Guest guest Posted June 26, 2004 Report Share Posted June 26, 2004 Pranams. The rule or grammer of any Nyasa is simple. Nyasa is basically a pledge in which the Mantra is united with the body, limb by limb. (The analogy is how the gear connects the Engine with the Body of a car to drive it forward.) One has to identify oneself with the mantra one is initiated into and surrender the individuality ( it is surprising this English word has duality built in ) , the sense of " I" - ness My ness, to the deity , in all parts of one's being which arises out of duallity. Mantra is the sound body of deity and the progressive adoption of the mantra called Nyasa is extended to the thumb, index finger, middle finger, etc to cover all the fingers and the front and back of arms called Karanyasa. The mantra is further extended to the various parts of the body, heart.head, top, armour, eyes and Shika reciting the parts of the mantra to the appropriate parts of the body.This part is called Anga-nyasa By constant repition of the Mantra after Nyasas, the Sadhak loses his individuality and transforms himself As the very deity he is mediating. This is the general rule and i am not ware of any exception. Ganapathy Shrinivas Khate <srinivaskhet wrote: Dear learned members of the group, I have always wondered the grammer for the nyaasa for any mantra. Especially the chandas that is quoted. How does it govern the metre of the mantra/ shloka? There are many chandas known but the pattern of usage is unclear. I would appreciate it if anybody could illustrate the correct metres of various chandaas with examples if possible.. Thanks in advance.. Shrinivas -- pradiipajvaalaabhirdivasakaraniiraajanavidhiH sudhaasuuteshcandropalajalalavairarghyaracanaa . svakiiyairambhobhiH salilanidhisauhityakaraNaM tvadiiyaabhirvaagbhistava janani vaacaaM stutiriyam.h www : http://www.ambaa.org/ Contact: help / Ganapathy --- Vijaya " Jai Bhavani " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 26, 2004 Report Share Posted June 26, 2004 Dear ganapatiji, Very well said indeed. But my query is still not answered. I would still like to know the grammer for the application of various chandaas. For eg. for the gayathri mantra its devi gayathri chandah and also for narayana ashtakshari.... But to me both these mantraas are quite different.. How do they share the same metre?? Shrinivas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 26, 2004 Report Share Posted June 26, 2004 What exactly means metre in this context? Alexandra Shrinivas Khate <srinivaskhet wrote: Dear ganapatiji, Very well said indeed. But my query is still not answered. I would still like to know the grammer for the application of various chandaas. For eg. for the gayathri mantra its devi gayathri chandah and also for narayana ashtakshari.... But to me both these mantraas are quite different.. How do they share the same metre?? Shrinivas -- pradiipajvaalaabhirdivasakaraniiraajanavidhiH sudhaasuuteshcandropalajalalavairarghyaracanaa . svakiiyairambhobhiH salilanidhisauhityakaraNaM tvadiiyaabhirvaagbhistava janani vaacaaM stutiriyam.h www : http://www.ambaa.org/ Contact: help / Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 27, 2004 Report Share Posted June 27, 2004 Dear Devotee, While I do not know the grammer aspect, I guess the Chandas would depend on the Rishi who has identified the sound from the space . for your information the Narayana ashtakshari has two variants while the mool mantra is ONE and the same. the first one is in Anustup Chandas and the second one is in Gayathri Chandas. for the first one the maharishi is bhadrikashramavasi sriman Narayana rishi and for the second one the rishi is Sathya Narayana rishi. While i am not initiated to this mantra the source is from Mantra Japa kalpa mangari. Ganapathy Shrinivas Khate <srinivaskhet wrote: Dear ganapatiji, Very well said indeed. But my query is still not answered. I would still like to know the grammer for the application of various chandaas. For eg. for the gayathri mantra its devi gayathri chandah and also for narayana ashtakshari.... But to me both these mantraas are quite different.. How do they share the same metre?? Shrinivas -- pradiipajvaalaabhirdivasakaraniiraajanavidhiH sudhaasuuteshcandropalajalalavairarghyaracanaa . svakiiyairambhobhiH salilanidhisauhityakaraNaM tvadiiyaabhirvaagbhistava janani vaacaaM stutiriyam.h www : http://www.ambaa.org/ Contact: help / Ganapathy --- Vijaya " Jai Bhavani " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 28, 2004 Report Share Posted June 28, 2004 Dear Alexandra! What i mean by metre is the chanda applicable for any mantra. Each mantra to my understanding has its own intonations. The chanda in the nyaasa describes this. There is lot of contradiction in my understanding of the concept too. Each mantra with its chanda as the pronunciation key is set in a particular metre. However if the matra is medidation upon with no physical pronunciation... Does the same pronunciation key really matter?? There are several mantras like the narayana ashtakshari as ganapatiji described which have 2 alltogether different set of nyaasaas for the same mantra. What my question to the learned members of the group is to clarify the grammer of the uusage of this pronunciation key. If any mantra is in anushtup chanda? then what does it describe? Corrections are welcome Shrinivas --- alexandra_108 <alexandra_108 wrote: > What exactly means metre in this context? > > Alexandra > > Shrinivas Khate <srinivaskhet wrote: > > Dear ganapatiji, > > Very well said indeed. But my query is still not > answered. I would still like to know the grammer for > the application of various chandaas. For eg. for the > gayathri mantra its devi gayathri chandah and also > for narayana ashtakshari.... But to me both these > mantraas are quite different.. How do they share the > same metre?? > > Shrinivas > -- > pradiipajvaalaabhirdivasakaraniiraajanavidhiH > sudhaasuuteshcandropalajalalavairarghyaracanaa . > svakiiyairambhobhiH salilanidhisauhityakaraNaM > tvadiiyaabhirvaagbhistava janani vaacaaM > stutiriyam.h > > www : http://www.ambaa.org/ > Contact: help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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