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Dear friends,
Now we come to the concluding part of CHAMAKAM, the eleventh Anuvaaka,
It is followed by some information about chanting of Rudram,its benefits etc.,
Please read on,
Varadarajan.
P.S. God willing,next post will be on PURUSHA SUKTHAM.
ELEVENTH ANUVAAKA
Eka cha me, thisra cha may, panchas cha may, saptha cha may,
Ekadasa cha may, tryodasa cha may, pancha dasa cha may, saptha dasa cha may,
Nava dasa cha may, eka trimsathis cha may, tryovimsathis cha may,
Pancha vimsathis cha may, saptha vimsathis cha may, nava vimsathis cha may,
Eka trimsathis cha may, tryatrimsathis cha may, pancha trimsathis cha may,
Chathasras cha may, ashtou cha may, dwadasa cha may, shodasa cha may,
Vimsathis cha may, chatur vimsathis cha may, ashtaa vimsathis cha may,
Dwathrimasthis cha may, shat trimsas cha may, chatvarimsa cha may,
Chathus chathvarimsa cha may, ashta chatvarimsa cha may,
Vaajas cha prasavas cha pijascha kradis cha suvas cha moordha cha
Vyasniyas cha anthyayanas cha anthyas cha
Bhouvans cha bhuvanas chadhipadhis cha. 11
One is with me.*
Three is with me,
Five is with me,
Seven is with me,
Nine is with me,
Eleven is with me,
Thirteen is with me,
Fifteen is with me,
Seventeen is with me,
Nineteen is with me,
Twenty-one is with me,
Twenty-three is with me,
Twenty-five is with me,
Twenty-seven is with me,
Twenty-nine is with me,
Thirty-one is with me,
Thirty-three is with me,
Four is with me,
Eight is with me,
Twelve is with me,
Sixteen is with me,
Twenty is with me,
Twenty-four is with me,
Twenty-eight is with me,
Thirty-two is with me.
Thirty-six is with me,
Forty is with me,
Forty-four is with me,
Forty-eight is with me,
Food is with me,
Production of food is with me,
Growth of food is with me,
Fire sacrifice is with me,
And I request
The Sun, the reason of all this and
The sky at the top and
The gods presiding over the sky and
The gods presiding over deluge and
The deluge and
The gods presiding over the world and
The world and
The god presiding over every thing,
To be merciful on me.
Idaa deva hoor- manur yagnaneer-brihaspathir
Ukthaa madhanee samsishat viswe devaa sooktha vachaa
Prithvi maatharma
Maa himsee madhu vadhishyaami madhur mathi devebhyo
Vaacha mudhyaasam susrushenyam manshyebhyastham maa
Devaa avanthu shobhaayai pitharo anumadhanthu.
Om shanthi Om shanthi Om shanthi.
Kaama dhenu summons the devaas,
Manu conducts the sacrifice,
Brihaspathi chants the joy giving manthraas,
Viswe devaas tell the methods,
Oh mother goddess of earth,
Do not give trouble to me.
I would think by my mind only sweet things,
I would do only sweet things,
I would take only sweet things for worship of devas,
I would talk of only sweet things,
I would only give sweetest things with devaas,
And men who want to hear good things,
Let the devas protect me who does this way,
And let my ancestor gods protect me.
Let there be peace, let there be peace, let there be peace.
Ithi Sri Krishna yajur vediya thaithreeya samhithaayam,
Chathurth kande sapthama prapataka.
Thus ends the seventh section of the fourth chapter,
From the Thaithreeya collection of
Krishna Yajur Veda.
......................CONCLUDED
It is said: “By reciting Veda once, he becomes pure on that day, but by reciting Rudram the very next moment he gets purified.” Yet another verse declares: “Where a devout reciter of the Rudram lives, be it in a village or town, that place will be free from disease, drought, thefts, and other ills.”
Śiva Purāṇa further explains: “By chanting Rudram, one gains both worldly pleasures and liberation.” The Jābāla Upaniṣad5 states: “Once the students of sacred knowledge asked sage Yājñavalkya: Can we gain eternal life by repetition of mantras? Yājñavalkya said: By the repetition of śatarudrīya6 a man becomes immortal, for the names of God therein are nectarine.” Kaivalya Upaniṣad7 also declares: “Whoever reads śatarudrīya becomes pure as fire, becomes pure as air”.
The typical time to chant the Sri Rudram (both Namakam and Chamakam) is about 40 mins.
Why is Rudram Chanted at Sathabhishekam functions ?
Man, according to Vedaantha and Yoga philosophies, is charged with a spark of the universal soul. Therefore, such functions are conducted to worship the atman residing in him so that he can unite with it ultimately. This uniting with the “Atman” is the sole purpose of human life and confers on the devotee the highest boon of immortality, i.e. liberation from the cycle of birth and death. Lord Shiva who is easy to please is also the embodiment of time and Rudram is chanted as an expression of gratitude for the long life granted and also to seek the ultimate boon of immortality.
Now we come to the concluding part of CHAMAKAM, the eleventh Anuvaaka,
It is followed by some information about chanting of Rudram,its benefits etc.,
Please read on,
Varadarajan.
P.S. God willing,next post will be on PURUSHA SUKTHAM.
ELEVENTH ANUVAAKA
Eka cha me, thisra cha may, panchas cha may, saptha cha may,
Ekadasa cha may, tryodasa cha may, pancha dasa cha may, saptha dasa cha may,
Nava dasa cha may, eka trimsathis cha may, tryovimsathis cha may,
Pancha vimsathis cha may, saptha vimsathis cha may, nava vimsathis cha may,
Eka trimsathis cha may, tryatrimsathis cha may, pancha trimsathis cha may,
Chathasras cha may, ashtou cha may, dwadasa cha may, shodasa cha may,
Vimsathis cha may, chatur vimsathis cha may, ashtaa vimsathis cha may,
Dwathrimasthis cha may, shat trimsas cha may, chatvarimsa cha may,
Chathus chathvarimsa cha may, ashta chatvarimsa cha may,
Vaajas cha prasavas cha pijascha kradis cha suvas cha moordha cha
Vyasniyas cha anthyayanas cha anthyas cha
Bhouvans cha bhuvanas chadhipadhis cha. 11
One is with me.*
Three is with me,
Five is with me,
Seven is with me,
Nine is with me,
Eleven is with me,
Thirteen is with me,
Fifteen is with me,
Seventeen is with me,
Nineteen is with me,
Twenty-one is with me,
Twenty-three is with me,
Twenty-five is with me,
Twenty-seven is with me,
Twenty-nine is with me,
Thirty-one is with me,
Thirty-three is with me,
Four is with me,
Eight is with me,
Twelve is with me,
Sixteen is with me,
Twenty is with me,
Twenty-four is with me,
Twenty-eight is with me,
Thirty-two is with me.
Thirty-six is with me,
Forty is with me,
Forty-four is with me,
Forty-eight is with me,
Food is with me,
Production of food is with me,
Growth of food is with me,
Fire sacrifice is with me,
And I request
The Sun, the reason of all this and
The sky at the top and
The gods presiding over the sky and
The gods presiding over deluge and
The deluge and
The gods presiding over the world and
The world and
The god presiding over every thing,
To be merciful on me.
Idaa deva hoor- manur yagnaneer-brihaspathir
Ukthaa madhanee samsishat viswe devaa sooktha vachaa
Prithvi maatharma
Maa himsee madhu vadhishyaami madhur mathi devebhyo
Vaacha mudhyaasam susrushenyam manshyebhyastham maa
Devaa avanthu shobhaayai pitharo anumadhanthu.
Om shanthi Om shanthi Om shanthi.
Kaama dhenu summons the devaas,
Manu conducts the sacrifice,
Brihaspathi chants the joy giving manthraas,
Viswe devaas tell the methods,
Oh mother goddess of earth,
Do not give trouble to me.
I would think by my mind only sweet things,
I would do only sweet things,
I would take only sweet things for worship of devas,
I would talk of only sweet things,
I would only give sweetest things with devaas,
And men who want to hear good things,
Let the devas protect me who does this way,
And let my ancestor gods protect me.
Let there be peace, let there be peace, let there be peace.
Ithi Sri Krishna yajur vediya thaithreeya samhithaayam,
Chathurth kande sapthama prapataka.
Thus ends the seventh section of the fourth chapter,
From the Thaithreeya collection of
Krishna Yajur Veda.
......................CONCLUDED
It is said: “By reciting Veda once, he becomes pure on that day, but by reciting Rudram the very next moment he gets purified.” Yet another verse declares: “Where a devout reciter of the Rudram lives, be it in a village or town, that place will be free from disease, drought, thefts, and other ills.”
Śiva Purāṇa further explains: “By chanting Rudram, one gains both worldly pleasures and liberation.” The Jābāla Upaniṣad5 states: “Once the students of sacred knowledge asked sage Yājñavalkya: Can we gain eternal life by repetition of mantras? Yājñavalkya said: By the repetition of śatarudrīya6 a man becomes immortal, for the names of God therein are nectarine.” Kaivalya Upaniṣad7 also declares: “Whoever reads śatarudrīya becomes pure as fire, becomes pure as air”.
The typical time to chant the Sri Rudram (both Namakam and Chamakam) is about 40 mins.
Why is Rudram Chanted at Sathabhishekam functions ?
Man, according to Vedaantha and Yoga philosophies, is charged with a spark of the universal soul. Therefore, such functions are conducted to worship the atman residing in him so that he can unite with it ultimately. This uniting with the “Atman” is the sole purpose of human life and confers on the devotee the highest boon of immortality, i.e. liberation from the cycle of birth and death. Lord Shiva who is easy to please is also the embodiment of time and Rudram is chanted as an expression of gratitude for the long life granted and also to seek the ultimate boon of immortality.