SrI:
Dear
VedhAbhimAnis:
70th & 71st Mantrams
of the 17th anuvAkam : Introduction:
The 17th anuvAkam has mantrams 70 and
71.Through these two mantrams, the eleven RudrAs (EkAdsa RudrAs) and their
wives are saluted by name .
UpAsakan prays for life in their
lOkams, while shining there with his tejas with their
anugrahams.
Just as Sooryan exists in the form of
eleven Rudrans and their corresponding pathnees ( wives) ,
Vaayu also exists in that form of eleven Rudra dampathees.
70th and 71st Mantram
Texts:
atha VaayOrEkAdaSa
purushasyaikAdaSa
sthreekasya
PrabhrAjamAnAnagum
RudrANAagum sthAnE svatEjasA bhAni
vyavathAnAgum
RudhrANAgum sthAnE svatEjasA bhAni
Vaasuki vaidhyutAnAgum
RudrANAgum sthAnE svatEjasA bhAni
rajatAnAgum RudhrANAgum
sthAnE svatEjasA bhAni
parushANAgum RudhrANAgum
sthAnE svatEjasA bhAni
SyAmAnAgum RudhrANAgum
sthAnE svatEjasA bhAni
KapilAnAgum RudhrANAgum
svatEjasA bhAni
atilOhitAnAagum
RudhrANAgum sthAnE svatEjasA bhAni
UrdhvAnAgum RudhrANAgum
sthAnE svatEjasA bhAni ----(70)
71st Mantram Text
:
avapatantAnAgum
RudhrANAgum sthAnE svatEjasA bhAni
VaidhyutAnAgum RudhrANAgum sthAnE svatEjasA
bhAni
PrabhrAamAneenAgum
RudhrANeenAgumsthAnE svatEjasA bhAni
VyavadhAneenAgum RudhrANeeNAgum sthAnE svatEjasA
bhAni
Vaasuki-VidhyuteenAgum
RudhrANeenAgum sthAnE svatEjasA bhAni
rajatAnAgum RudhreeNAgum
sthAnE svatEjA bhAni
ParushANAgum
RudhrANeenAgum sthAnE svatEjasA bhAni
SyAmAnAgum
RudhrANeenAgum sthAnE
svatEjasA
bhAni
KapilAnAgum
RudhrANeenAgum sthAnE svatEjasA bhAni
AtilOhitAnAgum
RudhrANeenAgum sthAnE svatEjasA bhAni
UrdhvAnAgum
RudhrANinAgum sthAnE svatEjasA bhAni
AvapatantinAgum
RudhrANeenAgum
sthAnE svatEjasA
bhAni
VaidhyuteenAgum
RudhrANeenAgum sthAnE svatEjasA bhAni
Om
bhUrbhuvas-sva:
RupANi vO mithunam maa
nO mithunagum
reeDvam -----(71)
Combined Meanings
of the 70th and the 71st Mantrams of the 17th anuvAkam
Here, the eleven Vaayus appearing in
the
form of the eleven Rudrans are
listed:
PrabhrAjamAnan ,VyavadhAnan, Vaasuki
Vaidhyutan , Rajatan , SyAman ,
Kapilan,AtilOhitan Urdhvan,Avapatantan and Vaidhyutan . These are the 11
Rudhra roopams of Vaayu .
The eleven RudhrANis are next
invoked:
PrabhrAjamAni , VyavadhAti ,
Vaasuki-Vaidhyutee , RajatA , ParushA, SyAmA,
KapilA,AtilOhitee, UrdhvA ,
Avapatantee and Vaidhyutee. These are the eleven Rudra
Patnees.
The UpAsakan's prayer is to live in
the above eleven worlds with his own tEjas.
The prayer ends with:"Om BhUrbhuvas-sva:, roopANi vO mithunam mAnO Mithanagum
reeDvam."This portion of the mantram reminds us that ParamAtma
(the Meaning of OmkAram) Himself appears as BhU , Bhuvar and Svarga
lOkams.The prayer continues with the appeal not to be seperated as mithunam
and stay as the mithunam like the eleven
Rudhrans and their
Pathnees.
17th anuvAkam
SampoorNam
Introduction to the 72nd
Mantram of the 18th anuvAkam
The UpAsakan's prayers is for the
anugraham of the ashta Moorthys of Agni to live in their worlds with his
own lustre( tEjas) and not to be impacted by untimely death and its
consequences.
Text of the 72nd
Mantram
athAgnEr-ashta
purushasya
AgnE:
poorva-dhiSyasthAnE svatEjasA bhAni
JaatavEdhasa
upadhiSyasthAnE svatEjasA bhAni
sahOjasO
dakshiNa-dhiSyasthAnE svatEjasA bhAni
ajirAprabhava
upadhiSyasthAnE svatEjasA bhAni
VaisvAnarasyA
paradhiSyasthAnE svatEjasA bhAni
naryApasa
upadhisyasthAnE svatEjasA bhAni
panktirAdhasa
udhag-dhiSys-sthAnE svatEjasA bhAni
VisarpiNa
upadhiSyasthAnE svatEjasA bhAni
Om
bhURbhuvas-sva:
dhiSO vO mithunam
maa nO mithunagum
reeDvam----(72)
Summary of
the meaning of the 72nd Mantram
This mantram is about the eight kinds
of Agni Moorthys. The 8 directions in which they reside are stated:(1) Agni in
the Eastern direction (2)JaatavEdhas in the South East( Clockwise from
East),
(3) SahOjas in the South (4)
Ajira-prabhavan in the South West
(5) VaisvAnaran in the West(6)NaryApas
in the North West (7) PankirAdhas in the North dhig and (8) Visarpi in the
IsAnyam( North East).
The prayer of the UpAsakan is to live
in the worlds of these 8 Agnis and to shine with his own tEjas through
their individual anugrahams.The mantram ends with additional prayer not to be split asunder as a
mithunam from the UpAsakan's relationships with his progeny , cattle and other forms of
wealth as a result of the impact of akAla Mrutyu (diSO vO mithunam nO
mithunagum reeDvam).
18th anuvAkam
SampoorNam
NamO Veda
PurushAya,
DhAsan , Oppiliappan Koil
V,Sadagopan