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Dear BhAgavatas,

 

namaskArams.

 

Thanks to Sri Krishna Kalale for his clarification about the

SlOka "SuklAmbaradharam...".I have a small doubt. This SlOka is always

succeeded by "yasya dvirada vaktrAdyAh..", either before VSN pArAyaNam or

in VishvaksEna pUjA at the beginning of SV rituals. I have never seen it

being recited as a dhyAna SlOka on VishNu without being succeeded by the

second verse. So is it addressing VishNu as as antaryAmI of VishvaksEna?

Please clarify.

 

One more doubt is regarding the panchasUktas.Any PanchasUkta cassette

has in fact six sUktas (purusha,nArAyaNa,vishNu,SrI,bhU,nIlA) and all

these six are chanted in temple rituals also (if I am right). So what are

the "panchasUkta"s out of these six? Also each of these six sUktas is from

which vEdam?

dAsan

V.Srimahavishnu

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Dear Sri SrimahAvishNu :

 

You had asked a question about the individual

Sookthams that add up to five among

the Pancha Sookthams.I will attempt to answer

your question .

 

Although one could count the six sookthams listed

by you as independent ones , the pancha sooktham

count includes NaarAyaanuvAkam , it telescopes/folds into

Purusha sooktham . AnuvAkaam has to be differentiated

for this purpose from Sookthams. All of these are veda

manthrams and the NaarAyaNAnuvAkam houses Sri NaaraayaNa

Gayathri and is thus very sacred .

 

As a preface to the intrepretations of

the Sookthams and anuvAkams, let us explore

the meanings of the two words .

 

AnuvAkam can be split into anu+vaakam ; anu means that

which follows; Vaakam means uttering or speech .

Praise of Sriman NaarAyaNA following the great

Purusha sooktham , which makes the profound

statement about the Veda Purushan ,

" Naanya: panthA ayanAya vidhyathE"

is the NaarAyaNAnuvAkam . Indeed there is no other

path than Veda NaarAyaNan for Moksham as

Purusha Sooktham thunders for our benefit .

 

Coming back to the word "Sooktham " it is made up

of the Vedic letter , sU: , which means well, good ,

auspicious . sU:+Uktham can be one way of understanding

the meaning of Sooktham . In this context , the word Sooktham

means speaking well or good recitation of speech or

more appropriately auspicious Vedic speech . In non-vedic use ,

" sU " means to bring forth , produce ,yield . The Vedic

meaning of "sU " is however more relevant here to understand

the word , Sooktham .

 

In summary , the pancha sookthams count would be :

 

1.Purusha Sooktham + NaarAyaNAnuvAkam

2.VishNu Sooktham

3.Sri Sooktham

4.BhU Sooktham

5.NeeLA Sooktham

 

If one studies /recites the Pancha Sookthams

as well as the PerumAL , NaacchiyAr , AzhwAr , AchArya

sambhAvanA manthrams , which are 8 in number , great

soubhAgyams will come their way .

 

On this Day of AchArya Saarvabhouman , NammAzhwAr 's

birth day , I will start writing on the above 8 SambhAvanA

manthrams .

 

NammAzhwAr ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,

Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan

 

> One more doubt is regarding the panchasUktas.Any PanchasUkta cassette

>has in fact six sUktas (purusha,nArAyaNa,vishNu,SrI,bhU,nIlA) and all

>these six are chanted in temple rituals also (if I am right). So what are

>the "panchasUkta"s out of these six? Also each of these six sUktas is from

>which vEdam?

> dAsan

> V.Srimahavishnu

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