saptAsyA san paridayah trisaptah samidhah krtAh |

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Sriman Srivatsan Kadambi asked the meaning of

>>saptAsyA san paridayah  trisaptah samidhah krtAh |<<

 

As per Dr. D.V. Gundappa' (a well known Kannada scholar), it means

 

(In this yagna, purusha was bound by as the sacrificial beast)

with the seven enclosing sticks and (yagna performed with) 21 samits (fuel

sticks).

 

The seven enclosing sticks refer to the panca bhUtams- five elements (Earth,

Water, Fire, Wind, and Space), plus day and plus night. Twenty one samits

refer to the

five jnAnEndriyams-sense organs (eye, nose, taste, ear and skin),

plus panca vAyus-vital breaths (prANa, apAna, vyAna, udAna and samAna),

plus 5 karmEndriyams -organs of work (hands, legs, genitals, and two

excretory organs) plus 4 antakaraNams-feelings of the mind (don't know

specific names),

plus dharma and adharma.

Interestingly, we lead our life yagna within these very same 7 outer

limits and 21 inner means.

 

dAsan

 

Koti Sreekrishna Tatachar