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SrI:
 
Dear Saama Veda Saakins :
 
After the coverage of the Kumbha Prathishtai Mantrams ,
let us now study the PuNyAhavachana Japa Mantrams .
 
1) Saama Veda Mantram 500 ( Rg Veda Rk :IX 58.1):
 
taratsa mandhee dhAvathy dhArA sutasyAnthasa:
taratsa mandhee dhAvathy
 
(Meaning): " He ( the divine sap of Spirituality ),
exhilirating and rescuing (from Sins) , runs swiftly
(to receptacles): the effused sap of nourishment flows
in streams. Swiftly runs the rescuing elixir , the giver
of delights ".
 
One can interpret this verse as a metaphor for
the rejuvenating Dayaa of the Lord flowing swiftly
towards the Jeevan , freeing the jeevan from its
sins and immersing the jeevan in the stream of its
bliss . " dhaavathy " means : it runs to the jeevans .
It does not flow sluggishly . It is a swift torrent and
washes away all the sins of the Jeevans .  
 
(Comments) : This is about Soma rasam (Soma-PavamAna) ,
the vitalizing , conceptual juice of the Soma plant ,
the beverage of the Gods , offered to them during
the Soma Yaagams .
 
The Soma PavamAna book of Rg Vedam is totally
devoted to effusion , filtration and purification of
the conceptual Soma (herbal) creeper . BhagavAn
says in GitA that He is the Soma among the medicinal
herbs ( Oushadhis) . It is considered to be present in
all medicinal herbs to different degrees as an ingredient.
All the medicinal herbs growing on this earth are
the gifts of Soma ( "ThvamimA Oshadhee:" 604th Saaman).
This same Saaman continues to praise the Soma Creeper
as the dispeller of darkness with its light/radiance 
( Thvam jyOthishaa vi tamaa vavarTa ). 
 
The Soma ( the elixir of the divine) is requested to flow
( pavasva) in the sweetest and most exhilirating stream
( madhishDayaa): " svAdhishDayaa madhishDayaa pavasva
Soma dhArayaa" . 
 
Soma's another name is Jn~Ana and Aananda ( light and Joy) .
The Soma offered by the devotee is a small measure of
the cosmic Soma and the prayer is for that to flow (dhArayaa)
swiftly (AaSava) and copiously .The place of its origin is
considered as mid-space (antariksha) and brought from
there to earth with Vedic prayers (girvaNa:) in Trishtubh
metre (SomE arkaa sthrishtuba: sam navanthE). It is considered
the elixir of life force .It is saluted as KIng Soman( Soman
rAjAnam) .
 
2) Saaman 350 ( Rg Vedam:VIII.95.7)  :
 
yEthOnvindram sthavAma Suddham SuddhEna sAmnA
Suddhair-ukthair-vAvrudhvAgumsagum Suddhair-
AaseervAnmamattu
 
(Meaning) : " Come now and let us glorify the pure Lord resplendent
with fresh Saaman hymns . Let the correctly recited hymns mixed
with devotional love gladden Him and magnify His glory ".
 
This is a magnificient Saaman offered to Omnipotent and
Omniscient Lord  with awe and reverence . The awe results
from the awareness of His majesty and vaibhavam . The reverence
arises from the recollection of the Sesha-Seshi BhAvam
( Master and servant relationship) based on svaroopa Jn~Anam
of the Jeevan .
 
Our Lord is sthOthra Priyan and therefore this Saaman singer
is inviting the assembly to eulogize the Lord with Suddha Saamans
( sthuvAma SuddhEna sAmnA) .  The ukthi ( recitation) is invoked
to be blemishless ( Suddhair ukthair ) . It is also instructed that
the ukthi to be not only correct in a formal way but it is also
advised that it be blended with bhakthi ( devotional love ) and
flow like a steady stream to please the Lord as it glorifies His
limitless grandeur (Vaibhavam) .
 
3) Saaman 91 (Rg Rk: X.141.3, Yajus IX.26 , Atarvam: III.20.4) :
 
Somam rAjAnam varuNam agnim anavArabhAmahE
Aadhithyam VishNum Sooryam BrahmANam cha Bruhaspathim
 
(Meaning ): " We invoke and evoke the blissful bounties and
venerable soverignities , the fire of spirituality , the Sun ,
the infinity , the all pervading energies , the effulgent bounty ,
the supreme divinity and Universal Lordship." 
 
(Comments) : This Saaman reminds adiyEn of the travel by
a Muktha Jeevan by archirAdhi Maargam at the end of the life
on earth due to prapatthi anushtAnam  . The clue for this intrepretation
comes from the next Saaman ( 92nd ) , which says : " Hence these
nature's bounties gone up high and mounted to topmost heights of 
heaven-- they become conquerers on the path by which our divine
intellectuals , adept in spiritual practises , travel to the lofty sky ".  
 
The venerable soverignities are the AadhivAhikars of the Para Brahmam 
( Agni , Sun , VaruNa et al)  . They have their sharply demarcated
boundaries as they lead the muktha Jeevan to the limit of their
kingdoms and hand it over to the next devathaa. The Lofty sky  
referred to in Saaman 92 is the ParamAkAsam (SrI Vaikuntam).
 
4) Saaman 274 ( Rg Rk: VIII.61.13, Ataravam XIX.15.1) :
 
yatindra bhayAmahE tathO  nO abhayam krudhi
maghavanchagdhi tava tanna UtayE vi dhvishO vi mrudhO jahi
 
(Meaning) : " Oh Resplendent Lord ! May Thou give us security
(freedom from fear ) from whom we are afraid of . Oh bounteous
Lord ! be firm to give us Your protections ; drive away our enemies
who try to harm us " 
 
(Comments) : This prayer (abheethi sthavam) reminds us of
the JitantE sthOtra slOkam ( 1.8) :
 
aham bheethOasmi dEvEsa  samsArEasmin bhayAvahE
paahi maam PundareekAksha na jaanE SaraNam param 
 
This slOkam is in the form of a prayer from the Bhaddha
Jeevan ( Jeevan bound to SamsAric sufferings) to the Lord of
the DevAs( DevanAthan , ImayOr Talaivan ) for protection .
The Jeevan states that it is afraid of the horrors of transmigratory
existence ( ceaseless cycles of births and deaths) and begs for
protection ( release from those never ending cycles of transmigration) . 
 
In this Saaman , the singer reminds the Lord of His Achyutha
tatthvam , which does not permit Him to abandon those , who
had sought His refuge . Next the singer reminds the Lord about
one of His avathAra rahasyam : dhushta nigraham and asks 
the Lord to protect him from the enemies , who wish to harm him .
The prayer is " Be firm to give us Your protections ; drive away
our enemies , who try to harm us  ". Oh Achyutha ! please do not
vacilate but rush to our rescue like you did when the king of elephants
was tormented by the crocodile .
 
We will cover the final three samans(321, 565 and 169) in
the final posting .
 
NamO Veda PurushAya ,
Oppiliappan KOil V.Sadagopan
 
  
 
  
 
 
   
   
 
 
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