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April 2013

(A Monthly Bulletin of Veddhyayana Kendra, Bangalore)

(For private circulation only)

Issue No.146

Vol.XV
Tat Surya Dravinam Dhehi Citram

Editor in Chief : Dr. C.L. Prabhakar Editors : Dr. Anjaneya Prasad, Surendra Pujar
(Oh Surya! therefore, please bestow wonderful wealth on us all) Sam no bhava cakshasa sam no ahna sam bhanuna sam hima sam ghrunena yatha samdhvan saddurone tat surya dravinam dhehi citram!asmakam deva ubhayaya janmane sarma yacchata dvipade catushpade. Saurasukta of RV 10.170.1-64

Annotation: Oh Surya Bhagavan please be provider of happiness to us to our day ,to our activity , to the falloff snow, cold and to the extent of your light and other features of compassion. Please provide safety in our pathways and bestow us surprising wealth and gifts, Oh surya! Kindly bestow us happiness on our two births, the animal and human. This mantra is the 47 thand 48th of the set ofmantras of the Saurasukta which is recited for health and prosperity. The sukta has the viniyoga in multiples and wields sure influence for medicinal advantages and for spirituality. Daily repetition of this mantra provides peace and happiness. The anugraha of suryabhagavan is immeasurable. This is also employed as prayer to Santi attainment.

This is a powerful santimantra. By adding svaha at the end it could turn into a yajus employed at the saurasukta homa.There is vidhana for this. Wholly there are 64 offerings (ahutis) with these mantras and naturally the sun god gets pleased and sanctions the needs of the devotee. It is an aid for healing and health balancing and for diagnosis of impending problems. It is said:arogyam bhaskaradicchet and sriyam icchet hutasanat. Hustasana (Agni) and the surya are the same and so Aditya shall give us srih(wealth) and arogya (free from ailments)which would be base for any activity and serenity in our life enterprises. May everyone recite this and get happy and peace in their endeavours Kumar Yaskaacarya, the famous Etymologist said anyone who knows meaning of the mantras would obtain everything (arthajna it sakalam bhadramasnute). In case, he does not know the meaning or have no desire to know the meaning of the mantras he would be just like a Pillar
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WHAT IS DONE IN VEDADHYAYANA CLASSES NOW? Now we are at the conclusion of the year, Nandana. The last two months: the Magha and Phalguna are the months noted for the worship of Surya Bhagavan. So the students are being given training in the recitation of the Saura sukta and the Arunaprasna simultaneously per class with sankalpa and commentary for closer understanding.
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bearing the weight of the load(sthanurayaka bhara harah y adhitya vedam na janati artham). Saura sukta is found in the RV(X.170). It is a powerful educative and instructive flower bunch of 64 mantras revealed to the sage by SuryaBhagavan himself. We have many subhashitas in this sukta which would be enlisted separately. We make prayer to the Lord Suryathat he should help us all to keep our body free from attack of ill health and infections. In Yajurveda, we have Arunaprasna, the first chapter of the Taittiriya Aranyaka which is a great source to know all about the Sun and his eminence. He is regarded as the Arunaketuka

Agni. There are 148 passages. That text with translation and notes in English is published by our Vedaashyayna Kendra prepared by Dr. C.L. Prabhakar, for the convenience of the Veda students. Now That text also is under study, recitation and practice in the Veda classes at morning every day. The book is available for owning in the Kendra. It is hoped to conclude the course by performing the Aruna homa and the saura sukta homa this month, the third Sunday of April 2013.In the evening, Srisukta is being taught and explained besides other short suktas like svastino mimitam,Ayushyasukta, Vastu sukta and more..

SEMINAR ON THE ARCHITECTURE AND CONSTITUENTS OF DEVATAPUJA Lalitamma Culture of Devatarcana in our Human Tradition is familiar to all. But it is necessary to know about the Architecture and the Constituents of the system also. That is how the puja is structured and the accessories that fill up the build to please the deities. There is science and significance behind the doing, besides a good deal of sense and sensibility. Devata is defined in many ways. Yajurveda offers that any object regarded with honour is a deity( ya vai stuyate sa vai devata). Satapatha Brahmana says Devatas are guests for men who voluntarily visit all at first (Devah prathakmo atithih manusyanam). Puja is a needed process to get rid of the sins and turn pure to be able to get into the portals of deities.So we say at sankalpa definition as mama upatta samsta durita kshaya dvara, meaning through the gateway that opens after ones bad conduct is outwitted, the scope to paramaevara priti occurs and all good shall result .The letter Pa stands to mean fall and ja means the birth. Puja, therefore, is a measure to get rid of the janmapapa and attain nirvanasukha.
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Lalita paramesvari is said to be provider of Liberation owing to utterance of her name from a to z. (nirvana sukhadayini). Dr. C.L. Prabhakar explained the puja-system tracing from its genesis in practice. Dr. S.R Krsihnamurthi talked about the science of Sacrifice. Dr S. Krishnakumar spoke on shodasopacara puja. Dr Kumar Bhat explained the puja vidhana according as the Bodhayan rushi.He said one should ring the bell for 32 times every day in every bodys house that gods enter and stay in the house doing good anyhouse without the devatahvana would be thinkable. Dr Pranesh spoke about the flowers employed in worship and their individual efficacies besides the procedure outlined in the tantra sara. He touched the pancayatana Puja .Dr. T. Sitaramalakshmi spoke on the manasapuja figuring in the kirtanas of Tyagaraja. The Planets and their live pariharas for removing doshas in ones life are described by Lalitamma. Sri D.N. Munikrishna, IPS, who chaired the seminar proceedings spoke on the influence of devatarcana and vigraha aradhana on mankind. Smt laitamma N. Swamy compered and made
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the programme lively with her comments and remarks for the speeches by the learned speakers. Veda-Prayer was done by Kendra students: Sri Mahesh & Vasan and Sangitanjali

by Dr. T.S.R. Lakshmi. She set two slokas to raga highly relevant for the occasion and rendered them. The full papers of the speakers would be published.

IMPORTANCE OF GHEE LAMP IN POOJA Dhananjaya Jog, Ag scientist

Sajyam trivartisamyuktam vahnina yojitam maya Gruhana mangalam dipam tryailokyam timirapah! Bhaktya dipam prayacchami devaya paramatamane Trahi mam narakat ghorat divya jyotir namostute!!

The magic of this mantra is: ordinary vahni (fire) becomes divyajyoti(divine Light) when it is offered to the deity and more so to the looks of the deity. It becomes capable to protect the bhakti from the terrific hell. The drusti of gods eyes fall on the lamp. And when that touches you the whole body becomes beaming with health and luster. We become jyotirupas after the experiencing (sevana). It is like prayer to the goddess durga who is present, in all, in the form of jyoti meaning everybody is of jyoti svarupa. when saktijyoti conjoins, there is enhancement of divyatava n the individual who is devoted.That is all the wonder the ghee lamp works, lit with three wicks dipped deep in the ghee. This is one method of making the ghee from our side to reach the devis and devatas who are the custodians of the maintenance of the world and social orders. The care to remove suffering and enhance punya. Like wise the water before abhisheka to deities is just water and after the rite it turns into tirtha of immeasurable value. Agni Puran clearly states that only oil or Ghee (clarified butter) be used in the lamp meant

YajurVeda for puja and no other combustible substance. According to the Science of spirituality the lamp with clarified butter is more sattvik (spiritually pure) as compared to lamp in which oil is used. This is an important aspect which we will try to understand in details. So let us see the difference between the lamp in which Ghee is used and the one with oil. Generally the use of oil is more prevalent than that of Ghee. The oil containing lamp kindles longer while the ghee containing lamp kindles for a short period. Now let us see the difference from the spiritual view point.
* Ghee lamp has more capacity to attract the sattvik vibrations present in the surrounding atmosphere as compared to oil lamp. The oil lamp can attract the sattvik vibrations spread over a maximum distance of 1 meter while the ghee lamp can attract sattvik vibrations spread over till Swarga Lok (heaven) When the oil lamp stops burning the predominance of raja particles in the atmosphere is enhanced and lasts for half an hour. On the other hand when the ghee lamp stops burning the impact of sattvikta (the quality of being sattvik) on the atmosphere is experienced even after four hours. So pursue the tradition of offering ghee lamp to the deities. Ghee is the most precious item. Veda says ghrutam vai hiranyam and this statement implies all significance.

Announcements :
1. 2. The courses on Palmistry, Astrology, Music, Yoga and Sanskrit are being conducted. Interested need register early. Next astrology class by Dr S.Krishna Kumar is on 4th& 25th April at 6.30 p.m. 28-4-13 Sunday seminar on Eschatology: life while living on earth and after departure leaving the Body: Vedic View. The venue: kalyana venkataesvara temple premises, I phase, J P Nagar, Bangalore-78.
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Activities at Kendra Premises 206, 12th Cross, 14th Main, J.P. Nagar II Phase
Sundays Mondays Tuesdays Wednesday Thursdays Fridays Saturdays } 6.00 7.00 } 7.00 7.00 } 7.00 6.30 } 7.00 7.00 } 7.00 6.30 } 7.00 7.00 } 3.30 5.00 6.00

SUBHASHITAM (tips for fine health)

Na vishade matih karyah am Yogasana by Sri T.S. Gopal (beginners and advanced) vishado dosavattamah! am Veda Classes on popular sktas Vishado hanti purusham am Veda Classes, Rudram, Camakam etc. balam kruddha ivoragah!! pm Mahanyasa classes at Veda Adhyayana Kendra Valmiki K 64.13 am Rudram class Never favour the sorrow- ridden mind. pm Yoga for all by T.S. Gopal am Rudram class. Sorrow is room for many bad pm Classes on Bhagavadgita etc., consequences. Sorrow will kill the man am Popular Vedic sktas alternately like the angry serpent, a boy. pm Lectures on "Puranas' Subjects am Sri Sukta and other Devi Suktas pm Classes on Saundaryalahari (Kendra Premises) pm Annamacharya Kirthana by Dr. (Smt.) Seetharamalakshmi Ph.D. (Music) pm Sanskrit class. Lalita Trisati pm Palmistry Classes by Dr. Shivappa

Programme for the month April 2013

(Popular vedic suktas and kirtanas applications and Relevance Year 2013-2014) Please mark your calendar these dates and participate for certain Sl.No. 1012 1013 1014 1015 Date 04-04-2013, Thursday 06.30 p.m. 21-04-13, Sunday 10.00 a.m. 25-04-13, Thursday 06.30 p.m. 25-04-13, Thursday 06.30 p.m. 28-04-13, Sunday 03.00 p.m to 07.00 p.m Topic Speaker

Astrology class Dr S.Krishnakumar Lalita Homa and Samuhika Sri Saundaryalahari Havana at Kendra premises. Purnahuti at 1.p.m. Guru Dr S. krishnakumar, medical Astrologer holds classes for new batch. Vishnu puja Sahasranama parayana.

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seminar on Eschatology. Scholars participate.

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