Mantra Wave Files

[Guest guest]

Respected Eric:

 

I absolutely agree with you.

 

As you know most of the mantras have been derived from Sanskrit root

verbs. Sanskrit is a phonetic language thus the significance of

pronunciation is extremely critical. Wrong pronunciation totally

changes the meaning.

 

Example: Eric suggests a male, however, if the last vowel is changes

with an additional "a" then the "Eric" changes to "Erica" (feminine

gender). Paul - Paula. Vijay - Vijaya. ..... etc.

 

Thus in mantra by mistake one can invoke entirely different entity.

Example: "Indira" if we substitute "I" with "U" then the words

becomes "undra" meaning mouse.

 

That is one of the reason GURU is supposed to explain the meaning and

the correct pronunciation.

 

Unfortunately, there are regional variations that multplies the

confusion. Even if one records the mantra. But depending the

discipline for the school that person follows there are can be

errors. Example: A Yajurvedi pronounces "SH" as "kha". In Assam it

is pronounced as "Ha". There for it is said that never get a

blessing from a people from far east (Assam and Bangal) becaue

although they may be saying "shatauH" (wish for a 100 years longevity

for you) it will come out his mouth as "hataauH" (reduction of the

life span). The complete shloka is as follows:

 

aashiirvaada.m na gR^ih{}vayaat puurvadeshanivaasinaH .

shataayuriti vaktavye hataayuritivaadinaam ..

 

I like to post things in original sanskrit as much as possible

however, does not allow attachments in PDF. I do like

you idea of posting the actual manta in MP3 Format for better clarity

it's Sanskrit devnagri script also should be made available.

 

Regards,

 

Dr. Yadu

[Guest guest]

Dear friends,

I really dont agree with DR YADU who says yajur vedi

pronounces sh as kha . Vedas are incapable of having a

wrong pronouciation being learnt from word of mouth

during gurukula.

with warm regards

shankar

[Guest guest]

Dear Respected Shankar:

 

With due respect I must correct this. I would really recommend you

to do some research or atleast talk to some Sanskrit scholars to

remove you misconceptions.

 

It does not matter whether you agree or not. This has been the

Yajurveda tradition that evolved out of disagreement between Sage

Vaishampian and Yajnayalka.

 

Vaishampian propopgated krishna Yajurveda. Yajnavalka started his own

school which is known as Shukla Yajurveda. Yajnavalka got the

recognition from the king Janamejaya and Janaka (not the father-in-

law of Rama). This later evolved in to krishna yajurvediiiya

taittiriiya (shaakha) school.

 

Shukla Yajurveda - Most important grantha (book) is shatpat

brahmnina There are two copies available "Kanva" and "Madhyaadin".

Katyaayana is credited for the "shauta suutra" where as paarakar is

is responsible for "gR^ihya sutra". Naturally kaatyaayana was the

proponent of shukla yajurveda. kaNva shakha documents the

differences explicitly.

 

yajnavalka shixaa is one the most important grgantha as far as

recitation of Veda in concerned. Following differences are practiced

(even to day). Now the question is asked therefore I will document

other differences as well:

 

a. Madhyaandina shakha pronounce `ya" as "ja" and "sh" as "kha"

b. Some vowels are pronounced as "dvita"

c. anuswar is "saanunaasika"

d. "svara" is expressed by a movement of their hand rather than

by the movement of their neck and head (just like when musicians and

tabla player denote when they arrive at "sama" by a twitch of their

head and neck) as practiced by others while reciting Veda.

 

Saint Danyeshver was was also a yajurvedi. If you read dnyaneshvari

in his final pasaayadaa he write "jo bhaje aadi purukhi" rather

than "jo bhaje aadi puruShi".

 

Other interesting notes: suuta piuraNa, brahmaaNDa puraana and

skandha pruan claim the existence of 107 subdivisions (shakha) of

Yajurveda. patanjan muni (who created yoga sutra) claims it to be

100. Unfortunately lot of it is known to be available at this time.

 

All the scholars agree that Shukla has 15 "shakhas" jaabaal,

baudheya, kaNava, maadhyaandina, shaapeshi, taapaniiya, kapola,

paundravatsa, aavaTi, paramaavatika, vaiNaeya, vaidheya,

kaatyaayana, and vaijavaapa.

 

Krishna yajurveda has the following 39 accepted skakhas: charaka,

katha, praacya, kapiSThala, caaraayaNiiya, vaaraayaNiiya,

shvetaashvatara, aupamanyava, maitrayaNiiiya, maanava, varaaha,

du.mdubha, chhagaleya, haaridraviiya, shyaamaayana, shyaama,

taittariiya, aukheya, khaa.nDikeya, aapasta.mba, bharadvaaja,

hiranyakeshii, baudhaayana, satyaaShaaDha, aatreya, aala.mbii,

pal.nga, kamala, ta.nDi, kapaala, ta.mbaruu, vaikhaanasa, vaadhuula,

aagniveshya, kau.nDinya, and haariita.

 

I believe above explanation should be adequate at this time.

 

I hope this is helpful.

 

With kind regards,

 

Dr. Yadu

[Guest guest]

Dear Dr. Yadu,

 

Thanks for this enligtenment. I used to be a part-time krishna yajur vedi myself

to a small extent & my gurus have only only taught sa as sa kha as kha. Whenever

i move my body, face, neck while trying to chant, my guru had always scolded me.

But from the maharishi channel i have seen people moving the hands up down while

trying to chant Rig Veda.

 

Further, in West Bengal, India, people pronounce shatriya as kashatriya. But I

am yet to come across a sukla yajurvedin, & hence as u put u may be right.

But since u said yajurvedi, I said this. The number of sukla yajurvedin is less

than krishna yajurvedi, as far i know (though i am out of touch with india for

sometime). The whole of the South is full of them; the best amongst them is only

in the South.

 

This is from taitreya upanishad book bhasya from rama krishna mutt 'anna'.

The world had krishna yajurveda first. Then a certain disciple had a difference

of opinion with his guru. So as ordered by his guru he spit out the same. Then

later he worshipped lord sun & he recieved the yajurveda and hence the name

sukla yajurveda. This reading was done by me a long time back, hence i don't

remember the names.

 

Correct me, sir, in case i am wrong. I sincerely appriciate the relevent quote u

have given to me. tks for the same.

 

With warm regards

 

Shankar