Dear Members: There was a question from a Member of a sister group on the words , VidhmahE , Dheemahi and PrachOdhayAth. The first level of response from me is included below . In this mail , I will share with you some additional facts . Excerpts from the earlier Mail ************************************* The recommended manthram for PrapannAs and ParamaikAnthis is the celebrated VishNu Gaayathri : NaarAyaNAya VidhmahE VaasudEvAya dheemahi , tannO VishNu: PrachOdhayAth . (Meaning ): We meditate ( VidhmahE) upon NaarAyaNa . For that ( success in that ) , we devote ourselves ( dheemahi) to VaasudEva . May that Lord VishNu invigorate us ( prachOdhayAth) . The names of the Vaikunta NaathAn thru his three VyApaka manthrams are integrated here . NaarAyaNa Manthram or AshtAkshari is the PoorNa VyApaka Manthram ( Moola ManthrAdhikAram of Srimath Rahasya Thraya Saaram ). The other two are asampoorNam . VidhmahE means then we meditate ( UpAsanai) . Dheemahi means , we devote ourselves . PrachOdayAth means Let that Rudra , the MahA Tapasvi, stimulate or invigorate us. In the MahA Gayathri Manthram , there are only two steps in the UpAsanai : BhargO Devasya Dheemahi---na: prachOdhayAth . V.Sadagopan ***************************************************************************************************** Today's Input: ****************** " Vidh " means to know, to comprehend, to learn , to ascertain , to discover , to feel , to experience . The word Vidha: means a learned man. VidhmahE has therefore additional meanings beyond " Meditate " . "VidhmahE " in these Gayathri Manthrams has these many complex meanings beyond "meditate". Meditation itself is a form of Learning about the Vaibhavam of the Lord , feeling and experiencing that glory . The non-Vedic / every day meaning of "dhee " is "ruin or decay ". In the Vedic context the meaning is " to soar, to fly and to shine ". Through devotion , one soars and flies into a new world of experience . PrachOdhayAth means to stimulate, impel ,to encourage ,to urge . Thus these three words used in the Gayathris have very powerful meanings . V.Sadagopan [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/XUWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oppiliappan/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Oppiliappan-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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