Sri:
Dear VedAbhimAnis : In the previous post , adiyEn mnetioned about the links of AruNa PraSnam ( Surya Upanishad, AaruNam, Surya NamaskAra Mantrams ) to Ratha Sapthami celebrating Surya NaarAyaNa Murthy sitting in the middle of the orbit of Aditya
( Aditya Mandalam).
Let us assemble some information Points about AruNa Prasnam before delving deep into the AruNa PraSna
Veda Mantrams :
1. AruNa PraSanam is housed in Yajur Veda Taitareeya SaakhA
AraNyakam .It is recited for
the
Phalans of disease free body
( arOga dhruDagAtram) , life
enhancement ( Aayush Abhivruddhi)
and banishment of premature death
( apamruthyu dhOsha nasanam ) .
2. It contains 32 anuvAkAs housing 130 PanchAtees ( individual Veda Mantrams). At the end of reciting each PanchAsat ,
the reciter facing the Sun prostrates
before
the Sun . Those who are not able to
prostrate 130 times , simply offer
their
worship with the prayer: " Sri ChAyaa
SuvarcchalAmBhA SamEta Sri
Soorya NaarAyaNa SwaminE
Nama: "
followed by Ashtakahsara
mantram .
3. The Mantrams of AaruNam ( AaruNa Kethuka Saayanam) deal largely with Surya UpAsanA . That is why it is called Surya Upanishad . This is different
from Akshi Upanishad also recited for
freedom from eye disoeders.
4.As mentioned before ,The recitation of these mantrams with the performance of
Surya Namaskarams at Sunrise yields
long life, perfect health and other desired
goals of Life.
5. The famous Prasnam known as Mantra Pushpam is housed as the 22nd anuvAkam. The importance of Mantra Pushpam and the meanings of the mantrams of this anuvAkam have been included in the 106th ebook in the Sundarasimham series : http://www.sundarasimham.org AnuvAkam by AnuvAkam
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A wide variety of subject matter is covered in AaruNam . AnuvAkam 1 to
6
Prayers to Suryan and His links
to Kaalam (
day/night/paksham/Maasam/
Rutu/ayanam/Samvatsaram are covered in the first 6 anuvAkams. Suryan is meditated upon as Kaala
Svaroopi . In this visualization of
Kaalam as a fast flowing river ,
the beauty of Ruthus (seasons)
and their atidEvatais are praised .
Seventh
AnuvAkam
The seventh anuvAkam provides a description of Soorya Mandalam and 8 AadityAs along with Mahaa Meru mountain .The abode of the 8th Aditya , Kasyapa , is identified as
Mahaa Meru Mountain ( Uttara
dhruvam).
Eighth AnuvAkam
In the 8th anuvAkam , the three Mantra drushtA rishis talk about Kaala Mruthyu, akAla Mruthyu , ( Untimely death) and the reason and cause of death .The prayer to
Agni to bless us to travel in
the righteous direction also finds
its home here .
Ninth
AnuvAkam
The 9th anuvAkam prays to many devatAs and ways to defeat apamruthyu are included . Jamadhagni Maharishi is the mantra dhrushtaa for the
Ninth
anuvAkam
The focus of the 10th anuvAkam is Aswini dEvAs . The 11th anuvAkam celebrates the Vaibhavam of Surya NaarAyaNan and the power of Surya UpAsanaa to gain the PurushArthams . Gayatri Mantram eulogizing the antharyAmi Brahman of the Sun God finds its place here . The 12th anuvAkam is a prayer to Indra. The 13th AnuvAkam deals with Kaala Mruthyu , a son of Adithi Devi and how He reduces the longevity of one with the rise and setting of Kaala Mruthyu ( MaarthANDan) . Ways to blunt the power of MaarthANDan thru sandhya UpAsana is referred to here . The next three anuvAkAs (14,15& 16) consist of many prayers to Suryan . The 17th and the 18th AnuvAkAs address prayers to Vaayu . The 19th anuvAkam is about the description of various narakams. The tattvam of AruNa Kethuka Saayanam is explained in the 20th and the 21st AnuvAkams . The 22nd AnuvAkam is a salutation to the Jala Devataa . This is the Mantra Pushpa anuvAkam mentioned earlier . The 23rd anuvakam touches on the subjects of Jagath Srushti , sankalpam to gain one's wishes . The 24th , 25th and the 26th AnuvAkams deal with many rituals like procurement of water from six different sources, Construction of Uttara vEdhi , spreading of lotus leaves , Agni Prathishtai et al.
The 27th
anuvAkam is a compilation of
the seven daatus of the Body ( Skin ,
Blood,
Flesh, Medhas, bone , majjaa ,Suklam ,
Ojas).
Addiitonal information on the nava dhvArams of
the body , Jaraa ( old age), rOgha
grahaNam
( acquiring diseases) , rebirth , release
from
the cycles of birth and death ( Moksham) are
covered .
The 28 th
anuvAkam instructs us on how to
pray to Lord Agni . The 29th offers instruction on
how to pray to the Rain God ( Parjanya ) . The 30th
anuvAkam is a prayer for long life ( Veda
PrAyam).
The 31st
anuvAkam deals with VaiswAnara Yaj~nam
thru prayer to KubhEra to fulfill desires for
material
wealth to serve BhagavAn and His
BhAgavathAs.
The 32nd
AnuvAkam
In this final anuvAkam
describes as how to
perform Samvatsara
Vratam and points out
that anyone who
completes that vratam
would accumulate many
auspiciousness
( PuNyams)
: " Tapasvee puNyO bhavati
,
Tapasvee PuNyO bhavathi ".
adiyEn will provide the
meanings of
the mantrams of the
individual
PanchAsathis of the 32
anuvAkams
in future postings
.
Sriman NaarAyaNa Smruti
,
Daasan ,
Oppiliappan Koil V.Sadagopan
Oppiliappan Koil Varadachari Sadagopan http://www.sadagopan.org
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