Udgitha chant

[Guest guest]

Namaste,

There is some story in Ch. and/or Brh about a fight between the Devas

and Asuras and finally the Devas win because of Udgitha chant. What

exactly is the chant ? Is it some kind of upasana or meditation ? Is

it the elongated chanting of OM (15 seconds per OM) ?

 

thanks,

Shailendra

[Guest guest]

Namaste:

 

Could you please explain this further? Why this may have been so!?

 

Thanks,

 

Regards,

 

Dr. Yadu

 

advaitin , " bhatnagar_shailendra "

<bhatnagar_shailendra wrote:

>

> Namaste,

> There is some story in Ch. and/or Brh about a fight between the Devas

> and Asuras and finally the Devas win because of Udgitha chant. What

> exactly is the chant ? Is it some kind of upasana or meditation ? Is

> it the elongated chanting of OM (15 seconds per OM) ?

>

> thanks,

> Shailendra

>

[Guest guest]

Yes! Shalilendra-ji here is that story in Chandogya upanishads

 

Once upon a time the gods and the demons, both descendants of

Prajapati, were engaged in a fight. In that fight, the gods performed

the rites of the Udgatir priests resolving, `With this we shall defeat

them'.

 

Then they meditated on (the deity of) Prana connected with the nose,

as Udgitha; the demons pierced it with evil. Therefore with it, the

nose, one smells both the fragrant and the foul, for it has been

pierced with evil.

 

Then they meditated on (the deity of) speech as Udgitha; the demons

pierced it with evil. Therefore with it one speaks both truth and

untruth, for it has been pierced with evil.

 

Then they meditated on (the deity of) eye as Udgitha; the demons

pierced it with evil. Therefore with the eye one sees both the sightly

and the unsightly, for it has been pierced with evil.

 

Then they meditated on (the deity of) ear as Udgitha; the demons

pierced it with evil. Therefore with the ear one hears both the

pleasant and the unpleasant, for it has been pierced with evil.

 

Then they meditated on (the deity of) mind as Udgitha; the demons

pierced it with evil. Therefore with the mind one thinks both good and

evil thoughts, for it has been pierced with evil.

 

Then they meditated on the Prana in the mouth as Udgitha. The demons

came in clash with it and were destroyed, just as a lump of clay is

destroyed, striking against a hard rock.

 

Thus it is that the Prana in the mouth has not been destroyed and is

pure. Even as a lump of clay striking against a hard rock is

destroyed, so will he be destroyed who wishes to do evil to one who

knows this (the purity of Prana) or who (actually) injures that

knower, for he is like a hard rock.

 

Yes ! one meditates Prana as the 'udgita' and this is the sacred

Sysllable 'OM'

 

Shailendraji ! you can read about the sacred syllable OM'LINK

and its chanting at the following :

 

http://www.celextel.org/108/upanishads/chandogya.html

 

AS to hoW long you should chant 'aum' and 'how' , i would recommend

you please approach your guru and learn the technique from your own

Diksha guru ! Although saguna 'om' mantra can be chanted without a

guru's initiation , the nirguna 'om' has be chanted under the guidance

of a guru ! Shailendraji , you know that 'OM' is the most potent of

all mantras and has a direct relationship with Kundalini Awakening!

 

 

" The First Word Om (Aum) It is also called Pranav because its sound

emanates from the Prana (vital vibration), which feels the Universe.

The scripture says " Aum Iti Ek Akshara Brahman " (Aum that one syllable

is Brahman). "

 

OM SHANTI ! SHANTI ! SHANTIHI!