thiru viNNagarath thEn - Part 2 - viNNAppaththEn by Sri S.Rengarajan and additional comments by Sri M.Rangaswamy of the Vedic connotation of the word Madhu: Part II .

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Dear BhakthAs:

 

Four more Rg Veda Manthrams housing Madhu

Sabdham are found in VI.70.5, IX.89.4 (madhuprushtam),

IV.57.3 and X.24.6 ....

 

Rg Veda manthram : IV.57.2 & IV.57.3

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The MangaLa Madhu Sabdham appears in

the consecutive Manthrams of the IVth canto:

 

KshEthrasya pathE Madhumantham Urmim

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dhEnuriva payO asmAsu dhukshava

Madhuschutham gruthamiva supUthamruthasya

na: pathayO mruLayanthu....IV.57.2

 

(Meaning): " Oh Lord of the abode ! Bestow on us

the (bliss) wave (aanandha lahari),rich in HONEY ,

distilling HONEY , and well purified (HONEY)

like clarified butter , as cow does (from) its milk.

May the Lords of the sacred laws (dEvAs) be gracious

to us " .Madhumantham means rich with Honey.

 

When the Lord is invoked here as " KshEthrasya PathE! " ,

the reference seems to be to the 13th chapter of

Bhagavad GithA ( KshEhtra-KshEthrj~na Yogam).

GithAchAryan invites the attention of ArjunA

and says: " KshEthrj~nam maam viddhi sarva KshEthrEshu

Bhaaratha ! " ( Know Me also as the field-knower

in all fields) " . He is expounding the upanishadic

instructions here: " He who dwelling in the self ,

is within self , whom the self does not know ,

whose body the self is and who controls the self

from within " ( Br.Upanishad: 5.7.22).

 

KshEthrasaya Pathi, Aakasa NagarIsan , ThiruviNNagarappan

can be visualized here.The madhu mentioned twice in

this manthram is connected to amrutham ( thihattAtha

ThEn ) in the very same manthram.

 

Rg vedha manthram: IV.57.3

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madhumathir oushadhdhIr dhyAvA aapO

madhumannO bhavath anthariksham

KshEthrasya pathir madhumAn nO

anvEnam charEma

 

(Meaning): " May the herbs of the field

( Oushadhi) be sweet to us! May the heavens ,

the waters, the firmament be sweet to us!

May the KshEthrapathi (ThiruviNNagarappan)

be gracious to us! May we be able to obey

His inspiration without obstruction ! "

 

Rg vedha manthram : VI.70.5

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MADHU nO dhyAvApruTivI mimikshathAm

MADHUSCCHUTHAA MADHU-DHUGE MADHU-VRATHE

dhadhAnE Yaj~nam dhraviNam cha dEvathA

mahi sravO vaajamasmE suveeryam

 

The Madhu sabdham is invoked thrice here.

The functions of creations are invoked here

as a (honey-like) sweet amalgamation.

 

Rg Vedham : X.24.6

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This manthram is a deep one with

three references to MADHU .

 

MADHUmanmE parAyanam MADHUMATH punarAyanam

thaa nO dEvA dEvathayA yuvam MADHUmathaskrutham

 

(meaning): May my departure be sweet and may my

coming back be sweet and pleasant . May You Both

through Your divine powers enrich us with all

sweetness (like Honey).

 

This manthram can be intrepreted at many levels.

At one level , the appeal is to the twin Aswini

dEvAs and asking for their power (dEvathayA)

to make the coming and going be sweet.Lord

is the antharyAmin of the twins.

 

At another level , the muktha jeevan's departure

by archirAdhi maaargam and request for the journey to

be sweet (Honey like)with appropriatate maryAdhais by

the dEvathais of archirAdhi maargam. The muktha

jeevan does not return here (na punarAvarthathE)

unless commanded by the Lord for executing

special assignments.May that return journey

( puna: aayanam ) be sweet (madhumath).YuvAm refers to

the Dhivya Mithunam (Divine Couple ) of Sri Vaikuntam.

Their power is referrd to as " dEvathayA " in this

intrepretation.

 

Thus , One can connect the ancient Rg Vedha Manthrams

with Reference to Madhu ( The Honey of the DevAs )

with the thEn at ThiruviNNagar celebrated by Kaliyan.

 

Srimath Azhagiya Singar ThiruvadigaLE saraNam ,

Daasan Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SatakOpan