" from tasyEndhro
vamrirUpENa -- to
ya yEvam vEda
"
( Meaning &
Commentary): In this panchAti ,a vedic story
related to Rudran is referred to . The importance of Pravargyam , an angam of
the Soma
Yaagam of JyOthishtOmam
is also described.The Vedic story is as follows:
Once Rudran used the bow
of VisvE dEVas to defeat the enemies of the dEvAs and rested his chin on
the upper end of the bow after planting the lower end of the bow in
the earth . He fell asleep holding that posture . Indhran wanted to wake up
the sleeping Rudran.
Indhran took the form of
a white ant
( termite) and
chewed away the uptight bow string ( nANN Kayiru) . The cut off string removed
the tension and made the upper portion of the bow fly up with great
velocity .The end result was the head of Rudran being chopped off
.
When one observes the
karma of Pravargyam in the JyOthishtOma Yajn~am , He is considered to unite
the severed head of Rudran with his body ( trunk) and pleases Rudran . Such a
pravargya kartA will never become the object of anger of Rudran and is well
protected by Rudran .
Word
by word Meaning :
" tasyEndhrO vamrirUpENa
"=Indhran himself taking the form of a termite
,
"
dhanurjyAm-achinat-svayam" = he cut off the bow string of
the bow of the VisvE devAs.
" tadh-indhra
dhanurityajyam abhra-varNEshu
chakshatE "= Thus released bow string is recognized
as the multihued rainbow amidst the clouds of the sky
.
" yEtadhEva
SamyOrBaarhaspatyasya"=
It( this bow string ) is also
considered as belonging to the son of Bruhaspathy with the name of Samyu
.
" yEtat Rudrasya
dhanu:"=This bow is also considered as the one belonging
to Rudran.
" Rudrasya tvEva
dhanurArtini: "=when the string of the Rudran's
bow was severed , the upper end of the bow
,
" Sira utpibhEsha"=
Cut off His head.
" sa
pravargyOabhavat"=That severed head became the Pravargyam
, an angam of the JyOthishtOma Yajn~am .
" tasmAt yasya
pravargyENa yajn~Ena yajatE "=When anyone performs the
Yajn~am with pravargyam ,
" Rudrasya saSira:
pratidadhAti "=he unites the head of Rudran with His
headless body once again .
" ya yEvam veda, naina
RudraAarukO bhavati "=One who understands this meaning
behind Pravargyam , he will not be harmed by Rudran
.
Fifth AnuvAkam sampoorNam
.
SrI Veda PurushAya nama:
Dhaasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan
M,
(Meaning and Commentary)_._,___