Word by Word meanings of the
18th
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" nijAnukAmE
nyanjalikaa
amO
vAchamupAsatAmiti
tasmai sarva
rutavO namantE
maryAdhakaratvAt
prabhurOdhAm
BrAhmana AapnOti
, ya yEvam vEda
na khalu
samvatsara yEtais-
sEnAnibhissaha
IndhrAya sarvAn
kAmAnabhivahati
sadhrapsa:
tasyaishA bhavati ".
" nijAnukaamE nyanjalikaa"=mE jAnukA ni , anjalikA mE ni ; May my knees (
mE jaanukA) touch the ground in prostration ( ni =nyakbhUtA) and may my hands
be folded in anjali mudhrA (mE anjalikA ni) !
" amO
vAcham-upAsatAm-iti "=May they ( amee) follow ( upAsatAm)
these words( vAcham)
!
" tasmai sarva-rutavO
namantE "=all rutus prostrate before such a man , who
follows the above utterances (Vaacham)
" maryAdhA-karatvAt
(tasmai sarvE rutava: namantE ;pra-purOdhAm"
BrahmaNa
AapnOti ya yEvam vEda"=
The BrahmaNan who understands this
eternal , cyclical flow of the six rutus and fashions his life according to
their flow (
maryAdhA-karatvAt) is saluted by all the rutus ( sarvE rutava: namantE) ;
( sa BrAhmaNa:) That BrAhmaNan attains
( pra-AapnOti) the top most status ( purOdhAm AapnOti).
The declaration of " sarvE rutava:
namantE " here has to be compared to the declaration of Taittireeya Upanishad
mantram:"tannama ityupAseeta, namyantE asmai kAmA:"( If we worship
the Supreme Being with
the "nama:" sabdham , the kaamams ( desires) will fall at his feet . The
phalans that he seeks will come after him instead of him chasing them .
"sa khalu
samvatsara yEtais-sEnAneebhis -saha" , IndhrAya sarvAn
kAmAn-abhivahaty "=The Lord in the form of Kaala roopi ,
Sooryan ( sa khalu samvatsara:) along with his army of Vasus , RudrAs
and VisvE dEvAs ( yEtai: sEnAnibhi: saha) will surely fulfil the wishes (
SarvAn KaamAn abhivahati) of this leader among men (IndhrAya).
"
sa-dhrapsa: That Samvatsara Kaala Roopi ( sa:)
nourishes the world thru timely rain ( dhrapsa:)
.
tasyaa-yEshA bhavati= The words
that follow belongs to that Kaala Roopi ,
Soorya NaarAyaNan
.
SrI Veda PurushAya nama:
Dhaasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan
M,
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