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Durga Suktam is in samhita portion of Krishna Yajur

veda proper; whereas Sri Suktam is in kila bagha of

Rig veda. May be, that is why!!

Regards,

L Vaidyanathan

 

 

--- "M. S. Ravisankar" <miinalochanii

wrote:

 

My knowledge of shruti is close to zero. However, I am

sure there are

other direct references to sharaNagati elsewhere in

shruti. Just to

give an example,

 

"taam padminiim iim sharaNamaham prapadye" -- shrii

suuktam.

 

 

Ravi

 

 

, ganapathy = = vijaya

<srividya101> wrote:

> In the entire Vedas , the deity which is addressed

as " Sharanam "

is only to the Lalitha parameshwari -- Kaamakshi as"

DURGA" and to no

other deity this word

> " Sharanam" has been used.

>

> In the Durga Suktham -- " Durgaam Deveem

Sharanamaham prapathye " -

i seek refuge or protection to Durga responsible for

removing in its

entirety the problems

>

> Source Maha Swamy's talk with Veda Bhasya Ratna R.

Krishnamurthy

Sastrigal -- as reported in the publication Hundred

years of light

>

 

 

 

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Durga Suktam is not part of Samhita. It is part of the

Taittiriya Upanishad and is found in Taittiriya Aranyaka.

Maybe it is partially found in samhita, but not classified

as a suktham. Srisuktham belonging to kila bhaga of

Rig veda, iam not sure............ I think the later part

of Srisuktam containing the phalashruthi is kila. Let some

Rig veda scholar explain.

 

Regards

Anand K.

 

-

L Vaidyanathan <vyagrapurielvi

Re: Re: Greatness of Durga Suktham

> Durga Suktam is in samhita portion of Krishna Yajur

> veda proper; whereas Sri Suktam is in kila bagha of

> Rig veda. May be, that is why!!

> Regards,

> L Vaidyanathan

 

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Once you accept a mantra as a veda mantra, then where it occurs or whether

it is in some sort of appendix is not a consideration. Do you consider

shrii suuktam as shruti and that particular verse under question as shruti.

If yes, then you cannot say that "sharaNam prapadye" in that is any sense

inferior.

 

 

Also it was vyAsa who organized the veda-s. In the previous yuga-s veda-s

where not divided into 4, it was only 1. Just to make up for the poor

intellect of those in kali yuga it was divided into four. Hence, what comes

where should not be question. Also veda-s were seen by many R^ishhi-s at

different times, it was only discovered and it was always eternal and

apourushheya.

 

 

Another point is, almost all agree that lot of veda is lost to us

(especially saama veda is supposed have 1000 shaaka-s, aacharya himself

quotes this with reference to the verse "aayiram shaakai uDaiyaan" which

refers to shiva as one who was praised by the 1000 shaaka-s of saama veda.

Of this only two are extant now). When so much is not known to us, it is not

fair to assert "in entire veda-s".

 

The sharanAm prapadye in durga suktam, attains enormous greatness and

strength by the following words "sutarasi tarase namaH" and also the phrase

"karma phaleshhu jushhTaam". But at the same time we should note that word

shrii itself has the root that goes to form the word sharaNa etc. They are

both the same. Looking at fire pictures of California, I could not find any

difference between hiraNya varNaam and agnii varNaam. That glowing fire was

golden colored. May be the gold is a cold fire.

 

Any way last few days was good, as I was thinking about the sharaNagati in

durga suuktam a lot, some how it is difficult to translate in English.

 

"I take refuge in durgaa devii, who is fire-colored, who shines due to

tapas, who belongs to the Lord, and who is power that bestows and enables

one enjoy karma phala. May she who takes her refugees across the terrible

ocean of samsaara and may She help me by taking me across that ocean. To Her

my namaskaarams."

 

In Tamil, you can get away a lot with using Sanskrit words

 

"agni varNamaanavaLum, tapasinaal jvalipavaLum, karma phalani koDukkum

(anubhavikkachcheyyum)aaRRalaay niRpavaLum, iRaivanukku uriyavaLum

(iRaivinin aaRallum) aana anda duurgaa deviyai naan sharaNamaDigiren.

thunbakkaDalaana inda samsaara saagaraththai kaTaththuvippavaLe, ennaiyum

karai cherpaay. thaaye unakku namaskaaram"

 

Can some one throw light on how traditional bhaashhya-s handle the word

vairochaniim? And how they explain it in sanskrit. Why I am asking is, many

sanskrit words are easy to grasp when explained in sanskrit.

 

 

My 2c.

 

Ravi

 

 

 

 

 

 

>

> L Vaidyanathan [vyagrapurielvi]

> Sunday, October 26, 2003 10:28 PM

>

> Re: Re: Greatness of Durga Suktham

>

>

> Durga Suktam is in samhita portion of Krishna Yajur

> veda proper; whereas Sri Suktam is in kila bagha of

> Rig veda. May be, that is why!!

> Regards,

> L Vaidyanathan

>

>

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Who Has said this to whom :

 

If one goes to analyse this aspect of the transaction -- It is apparent that

Mahaswamy who is recognised widely as a reincarnation of Adi Shankara has spoken

about this to Veda Bhasyam -- Vidhya Varidhi Brahma Shree krishnamurthy

Sastrigal who happens to be the principal of sanskrit college Chennai.

 

I am sure by virtue of the immense knowledge of vedas and intellect prowess,

either parties would have known where all this term " Sharanam " has been used

in the entire Vedas.

 

I think there must be some special reason for Maha Swamy to have said like

this, which has to be found out. May be a call to the sastrigal by a devotee of

this group based at chennai would give us a very clear idea as to the reasons

why Mahaperiyavaal said so.

 

L Vaidyanathan <vyagrapurielvi wrote:

Durga Suktam is in samhita portion of Krishna Yajur

veda proper; whereas Sri Suktam is in kila bagha of

Rig veda. May be, that is why!!

Regards,

L Vaidyanathan

 

 

--- "M. S. Ravisankar" <miinalochanii

wrote:

 

My knowledge of shruti is close to zero. However, I am

sure there are

other direct references to sharaNagati elsewhere in

shruti. Just to

give an example,

 

"taam padminiim iim sharaNamaham prapadye" -- shrii

suuktam.

 

 

Ravi

 

 

, ganapathy = = vijaya

<srividya101> wrote:

> In the entire Vedas , the deity which is addressed

as " Sharanam "

is only to the Lalitha parameshwari -- Kaamakshi as"

DURGA" and to no

other deity this word

> " Sharanam" has been used.

>

> In the Durga Suktham -- " Durgaam Deveem

Sharanamaham prapathye " -

i seek refuge or protection to Durga responsible for

removing in its

entirety the problems

>

> Source Maha Swamy's talk with Veda Bhasya Ratna R.

Krishnamurthy

Sastrigal -- as reported in the publication Hundred

years of light

>

 

 

 

--

pradiipajvaalaabhirdivasakaraniiraajanavidhiH

sudhaasuuteshcandropalajalalavairarghyaracanaa .

svakiiyairambhobhiH salilanidhisauhityakaraNaM

tvadiiyaabhirvaagbhistava janani vaacaaM stutiriyam.h

 

www : http://www.ambaa.org/

Contact: help

 

 

Terms of Service.

 

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pradiipajvaalaabhirdivasakaraniiraajanavidhiH

sudhaasuuteshcandropalajalalavairarghyaracanaa .

svakiiyairambhobhiH salilanidhisauhityakaraNaM

tvadiiyaabhirvaagbhistava janani vaacaaM stutiriyam.h

 

www : http://www.ambaa.org/

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