Dear
VedhAbhimAnis:
45th Mantram
Introduction
Another beautiful visualization takes
place in this mantram . The day and night are visualized as Dampathis ; Agni
and Sooryan are visualized as their children and the two are conencted
to
sandhyA vandhana mantrams
indirectly.
At the end of rAtri , dawn( ushat
kAalam) arrives and SooryOdhayam takes place. Sooryan is therefore visualized
as the calf of night and is recognized as SvEta Aadhityan.The Rg veda mantrams
known as Ushas Sooktam are beautiful to listen to . The appearnace of
Dawan in Her splendour is visualized in this sookti.
At the end of the day as Saayam
sandhyA sets in , Agni in the form of Lamp is lit. Therefore Agni is
visualized as the calf of the day. It is hence , during morning SandhyA ,
we use the mantram starting with "Sooryasccha
maa manyusccha manyu
krutEbhya:" and in the Saayam sandhyA worship , we use the Mantram
starting with "Agnisccha maa manyusccha manupatayasyaccha
amnyukrutEbhya:" These are the PrASana mantrams used in the SandhyA
vandhanams.
45th Mantram
Text
tayO rEthou
vatsAvahOrAtrE
prutheevyA
aha:
dhivO
rAtri:
taa avisruDhou
damapthi yEva
bhavata:
tayOrEthou
vatsou
AgniscchAdhityasccha
rAtrErvatsa:
SvEta
Adhitya:
ahnOagni:
Word by Word
Meaning of the 45th PanchAti
tayO: yEthou ahOrAtrE
vatsou=To BhU lOkam and the upepr lOkam , the day and
night are the calves.
pruthivyA: aha: , dhiva:
rAtri:, tau avisprushtau; dampati yEva bhavata:=The calf
of Bhu lOkam is day and that of upper lOkam , the calf is the night.The day
and night are inseperable and they stay like a married
couple(dampatee).
tayO: Agnisccha
Adhityasccha yEtau vatsou =For those dampatees ( day and
night) ,Agni and Sooryan are the calves.
rAtrE: vatsa: SvEta
Aadhitya:, ahna vatsa: Agni: = The amsam of Raatri is the
White Sooryan (SvEta Aadhityan) and the amsam of the day is
Agni.
46th Mantram( 10th anuvAkam):
Introduction
The children of the inseperable
dampatis (Agni and Sooryan)
are identified as
Vrutran (Smoke hiding Agni) and
Vaidhyutan (shining sun light).They are inseperable too and their progeny is
described in the next mantram.
Text of
the 46th Mantram
taamrO aruNa: , taa
avisrushDou
dampathee yEva
bhavata:,tayOrEthou vatsou, vrutrasccha Vaidhyutasccha,
AgnErvrutra: , Vaidhyuta
Adhityasya,
taa avisrushDO ,
dampathee yEva bhavata:, tayOrEthou vatsou.
46th Mantram:Word
by Word Meanings:
tAmra aruNa: =Agni has the coppery red hue.
thau avisrushDou=Agni and Adityan are inseperable .
dampatee yEva
bhavata:=They are like husband and
wife.
tayO: yEthou
vatsou=They have the folowing two calves(children)
.
Vrutrasccha
Vaidhyutasccha=Their names are Vrutran and
Vaidhyutan.
agnE vrutra: vaidhyuta:
Adityasya=Agni's amsam is Vrutran , the smoke that hides
Agni.The amsam of Adityan is Vaidhyutan, the sun shine (
veyyil).
tE avisrushtau dampatee
yEva bhavati= they are inseperable and stay like a
dampatee.
tayO: yEthou vatsou=
Vrutran and Vaidhyutan have two calves
Tenth AnuvAkam: 47th
Mantram: Introduction
The similie of dampatee to the
couple
{ (BhU Lokam-Upper lOkam, day-night),
(veyyil/ sunshine/Pani (dew)) and the other mithunams} continues here
.
Upper Lokam is male principle and BhU
lOkam is female principle; Day is male and night is feamle; Sunshine is male
and dew ( pani) is female. This dampatee doctrines for the entities in the
world are used repeatedly in this and the previous
mantrams.
The Text of the 47th
Mantram
ushmA cha
neehArasccha
VrutrasyOshmA
,Vaidhyutasya neehAra:
tau tAvEva
pratipadhyatE
sEyagumrAtrim garbhiNee
putrENa samvasati
tasyA vaa
yEtadhulBaNam
yatArAtrou
raSmaya:
yathaa gOgarbhiNyA
ulBaNam
yEvamEtasyaa
ulBaNam
prajayishNu: prajayA cha
paSubhisccha- bhavati
ya yEvam
Vedha
yEtamudhyantamapiyantam
chEti
Adhitya: puNyasya
vatsa:
atha pavitrAngirasa:
Fourty seventh Mantram:Word by Word
Meaning
ushmA cha neehArsccha
=of the two, warmth is linked to Agni and the
cool dew to Sooryan.
Vrutrasya
ushmA,vaidhyutasya neehArA:
= Warmth is the amsam ofsmoke; the dew( Pani) is the amsam of sun
shine( Veyyil).
tau tAvEva
pratidhyatE=Both the warmth (veppam) and the pani (dew)
seek and disappear in the smoke ( puhai) and sunshine ( Veyyil) respectively
.
sEyam rAtree garbhiNee
putrENa=the aforesaid rAtri lives with the son , Sooryan
in Her garbham(womb).
tasyA: vaa yath rAtrou
raSmaya: yEtath
ulpaNam=For that child in the womb of Ratri , the rays of Sun that set
at night
are the waterbag( ulpaNam) surrounding
the embryo (Karu) of Sun.
yathA garbhinyA:
ghO: ulpaNam yEvam yEtasyA:
ulpaNam=The one who understands that the rays of
Sun after night set are the ulpaNam for the embryo of Sun in the womb of
the Ratri
is a blessed
one.
ya yEvam vEdha , (sa:)
prajayishNu: prajayA cha paSubhi: cha bhavati=
That blessed one will generate
children and auspicious progeny and wealth of cattle .
udhyantam abhiyantam cha
yEtam yEti=
He attains the rising and the setting
Sun.
Aditya: puNyasya vatsa:
=He becomes lustrous like the Sun and becomes as it
were the son of the dEvatai with the name of PuNyam
.
atha pavitra
Aangeerasa:=Next , the
sacred mantrams that appeared before the divine
sight ( Jn~Ana dhrushti) of Sage AngeeraSar are invoked
.
Tenth AnuvAkam
sampoorNam
NamO Veda PurushAya
,Daasan ,
Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan