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Dear BhakthAs :
 
Few days ago , some one asked me a question 
about VyAhruthis .I went on the trip to India and forgot
to answer that query . 
 
Here is my input on that important question on VyAhruthis ,
which has links to the sacred Manthram , the three
Vedams  and PraNavam ultimately .
 
VyAhruthi: means utterance and in this case the utterance of
a mystic word or words . Specifically , VYAhurthis are invoked
during SandhyA Vandhanam . They are three in number
( BhU: , Bhuva: and Suva: ). Some account for 7 VyAhruthis .
The number three fits nicely .
 
PoorvAchAryAs have explained  that the Manthra dhrashtAs or the Rishis
churned the 21  Rg Veda SaakhAs  and obtained their essence in
the form of 8 aksharams .These 8 letters are recognized
as the essence of the  Rg Veda SaakhAs . Similar intensive efforts
by the Rishis conversant with the Yajur and Saama Vedams
led to the realization of 8 aksharams as  the essence of Yajur
Vedam and another set of 8 aksharams for the Saama Vedam .
 
Since Atharva Vedam is implicit in the other three Vedams ,
the Maharishis seemed to have stopped with the three Vedams
alone. One can speculate whether the ChathurpAdha Gaayathri
has the fourth paadham as the condensation of Atharva Vedam .
 
In total , there arose to prominence 24 aksharams with 8 each
for the three VedAs . In these 24 aksharams , the essence of
all the Vedams are contained / housed.
 
These 24 Aksharams together constitute the "ThripadhA
Gaayathri  or AshtAkshara Gaayathri " . Each of the 3 Paadhams
of the most sacred Gaayathri Manthram is linked to one
particular Vedam according to Manu . This manthram that
protects those , who recite it with the correct Svaram
protects the reciter ( Gaayantham ThrAyathee ithi Gaayathree).
In view of Gaayathri manthram being the essence of the three
VedAs , it is saluted as " ChandasAm MaathA ".
 
Vaikunta Vaasi MukkUr Sri  Lakshmi NrusimhAcchAr Swamy
goes on to explain that additional condensation of the 8 aksharams
of each of the three VedAs ( the three Paadhams of Gaayathree
Manthram) gave rise to thre esabdhams : BhU: , Bhuva: and Suva: .
Together , the above  three sabdhams joined to form the VyAhruthi
manthram : " BhUr-Bhuva: Suva: ".
 
Further churning of the three VyAhruthi manthrams led to
additional compression /condensation : Out of BhU: came
the letter " A" . VyAhruthi Bhuva: gave rise to "U " and VyAhruthi
Suva: led to "M" . When these  three letters ( A, U, M) were United ,
one was blessed with PraNavam or EkAksharam .This could not
be condensed any furhter .
 
MukkUr Swamy  sums up the interrelationships this way :
" All the VedAs are contained inside the  Gaayathri manthram ;
Gaayathri is housed inside the VyAhruthis ; The VyAhruthis are 
contained inside PraNavam , which has all the Veda manthrams
inside it . PraNavam is saluted as " Veda Siras or Veda ChoodAmaNi ".
 
The detailed esoteric meanings of PraNavam is covered by
Swamy  Desikan in the Moola ManthrAdhikAram of Srimath
Rahasya Thraya Saaram .
 
Additional comments on  VyAhruthis
******************************************
Rg Veda Manthram (X.33.5) gives a clue to these three VyAhruthis:
 
Yasya maa harithO raTE THISRO  vahanthi saadhuyaa
sthavai sahasradakshiNE
 
(Meaning) : " I praise Him at the ceremony , where three vital
energies , yoked in the chariot of body , carry us nicely forward
to the place of  work or worship , in which He presents to us
with thousands of rewards ".
 
The three vital energies can be viewed as the three VyAhruthees
condensing to form the most important PraNavam .
 
NamO Veda PurushAya ,
Daasan ,  Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan
 
 
 
     
 
 
 
 
 
 

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