Ratha Sapthami-AruNam : Part XXII (10th AnuvAkam completed : PanchAtis 45-47).

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45th Mantram Introduction

 

Another beautiful visualization takes place in this mantram . The day and night are visualized as Dampathis ; Agni and Sooryan are visualized as their children and the two are conencted to

sandhyA vandhana mantrams indirectly.

 

At the end of rAtri , dawn( ushat kAalam) arrives and SooryOdhayam takes place. Sooryan is therefore visualized as the calf of night and is recognized as SvEta Aadhityan.The Rg veda mantrams known as Ushas Sooktam are beautiful to listen to . The appearnace of Dawan in Her splendour is visualized in this sookti.

At the end of the day as Saayam sandhyA sets in , Agni in the form of Lamp is lit. Therefore Agni is visualized as the calf of the day. It is hence , during morning SandhyA , we use the mantram starting with "Sooryasccha

maa manyusccha manyu krutEbhya:" and in the Saayam sandhyA worship , we use the Mantram starting with "Agnisccha maa manyusccha manupatayasyaccha amnyukrutEbhya:" These are the PrASana mantrams used in the SandhyA vandhanams.

45th Mantram Text

 

tayO rEthou vatsAvahOrAtrE

prutheevyA aha:

dhivO rAtri:

taa avisruDhou

damapthi yEva bhavata:

tayOrEthou vatsou

AgniscchAdhityasccha

rAtrErvatsa:

SvEta Adhitya:

ahnOagni:

 

 

 

Word by Word Meaning of the 45th PanchAti

 

tayO: yEthou ahOrAtrE vatsou=To BhU lOkam and the upepr lOkam , the day and night are the calves.

 

pruthivyA: aha: , dhiva: rAtri:, tau avisprushtau; dampati yEva bhavata:=The calf of Bhu lOkam is day and that of upper lOkam , the calf is the night.The day and night are inseperable and they stay like a married couple(dampatee).

 

tayO: Agnisccha Adhityasccha yEtau vatsou =For those dampatees ( day and night) ,Agni and Sooryan are the calves.

 

rAtrE: vatsa: SvEta Aadhitya:, ahna vatsa: Agni: = The amsam of Raatri is the White Sooryan (SvEta Aadhityan) and the amsam of the day is Agni.

 

46th Mantram( 10th anuvAkam): Introduction

 

The children of the inseperable dampatis (Agni and Sooryan) are identified as

Vrutran (Smoke hiding Agni) and Vaidhyutan (shining sun light).They are inseperable too and their progeny is described in the next mantram.

 

Text of the 46th Mantram

taamrO aruNa: , taa avisrushDou

dampathee yEva bhavata:,tayOrEthou vatsou, vrutrasccha Vaidhyutasccha,

AgnErvrutra: , Vaidhyuta Adhityasya,

taa avisrushDO , dampathee yEva bhavata:, tayOrEthou vatsou.

 

46th Mantram:Word by Word Meanings:

 

tAmra aruNa: =Agni has the coppery red hue.

 

thau avisrushDou=Agni and Adityan are inseperable .

 

dampatee yEva bhavata:=They are like husband and wife.

 

tayO: yEthou vatsou=They have the folowing two calves(children) .

 

Vrutrasccha Vaidhyutasccha=Their names are Vrutran and Vaidhyutan.

 

agnE vrutra: vaidhyuta: Adityasya=Agni's amsam is Vrutran , the smoke that hides Agni.The amsam of Adityan is Vaidhyutan, the sun shine ( veyyil).

 

tE avisrushtau dampatee yEva bhavati= they are inseperable and stay like a dampatee.

 

tayO: yEthou vatsou= Vrutran and Vaidhyutan have two calves

 

Tenth AnuvAkam: 47th Mantram: Introduction

 

The similie of dampatee to the couple

{ (BhU Lokam-Upper lOkam, day-night), (veyyil/ sunshine/Pani (dew)) and the other mithunams} continues here .

 

Upper Lokam is male principle and BhU lOkam is female principle; Day is male and night is feamle; Sunshine is male and dew ( pani) is female. This dampatee doctrines for the entities in the world are used repeatedly in this and the previous mantrams.

 

The Text of the 47th Mantram

 

ushmA cha neehArasccha

VrutrasyOshmA ,Vaidhyutasya neehAra:

tau tAvEva pratipadhyatE

 

sEyagumrAtrim garbhiNee putrENa samvasati

 

tasyA vaa yEtadhulBaNam

yatArAtrou raSmaya:

yathaa gOgarbhiNyA ulBaNam

yEvamEtasyaa ulBaNam

 

prajayishNu: prajayA cha paSubhisccha- bhavati

 

ya yEvam Vedha

yEtamudhyantamapiyantam chEti

Adhitya: puNyasya vatsa:

atha pavitrAngirasa:

 

 

 

Fourty seventh Mantram:Word by Word Meaning

 

ushmA cha neehArsccha =of the two, warmth is linked to Agni and the cool dew to Sooryan.

 

Vrutrasya ushmA,vaidhyutasya neehArA:

= Warmth is the amsam ofsmoke; the dew( Pani) is the amsam of sun shine( Veyyil).

 

tau tAvEva pratidhyatE=Both the warmth (veppam) and the pani (dew) seek and disappear in the smoke ( puhai) and sunshine ( Veyyil) respectively .

 

sEyam rAtree garbhiNee putrENa=the aforesaid rAtri lives with the son , Sooryan in Her garbham(womb).

 

tasyA: vaa yath rAtrou raSmaya: yEtath

ulpaNam=For that child in the womb of Ratri , the rays of Sun that set at night

are the waterbag( ulpaNam) surrounding the embryo (Karu) of Sun.

 

yathA garbhinyA: ghO: ulpaNam yEvam yEtasyA: ulpaNam=The one who understands that the rays of Sun after night set are the ulpaNam for the embryo of Sun in the womb of the Ratri

is a blessed one.

 

ya yEvam vEdha , (sa:) prajayishNu: prajayA cha paSubhi: cha bhavati=

That blessed one will generate children and auspicious progeny and wealth of cattle .

 

udhyantam abhiyantam cha yEtam yEti=

He attains the rising and the setting Sun.

 

Aditya: puNyasya vatsa: =He becomes lustrous like the Sun and becomes as it were the son of the dEvatai with the name of PuNyam .

 

atha pavitra Aangeerasa:=Next , the sacred mantrams that appeared before the divine sight ( Jn~Ana dhrushti) of Sage AngeeraSar are invoked .

 

Tenth AnuvAkam sampoorNam

NamO Veda PurushAya ,Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan