These deal with many rituals like procurement of water from six different sources, Construction of Uttara vEdhi, spreading of lotus leaves, Agni Prathishtai et al. This touches on the subjects of Jagath Srushti, sankalpam to gain one's wishes. This is the Mantra Pushpa anuvAkam mentioned earlier. This is a salutation to the Jala Devataa. The tattvam of AruNa Kethuka Saayanam is explained in these The prayer to Agni to bless us to travel in the righteous direction also finds its home here. In the 8th anuvAkam, the three Mantra drushtA rishis talk about Kaala Mruthyu, akAla Mruthyu, (Untimely death) and the reason and cause of death. The abode of the 8th Aditya, Kasyapa, is identified as Mahaa Meru Mountain (Uttara dhruvam). The seventh anuvAkam provides a description of Soorya Mandalam and 8 AadityAs along with Mahaa Meru mountain. In this visualization of Kaalam as a fast flowing river, the beauty of Ruthus (seasons) and their atidEvatais are praised. Suryan is meditated upon as Kaala Svaroopi. Prayers to Suryan and His links to Kaalam (day/night/paksham/Maasam/ Rutu/ayanam/Samvatsaram are covered in the first 6 anuvAkams. The importance of Mantra Pushpam and the meanings of the mantrams of this anuvAkam have been included in the 106th ebook in the Sundarasimham series: Ī wide variety of subject matter is covered in AaruNam. The famous PraSnam known as Mantra Pushpam is housed as the 22nd anuvAkam. As mentioned before, the recitation of these mantrams with the performance of Surya Namaskarams at Sunrise yields long life, perfect health and other desired goals of Life.ĥ. This is different from Akshi Upanishad also recited for freedom from eye disorders.Ĥ. That is why it is called Surya Upanishad. The Mantrams of AaruNam (AaruNa Kethuka Saayanam) deal largely with Surya UpAsanA. Those who are not able to prostrate 130 times, simply offer their worship with the prayer: "Sri ChAyA SuvarccalAmbhA Sameta Sri SUrya NArAyaNa Swamine Nama:" followed by Ashtakahsara mantram.ģ. At the end of reciting each PanchAsat, the reciter facing the Sun prostrates before the Sun. It contains 32 anuvAkAs housing 132 PanchAtees (individual Veda Mantrams). It is recited for the Phalans of disease free body (aroga dhruDagAtram), life enhancement (Aayush Abhivruddhi) and banishment of premature death (apamruthyu dhosha nAsanam)Ģ. AruNa PraSanam is housed in Yajur Veda Taitareeya SaakhA AraNyakam. Please close your eyes and enjoy the majestic and rolling cadences of the mighty Veda Mantrams of AruNa PraSnam for the next 75 minutes after turning on the PaarAyaNam recording.Ī few introductory notes on AruNa PraSnam:ġ. Soorya NamaskAram can also be done by those who feel fit to prostrate 132 times in between the Mantrams.The Elaborate AarAdhanam starting with Kumbha Pratishta concludes with the offerings of sakala MaryAdhais to ChAyaa SuvarchalAmbhA samEta Sri Soorya NaarAyaNa Murthy sitting in the middle of the Aditya MaNDalam. Even the hearing of it is said to confer on the listener the blessings of long and healthy life.ĪruNa Prasnam with its 32 anuvAkams and 132 Mantrams would take an hour and fifteen minutes to recite by a PoorNa AdhikAri. This special PaarAyaNam is done without partaking any food on Sunday Mornings. Significance of the AruNa PaarAyaNam for realizing the blessings of Aayur-AarOgyam. In this audio the AruNa PaarAyaNam commences with the Aaditya Gaayatri after an introduction in Sanskritized Telugu about the sacredness and He is accompanied by the ancient, MangaLa Vaadhyam of Veenaa. He is originally from Kothagudam, Andhra Pradesh and has a deep and resonant voice that is a sine quo non for Veda PaarAyaNam. This Vedic Recitation of AruNam is by Veda Pundit Sri Maarepalli Naga Venkata sAsthry of SatyanArayaNa DevastAnam, San Jose, California. Below are some links for the audio on AruNa PraSnam: Please enjoy listening to this AruNa PraSnam on Ratha Sapthami. Our Lord empowers them as the AntharyAmi Brahmam in them and sits in the middle of the orbit of the Sun (Soorya Mandalam).ĪruNa PraSanam is a beautiful Veda bhAgam to listen to. There are DhvAdasa AadityAs in Vedic parlance and each of them have their own Mantrams and Months. We have a feast on Ratha Saptami for our eyes. Even in BrahmOtsavam, one can see only sevais in 2 Vaahanams. The significance of this Utsavam for SevArthees is that they enjoy His sevai in 7 Vaahanams in the same day. The Utsavam concludes with Teerthavaari (Chakra SnAnam) in Swamy PushkaraNi.ĭuring the travel with the first Vaahanam, at the crack of the dawn, when the PerumAL reaches the North West Corner of the Maada Veethi, the Morning Sun's rays touches the Lord's sacred feet before rising in the horizon.
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