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SrI:
 
Dear VedAbhimAnis :
 
Let us cover the rest of the three Saamans today .
 
Saaman 321( Yajur Vedam: XIII. 3 , Atharvam : IV.1.1 and V.6.1):
 
Brahma Jagn~Anam praTamam purastAdhvi seematha: suruchO vEna Aava:
sa BudhnyA upamA asya vishtA: sathasccha yOnimastasccha viva:
 
(Meaning): " In the beginning of the creation , the Supreme Lord
alone knew all the details. From all sides , this effulgent wise one
has manifested bright rays. In the mid space , our Lord has set up
beautifully the celestial bodies , which speak of His unparalleled
eminence . He is the sole cause of the today-existing and yet
non-existing (Vyaktam and avyaktam) creation .  
 
( Comments) : Salutations are made here to the Aadhi Srushti kartha , 
the Supreme Brahman , who knows every details of creation in all
the dimensions of space and time. The mysteries of the creation
are many and the fruits of that Srushti are seen in this earth as 
achEtanams ( mountains , trees , oceans etc ). On the sentient side ,
Srushti extends to the nAma roopa Prapancham with highly
evolved mamals including male and female forms  with complex
organs and their support systems . The different PrANAs activate
this human machinery , the mind and the pancha kOsAs
( Sheaths such as Jn~Ana maya kOsa and Aanandhamaya kOsa ).
 
The Unique aspects of the mysteries behind creation are covered
furhter in HiraNyagarbha hymns ( Rg  Vedam X.121 ) , Rg Vedam X.190 
and Naasadiya Sutha ( Rg Vedam X.129) .
 
Here are some excerpts form these Creation hymns :
 
1) Rg Vedam : X.129.7 ( Naasadhiyam) : " He is the First origin of
this creation , whether He formed it all or did not form it. Whose eye 
controls this world in the highest heaven ( paramE vyOman) , 
He verily knows it , or perhaps He knows not."
 
2) Rg Vedam: X.190.3 : " Dhataa , the great creator , then formed 
in due order , as in previous creation , Sun and the Moon . He formed,
as usual  celestial heaven and earth , the regions of the air and
the svar regions beyond.
 
3.1: Rg Vedam : X.121.1( HiraNyagarbhA hymns) : " In the beginning ,
there existed the Lord of divine effulgence. He was the sole Lord of all
created beings. He fixed and held up this earth and heaven. To that 
Lord alone , may we offer our adoration" .
 
3.2: Rg Vedam : X 121.5: " By Him , the heavens are strong and
the earth is steadfast; by Him light's realm and sky-vault are
supported. By Him the regions in mid air are measured . To that
Lord alone , may we offer our adorations " .
 
4) In other hymns ( X.130) , the creation is described as Lord's Yajnaa
in which He alone is involved. It is pointed out that there are no limits
to this Yajna and it is spread far and wide and beyond dimensions .
 
 This Saaman refers to this mighty creator , HiraNyagarbha , the Lord of 
divine effulgence and His unique activities of creation of all sentients
and insentients.     
 
 
Saaman 565 ( Rig Rk: IX.83.1) :
 
pavithram tE vitatam BrahmaNaspathE prabhur gAtrAni paryEsi viSvata:
atapta-tanUr na tadh AamO aSnutE SruthAsa idh vahanta: sam tadh AaSata
 
(Meaning) : " Oh Lord of divine enlightenment ! Your processes of 
purification are widely stretched out ( in cosmos) ; You are the soverign,
who rules over the entire creation from all sides . You never get tired
in Your work . Your divine bliss is not obtainable to those
who are unripened . Only the mature ones recieve the graces
from You ".  
 
(Comments) :This PuNyAhavachana Saaman has connections to
another HiraNyagarbha Hymn ( Rg Vedam : X.121.3 ) : " Who by His
grandeur has become the sole ruler of all the moving world that breathe
and slumbers; He who is the Lord of men and Lord of cattle; to that
Lord alone , may we offer our adoration !
 
An Yajur Veda mantram( YV.XL.8) refers to His soverign rulership
and His circumscribing us from all the sides this way : " He, The Lord ,
effulgent , without a body, free from wounds and sinews ,ever pure
and very much above the sins, has been circumscribing us
from all sides . He is the One with penetrating intelligence ,
extending in all parameters , self-existing ( Svayambhu) , ----".   
 
His purification referred to in this Saaman is the power to chase
away all of our sins , once we seek His protection .He is never
tired in this work and is forever engaged in performing this work
as SiddhOpAyam . Those who seek His refuge recieve
the graces from Him and the others who are Bhagavath
dhvEshis can not access Him easily or ever. 
  
Saaman 169( Rg Rk: IV.31.1, Yajur Vedam: XXVII.39 ,
XXXVI.1.4 and Atharvam : XX.124.1) :
 
kayA naSchitra  Aa bhuvadUti sadhAvrudha: salhA
KayA SachishDayA vruthA
 
(Meaning): By what means would He  who is ever augmenting ,
wonderful and friendly , come to us , and by what most effective
accomplishments on our part ? 
 
(Comments) : A rhetorical Question is posed in this hymn
and the next one ( Rg Vedam IV.31.2) about the most effective 
and the most  earnest devotional offerings to be made to 
the Lord for Him to come to us and bless us with all kinds of
wealth.This bounteous, munificient and blemishless Lord 
is invited to rush to us , assembled in sacred places of  His
worship . The singer of the Saaman  asks the Lord to be
his friend and concludes : " May all Your desires be our
blessings ( asmAn viSvA abhishtaya:) ". 
 
Two key word in this Saaman are : "SachishDayA " and "Uti".
" SachishDayA " is linked to the excellent thoughts , words 
or deeds according to one commentator ( athiSayEna SrEshDyA
VaachA Praj~NayA karmaNA vaa) . Saayana comments that 
these excllent words are accompanied by PoorNa Prajn~A 
and deeds nourished by Prajn~A ( prajn~AvitthamayA 
Prajn~A sahitham anushDeeyamAnEna karmaNA ) . Such
an observance ( anushDAnam) will result in gaining the care
and protection (Uti) of the Jagath Rakshaka Swami , our Lord .
 
Thus ends the PuNyAhavachana Mantra Japam in
the Kouthuma Saakhai of Saama Vedam . The unique
glories of the Lord , His easy access to BhagavathAs, 
His distance from Bhaagavatha-Bhagavath dhvEshis ,
His response to Vaidhika Kaaryams , SadhAchAram ,
Sathsangam are eulogized and meditated upon .
 
NamO Veda PurushAya ,
Daasan , Oppiliappan KOil VaradAchAri Sadagopan    
 
 
 
 
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