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PART FOUR
Aadi Sankara’s Vishnu Sahasranaama (VS) commentary continued
Uurjita -saasanah – Word No.910 in the VS
One whose dictates in the form of Srutis and Smritis are of an extremely sublime nature. The Lord says,
Sruti -Smriti mamaivaa’jne yas te ullangya vartate
Aajnaa-cchedi mama dvesi madbhoktopi na vaishnavah
Meaning
The Srutis and Smritis areMy commnadments. Whoever violates them violates My order. Therefore they are my traducers. They are not my devotees, nor can they be called Vaisnavas.
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Punya -sravana- kirtanah – Word No.922 in the VS
One to hear about whom and to sing of whom is meritorious. VS says
Ya idam srunuyaan nityam yas capi parikirtayet
Naa’ subham praapnuyaat kincit so’mutr’cha ca maanavah.
Meaning
He who hears and recites this everyday will not be overcome by evil here or hereafter.
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Pramaanam – Word No.959 in the VS
One who is self-certifying as He is pure consciousness.
Taittiriya Upanishad 1-2-1 says
Jnana-svaruupam atyanta nirmalam paramaaarthatah
Tam ev’aartha-svaruupena bhraanti-darsanatah sthitam
Meaning
That which is in truth absolutely pur and is the nature of consciousness; that very thing when viewed by delusive vision , is experienced as objects of the world.
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Praana -jiivanah —Word No.962 in the VS
He who keeps alive human beings with Vaayus (air) known as Praana, Apaana etc.
Katopanishad says,
Na praanena naapanena marto jiivati kascana
Itarena tu jiivanti yasmin netaa’vupaasritau
Meaning
No one lives by Praana or Apaana . He lives by what that which is support of these.
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Ekaatmaa —Word No.965 in the VS
One who is the sole being and the spirit (Aatmaa) in all.
Taittiriya Upanishad 1-1 says,
Aatmaa vaa idam eka evaa’gra aasit – This Aatman alone existed in the beginning.
The Smrti says ,
Yac ca’pnoti yad aadatte yac caa’tti visayaan tha
Yac ca’sya santato bhaavas tasmaad aatme’ti giiyate
Meaning
That is known as the Aatma which pervades every being, which sustains every being, which sustains every being , which enjoys every being , and which remains always the same.
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Bhuur- bhuvah- svastaruh — Word No.967 in the VS
The three Vyaahrutis- Bhuuh- bhuvah- svah- are said to be the essence of the Veda.
Manu says,
Agnau prastaa’hutih samyag aadityam upatisthate
Aadityaad jaayate vrstir vrster annam tatah prajaah
Meaning
The oblations put in the fire reach the sun. from the sun comes the rain; from rain food grows. From food beings are born . or Bhuuh, Bhuvah,Svah stand for the three worlds and constitute the tree of Samsaara. It is the Lord who has manifested as that tree.
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Yajnaangah — Word No.974in the VS
Aadi Sankara in his commentary quotes seven sloka/ couplets from Harivamsa 3-34-34 to 41 . Hari Vamsa is an appendix of Mahabharata.
(I am just giving the gist of the seven slokas.)
Hari vamsa 3-34-34 to 41 says:-
Supreme Lord is Yajna (sacrifice)
Vedas = Feet
Sacrificial Post/Yupa= Molar
Sacrificial Rites= Arms
Fire = Tongue
Darbha grass= Hair
Brahma = Head
Day and Night (Sun, Moon) – Two Eyes
Six Veda Angas = Ear ornaments
Ghee = Nose
Sruvas/laddle= Mouth
Sama Veda= His Voice
Dharma and Truth = Two arms/hands
His activities = Foot steps
Penance= Nails
Vedic Chants= Intestines
Sacrificial Act = Sex Organ
(two woods are used in churning out fire)
Herbs= His Seed
Atmosphere= His soul
Mantras= His Hind Parts
SOMA JUICE = HIS BLOOD
Sacrificial Pits= Shouder
Sacrificial Beast= Knees
Sacrificial Offering = incense
Havya, Kavya = His great Speed
Pragvamsa = His Body
(Praagvamsa= Retiring quarter of the sacrificer)
Sacrificial Gift/Dakshina= Heart
He is a Yogi endowed with the wholesacrifice as His Being
Subsidiary Rites= His lips and teeth
Pravargya= Pores
Vedic Metres = His Routes/paths
Secret Upanishads= His Buttocks
His Shadow= His wife
He shines like a peak of Mount Meru.
These verses give the full picture of a Vedic Sacrifice. The importance of Soma is emphasized by comparing it with God’s blood. One can easily see that it is a holy substance and not a narcotic drug as projected by Marxists and Max Muller Gangs.
My Comments:
“The Soma juice is His blood” explodes the half- baked, motivated, cunning, Anti-Hindu foreigners’ interpretation of Soma Rasa. N one in the world will interpret God’s blood as Whisky and Brandy except the Max Muller, Griffith Gangs.
One may be surprised to see the comparison between buttocks and Upanishads. Vedic Yajnas are done in sitting posture and one is prohibited in showing his buttocks, so secretive are Upanishads. Even when we go to see God in the temple or a saint in an Ashram, we step backwards slowly and turn when we are out of sight of god or saint. One is not allowed to show his backside. Only practising Hindus know this. It is very important that we read the interpretation of great saints and not the beef eating foreigners.
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Devaki -Nandanah – Word No.989 in the VS
The son of Devaki in the incarnation as Krishna. Mahabharata 158-31 says
Jyotismi sukraani ca yaani loke!
Trayo lokaa lokapaalaas trayii ca
Trayo gnayas caahutayas ca pancha
Sarve devaa Devaki putra eva
Meaning
All the luminous bodies in the sky including the planets and the stars, all fires, and in the same way the three worlds, their guardian angels, the three vedas, the three Vedic fires, the five oblations, the entire group of Devas—all this is the son of Devaki.
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Paapanaasanah – Word or naamaa No.992
He who destroys the sins of those who adore Him, remember and sing hymns of praise on Him. The text known as Vrddha- saataapa says,
Pakso pavaasadyat paapam purusasya pranasyati
Praanaayaama -satena iva tat paapapam nasyate nrnaam!!
Praanaayaama – sahasrena yat yat paapam nasyate nrnaam
Sana-maatrena tat paapam harer dhyaanaat pranasyati
Meaning
–Whatever sin of a man is atoned for by one week’s fasting, that is achieved by a hundred Praanaayaamas. So also whatever sin is atoned for by a thousand Praanaayaamas, that is atoned for by meditation upon Hari even for a while.
To be continued……………………..
—subham–
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