Sri
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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