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Picture of Ganapathi Sachidananda Swamiji

In the past four days we looked at the importance of

1.Gaanapathi Homam

2.Navagraha Homam

3.Ayush Homam

4.Aavahanthi Homam

Today we will look at Jayaathi Homa/Havan

The name itself shows that it is for success, achievement, victory etc.

It is not a separate Homa. It is part of most of the Homas.

Every Havan has got two parts: Puurvaangam- Preliminary rituals; Uttaraangam- Final ritual.

In the Puurvaangam (preliminary) we do

Anujna , Vigneswra puja, Sankalpa ,Punyaaha vaachanam , Agnimukham and at the end Jayaathi , Praayachiththa , Upasthaana rituals are done.

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Jayaathi homam prays for the success for the event.

Whenever we do a wedding, or a Graha pravesa or releasing a souvenir , lot of people send Greetings and blessings. This homa seeks for the success like those greetings.

As we do in every havan, we place the wooden sticks called Samiththu in fire with ghee and say relevant mantras . The following mantras will give some idea about the purpose of the ritual:-

First ,we pray to bring everything under our control and at the same time dedicate the fruits of our action to God, saying Idam na Mama= it is not mine.

Then the mantra explains the origin of this hymn. When Indra went to war, the teacher of Devas, Prajaapati (Brihaspati) taught this and then only Indra became the Head of Heaven. So we thank Prajapathi.

Then Agni, who is the head of Panchabhutas (five elements) is praised.

Then all the Vedic deities in the following order are prayed: Indra, Yama, Vayu, Surya/sun, Chandra/moon, Mitra, Varuna, Annam/food, Soma/ in charge of plants, Rudra, Twashta, Vishnu, seven generations of forefathers.

Following this, deities are worshipped with their lady loves/sweethearts. The deity is described as Gandharva and his lady love is described as Apsaras.

Following is the Gandharva- Apsaras pair:

Agni – Urja(plants)

Surya – Aayuvah (rays)

Chandran – Stars

Suparna – Dakshina

Prajapati – Vedas

Vayu – water sources

Mrtyu – world

Parjanya – lightning

Mind- thoughts

What is important is, during all these imaginary pairings, wisdom and prosperity are prayed for.

In short, these are the mantras for Jnana and Aiswarya.

If one has to succeed in any venture, one needs knowledge and resources. This Jayaathi Homa will help us to get Jnana and Aiswarya.

As mentioned already we have to do it through a priest who is well versed in Vedas.

—-subham—

Tags – Jayathi, homa, havan, success, victory