithi:=
DheergaSruttaman rishi was once a worshipful and welcome
guest( atithi) of Kasyapa Sooryan.
siddhagamana:
siddhAgamana:That rishi had the power to go anywhere at
the mere thought(siddhagamana:) and could also
return from there ( siddhAgamana:)
readily.The gamanam and Aagamanam of the Rishi by mere thought is
due to the power of His penance.
tasya yEshA
bhavati=There is a mantram about him
.
yasmin poorvAhyA
ruha: saptaVaasavA: AarOhanti =He was the atithi of
KaSyapar from whom arose once the seven Sooryans (
Vaasavaa:).
Introduction to
the 33rd Mantram
KaSyapar with the seven Sooryans
is referred to as Ashta Purusha Moorthys. Just like these Ashta PurushAs
shine , so does Agni in eight forms . A prayer is extended to this Ashta
Moorthy Agni in this concluding mantram of the 8th
anuvAkam.
The Text of the
33rd PanchAti
Rishirha
DheergaSruttama:
Indhrasya dharmO
atithiriti
KaSyapa: paSyakO
bhavati
yatsarvam
paripaSyteeti soukshmyAt
athAgnEr-ashtapurushasya
tasyaishA
bhavati
AgnE naya supathA
rAyE asmAn
viSvAni dEva
vayunAni VidhvAn
yuyOdhyasmajjuhurANmEna:
bhUyishDAm tE nama
uktim vidhEmEti
Word by Word
Meanings of the 33rd
Mantram
DheergaSruttama:
Rishi: ha Indhrasya
dharmO atithiriti=The rishi by the name of
DheergaSruttamar became the revered and radiant (
garma:) guest ( atithi) of the Lord of the
seven Sooryans , KaSyapar.i by me of ttamar
became worshipful est of Kasyapar.
KaSyapa: paSyakO
bhavati= KaSyapar becomes the observer of all
activities.
yath sarvam soukshmyAth
paripaSyati iti= Kayapar becomes PaSyakar because He is able
to see everything due to His subtle Jn~Ana dhrushti
.
athAgnER
ashtapurushasya= Now , the mantram associated with the Mahimai of
the Agni with eight forms is revealed .
AgnE rAyE supathA asmAn
naya= Oh
Agni
dEvA ! Please guide us along
auspicious paths to enjoy the wealth acquired from our puNya karmAs.
Deva! viSvAni vayunAni
vidhvAn=Oh Agni dEvaa! You can see thru all of our
thoughts.You know them all.
juhUrANam yEna: asmath
yuyOdhi=Oh Agni ! Please chase away and destroy
( yuyOdha) all of our
hidden( juhUrANam) paapams ( yEna:).
tE bhUyishtAm nama uktim
vidhEma iti=
We offer our worship to You with
abundant namaskAra vachanams ( reverential utterances).
NamO Veda PurushAya
,Daasan ,
Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri
Sadagopan