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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