FW: re- parishEchana manthram

[Guest guest]

Dear members,

This is a post from Sri M.G.Vasudevan.

 

adiyEn,

chandrasekaran.

> > ----------

> > L&T-ECCG-Buildings & Factories

> > 17 mars, 2000 10:33

> > 'bhakti-lists '

> > re- parishEchana manthram

> >

> > Dear Chandrasekaran and other srivaishnava perunthagaiyer,

> >

> > Sri Vijayaraghvan and manjula sriram have given good account of the

> > parishEchana manthram and procedure.

> >

> > I give below the meaning of the mantras used in

> "parishEchanam" which

> > means "moistening" or "sprinkling with water" or

> "encircling or going

> > round the food sprinkling water.

> >

> > It is not pariseshaNam which means "special balance of

> something'. The

> > word sesha here means balance.

> >

> > Since the procedure is dealt in detail I give below the

> meanings only. As

> > already stated the parishEchanam is done is four parts

> over the annam

> > served.

> >

> > a. First with ordinary water prOkshanam to the food- with

> manthram "Om

> > bhoor bhuvas suva:" also called the "vyaahridhi manthram"

> and nivEdhanam

> > to the antharyaami bagavaan with gaayathri and moola manthram.

> >

> > b. then first parishEchanam is done with argya theertham

> given by other

> > person to the person eating and he does the first

> parishEchanam with the

> > manthram "Om bhoor bhuvas suva:"

> >

> > c. Then second parishEchanam with argya theertham given by

> other person to

> > the person eating and he does the parishEchanam with the

> manthram "Sathyam

> > thvarthEna parishinchaami.

> >

> > d. Then the aapOsanam with the paadhya theertham and manthram

> > "amruthOpasthraNamasi"

> >

> > Now the meanings:

> > Sathyam thvarthEna parishinchaami- the "vigraham" -

> splitting for this

> > will be "sathyam + thu + ruthEna + parishinchaami" (the

> letter ru here is

> > the ru in the series a aa e ee u uu ru and not kru or ru

> the declensions

> > of letter r). (thu+ ruthEna = thvarthEna that is samskrit

> grammar here).

> >

> > - means "I sprinkle water around the sathyam and right"

> (not right-urimai

> > but truth). The words sathyam and rutham has same meaning. please

> > recollect anrutham means lie or untruth.

> >

> > In the night it is said "rutham thva sathyEna parishinchaami' again

> > meaning the same but position of words changed.

> >

> > Annam is considered here as sathyam the truth and also right.

> >

> > "aapOsanam"- to be split as aapasa:+ asanam - the meaning

> is the "hunger

> > is quenched by water [aapa means water asanam is quenching]. So the

> > paadhya theertham used in the ijyaa is consumed with the manthram

> > "amruthOpastharaNamasi"- split as "amrutham + upastharaNam

> asi"- meaning

> > the "you be the spreading nectar". Who else can do such an

> act except the

> > lord hence it is to be understood as addressed to the lord

> and his paadhya

> > theertham is the nectar. It is also said the ganges water

> came from his

> > foot. So the paadhya theertham is the nectar.

> >

> > Just for cross reference the same word "aapOsanam" is also used in

> > sandhyaa vandhanam meaning encircling self with water in

> the "aapOhistaa"

> > etc.

> >

> > After food is finished again the uththaraapOsanam is done

> with paadhya

> > theertham and manthram "amruthaapiDhaanamasi". This

> manthram is split as

> > "amrutham + apiDhaanam + asi"-meaning "be the covering

> nectar for the

> > food".

> >

> > Trust this clarifies. For further elucidation if any I am

> at your service.

> >

> > Dasan Vasudevan

> >

> >

> >

> >

>

>