SrI:
Dear VedAbhimAnis:
A dear friend of mine belonging to Saama Veda
Saakhai is celebrating his father's Shastiabdha
Poorthy celebrations in the Vaidhic way .
The Bruhaspathis have arranged for PavamAna KANDa
PaarayaNam the evening before and have
scheduled Udaga Saanthi in the early morning
next day for consecrating the Udagam ( Water )
in the Kumbham for abhishEkam at the MuhUrtham.
When I learnt about it , I thought I will share some
thoughts about the PavamAna KhANDa PaarAyaNam
at home on Special occaasions . PavamAna Sooktham
from KrishNa Yajur Vedam used as part of PuNYAvachanams
is different from the longer PavamAna KhaaNDam from
Saama Vedam .
This Saama Vedin friend of mine has informed me
that the recitation of PavamAna Saamans --which lasts
for 3 hours approximately -- on EkAdasi days is
as sacred as reciting Achidhram and AswamEdham
from KrishNa Yajur Vedam on the EkAdasi days .
Perhaps this PavamAna KaaNDa PaarAyaNam
can be recorded for others to benefit from
listening to it .
What are Soma PavamAna Hymns ?
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The Soma PavamAna hymns are from
the entire 9th Canto of Rg Vedam housing
114 hymns and 1108 manthrams .
They are found as PoorvArchika and UttharArchika Saamans.
They pay tribute to King Soma , the Vedic Elixir linked to
Soma Yaagams . Sathapatha BraBrahmana sings the glories
of the Soma Creeper giving Soma juice used as offering
for Indhra . The glories of the Soma Juice is celebrated
as " Sathyam vai Srir-- jyOthi: Soma: " (Soma is Truth ,
Iswaryam and effulgence ).
What is SomA ?
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Soma plant growing in the mythical Mujavath mountain is
a creeper and the leaves are collected by
Moonlight , pressed between stones by
the priests , filtered , mixed with ghee and flour
and fermented . This sacred libation is then offered
in Soma Yaagams in a ceremonial manner to
the accompaniment of Saama ghAnam . The Soma
plant ( version of hop plant ) is not easy to find and
therefore other plants have been substitued by
Rishis for Soma Yaj~nams .
King SomA is the Moon (Somaa rAjA chandramA: ) .
SomA juice is the essence of any oushadhi (medicinal
herbs) . The Vedic connation and tradition takes us
to higher and higher levels of conceptualization of
SomA . Ultimately , SomA is addressed as "BrahmaNaspathi".
Soma is conceptualized to flow out to
the Aanandhamaya and Vij~nAnamaya kOsAs(Sheaths)
and enjoyed by the Self having the abode in the innermost
cavity of the Hrudhay a kamalam ( Heart lotus) .
When Soma PavamAna manthrams of Rg Vedam(9th canto)
are set to music in Saama Vedam ( with occasional
variations) and are sung in a house , it pleases the Veda
Purushan , Sriman NaarAyaNan to the utmost and
therefore it is a great and unique Vaidhika Gaanam
to hear and brings dheergAyus , auspicousness , and
growth in Kaimakrya SrI of the YajamAnan .
Pavamaana means self-purifying . Pavamaana Soma
Saamans purifies the listeners and reciters . In a Soma
Yaagam , the Soma Juice prepared according to Vedic
way is offered as a libation to gods .
Rishis , DEvathAs and Chandas for PavamAna Saamans
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The PavamAna Saamans have various Rishis but
they have as DEvathA , PavamAna Soman and
the chandas is mostly Gayathri . Occasionally ,
Thrishtup or Jagadhee or Pankthi chandas
take over from Gaayathri Chandas as metre.
In some of the PavamAna Soma hymns , Soma
as DEvatha is invoked jointly with Agni , Indhra ,
Arka , Brahaspathi , VaruNa , Rudra et al.
As mentioned before , the PavamAna Soma Saamans
originate from Rg Vedam , 9th KaaNDam with occasional
variations .
Let us study some of the PavamAna Soma Saamans
and reflect on their meanings in subsequent posts.
Veda PurushAya Nama:
SrImath Azhagiya Singar Thiruvadi ,
Oppiliappan KOil VaradAchAri SaThakOpan
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