SrI:
Dear
VedhAbhimAnis:
The 23rd PanchAti Text
amutrEtarE
tasmAdhihAtaptritApA:
tEshAmEshaa
bhavathy
saptasooryA
dhivamanupravishDA:
tAnanvEti
paTibhirdakshiNavAn
tE asmai sarvE
grutamAtapanti
Urjam dhuhAnA
anapasphuranta iti
saptativaja: SooryA
ityAchAryA:
tEshAmEshaabhvathy
sapta dhiSO nAnA SooryA:
23nd Mantram: Word by
word Meaning:
itarE amutra
tasmAth iha = SvarNaran , JyOthishmaan, VibhAsAn
and others (
itarE)
are beyond the
Meru mountain( amutra) and hence do not shine on
their own (
ataptritapA:).
tEshAm yEshA bhavathy =
There is this mantram (
yEshA) about them (
Seven SooryAs).
Sapta SooryA:
dhivam anupravishtA:= The seven Sooryans have occupied the sky (dhivam) in a prescribed
way( anupravishtA:). They are located in specific locations to cover their
assigned areas from equator on both sides.
For example , when it is winter in
the Northern hemisphere,it is summer
in the southern hemisphere.
tAnanvEti
pathibhir-dakshiNavAn=The one who does Soorya UpAsanai
( DakshiNavAn) follows the paths of the seven
SooryAs (tAnn anu pathibhi:) and reaches
( yEti) MahA Meru mountain in the defined
ways.
MahA Meru mountain is not seen by
human eyes and is said to be located in the Pamir Mountains north of BhArata
Varsham. This name of MahA Meru is not to be confused with the three
dimensional yantram made up of nine aavaraNams worshipped by SrI Vidhyaa
UpaasakAs.That 3D yantram is also known as MahA Meru
.
tE sarvE asmai
Urjam ghrutam dhuhAnaa:anapasphuranta:Atapanti iti
=all these seven Sooryans
(tE sarvE) bless the upAsakan (asmai) with gifts of life giving (Urjam duhAna:)items like ghee (grutam) these seven Sooryans
( tE sarvE) shine without harming the people with their
intense warmth (anapasphuranta:
Atapanti iti ).
saptartvija: SooryA
ityAchAryA:=
AchAryAs say that the seven rtviks are
the seven sooryAs. The seven Rtvija: ( officials in the Yaagam with assigned
duties to conduct a successful yAgam) are (1) hOtA (2) PraSAstA (3)
BrahmaNAcchamsi (4) pOtA (5)nEshtA (6) AcchAvAn and (7) Aagneetran .
tEshAm yEshA
bhavati= Then there is the following mantram( yEshA) about the seven sooryans( tEshAm) .
sapta dhiSO nAnA
SooryA:=There are different sooryans (
nAnA SooryA: ) in each of these seven directions (
diSa:) .The seven directions are: East , South ,
West,North,AkAsam (Urdhvam) ,
below and in between
(antariksham)
Seventh AnuvAkam: 24th
Mantram
Text of the
Mantram
saptahOtAra
rtvija:
dEvA Aadityaa yE sapta
tEbhissOmAbheerakshaNa iti
tadhabhyAmnAya:
dhigbhrAja rutUn karOti
, yetayaivAvrutA sahasra Sooryatayaa iti-
VaiSampAyana:
tasyaishA bhavati
yat-dhyAva indhra tE
satagumsatam- bhUmi:
utasyu: natvA vajrin
sahasragum SooryA:
Word by Word Meaning
:
sapta hOtAra:
rtvija: dEvA AadityA: yE sapta=The seven SooryAs sit as
seven rtviks ( rtvija:) in the Yaagams of this
world.
SOma tEbhi: na:
abhirakshaNa iti=Oh Soma DevA ! May You protect us(na:abhirakshaNa iti) with the seven Sooryans
!
tadhapi AamnAya:
iti = This is stated in another section of the VedAs( AamnAya) as
well.
dhig-bhrAja:
ruthUn karOti = Lighting up(bhrAja:)the different directions(
dhigs) , the seven Sooryans create the six different ruthus
.
yEta yaiva AavrutA
sahasra SooryatayA iti VaiSampAyana:=If we continue with
the same nyAyam (yEta yaiva AavrutA) the Sooryan
can be considered to be thousand fold (Sahasra SooryatayA
)according to Sage VaiSampAyana (iti
VaisampAyana:).
tasya yEshA
bhavati=About this concept , there is the following
mantram.
Indhra tE dhyAva:Bhumee: satagum-satam
yadh utasyu: Vajrin thvA sahasram Soorya: (na anvashta)=Oh Indhra
holding the weapon of VajrA ( Vajrin ) ! since You reign over
hundreds (satagum satam) of upper
worlds ( dhyAvA) and
bhU lOkams ( bhUmee:) , thousands of Sooryans
(sahasra SooryA:) can not completely cover You
.
Indhra here refers to Parama Purushan
,VirAt roopi and not
Indhran , the king of DevAs.
Seventh AnuvAkam : 25th
Mantram
Text of the
25th Mantram
anuna jAtamashta
rhOdhasi iti
nAnAlingatvAtrutUnAm
nAnA Sooryatvam
ashtou tu vyavasitA
iti
SooryamaNDalAnyashtaata
Urdhvam
tEsham yEshA
bhavati
chitram dEvAnAm
udhagAdhaneekam
chakshur-mitrasya
VaruNasyAgnE:
AaaprA dhyAvApruthivee
antariksham
Word by word
Meanings
rhOdhasee jAtam na
anu ashta sahasra sooryA; iti= There is a
mantram that You who appeared before the worlds ( rhOdhasi jAtam) in a resplendent
form can not be enveloped ( na anu ashta) even by
thousands of Sooryans.
rutUnAm nAnAlingatvAt
nAnA Sooryatvam =the doctrine is that there are many
sooryans because of the many lakshaNams of the various
ruthus.
ashtou tu vyavasitA: iti
ata:Urdhvam ashta-Soorya-maNDalAni = As per earlier reference to the 8 Sooryans
, it is said here that there are 8 Soorya MaNDalams in the sky.
tEshAm yEshA
bhavati= about
them , the following mantram exists. This mantram is
the one used during
Adhitya UpAsanam during MaadhyAhnikam .
dEvAnAm
chitram aneekam udhagAdh=
The Sarva dEva svaroopi , rises
up high in the sky with his myriad & resplendent forms( chitram
Aaneekam).
Mitrasya
VaruNasya AgnE:chakshu:=This Soorya BhagavAn is like the
eye for Mitran, VaruNan and Agni.
dhyAvaa pruthvee antariksham Aapraa=
This Soorya BhagavAn spreads across BhU lOkam,
antariksham and dEva lOkam
.
jagata: tasthushascchEti Soorya: AatmA iti=The mantram here is : Sooryan shines as the
indweller/antarAtmaa( Aatmaa) for both the chEtanams and the
achEtanams.
Seventh AnuvAkam
sampoorNam,
NamO Veda PurushAya
,Daasan ,
Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri
Sadagopan
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