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Shiva Namaskara Mantra From Mahanarayana Upanishad

Powerful Mantras are to be found in the Mahanarayana Upanishad.

The Gayatri Mantra,one of the most powerful mantras,which is the Mother of All Mantras

Is found in this Upanishad.

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Curiously it is an Upanishad that deals with not only with the enquiry into Reality but to daily Routine and other Mantras for specific occasions.

The Mahanarayana Upanishad is in Krishna Yajur Veda.

It contains the daily duties , procedures, mantras, and Devatha Gayatris.

This Upanishad is also called Yagniki Upanishad as it deals at length with passages from Vedas and other Upanishads in parts or full used in religious acts of worship. According to Sage Sayana this Upanishad contains whatever mantras left over to be chanted in respect of Karma, Upaasana and Jnaana after the recital of Samhitha and Braahmana which are brought together in this rare compilation.

Gayatri mantras in Maha Narayana Upanishad.

Rudra Gaayatri—“Purushasya vidma sahasraakshasya mahadevasya dheemahi | tannoe rudrah prachoedayaat || — we meditate upon the Purusha. We meditate upon Mahadeva the omniscient for that purpose. May that God Rudra, prompt us that meditation upon the Purusha!

“Tatpurushasya vidmahe mahaadevaaya dheemahi | Tannoe rudrah prachoedayaat”—we meditate upon that Purusha (Paramaatman).

We meditate on Mahadeva for that purpose. May that Rudra invigorate us in our action of meditating on Purusha!

Ganesha Gaayatri—“Tatpurushaaya vidmahe vakratundaaya dheemahi | Tannoe dantih prachoedayaat ||”

We meditate upon that Purusha. We meditate on the Lord with curved trunk for that purpose.’

Gayatri from Mahanarayana Upanishad

Shiva Namaskara Mantra is found in this Upanishad.

“May we Know or Realize the Supreme Person. For that, may we meditate upon
Mahadeva and to that meditation may Rudra Impel us.
May the Supreme who is the Ruler of All Knowledge, Controller of All created beings,
the Preserver of the Vedas and the One Overlord of Hiranyagarbha, be benign to me. I am
the Sadasiva described thus and denoted by Pranava.
Salutations again and again to Hiranyabahu [One who has ornaments of gold on the Arms
or possessing a Form having the golden hue], Hiranyavarna [He who is the Source of the
syllables of the Vedas which are as precious as gold], Hiranyarupa [He who is shining in
Splendour], Hiranyapati [the Lord of Riches wholesome and charming], Ambikapati [the
Consort of Ambika, the Mother of the Universe], Umapati [The Master of Uma, Brahmavidya personified as such], Pasupati [the Lord of All created beings].
Supreme Brahman, the Absolute Reality, has become an androgynous Person in the
Form of Umamaheshvara, dark blue and reddish brown in hue, Absolutely Chaste
and possessing Uncommon Eyes. Salutations to Him alone who is the Soul of the
Universe or whose Form is the Universe.
All this verily is Rudra. To Rudra who is such we offer our salutation. We salute
again and again That Being, Rudra, who alone is the Light and the Soul of
creatures. The material Universe, the created beings and whatever there is
manifoldly and profusely created in the past and in the present in the form of the
world, All that is indeed This Rudra. Salutations be to Rudra who is such.
We sing a Hymn that confers on us happiness in the highest degree to Rudra who is
Worthy of Praise, who is Endowed with the Highest Knowledge, who Rains objects to
the worshippers most excellently, who is more Powerful and who is Dwelling in the
Heart. Indeed All this is Rudra. Salutations be to Rudra who is such.”
tatpuruShAya vidmahe mahAdevAya dhImahi | tanno rudraH
prachodayAt.h ||
IshAnaH sarvavidyAnAmIshvaraH sarvabhUtAnAM
brahmAdhipatirbrahmaNo.adhipatirbrahmA shivo me astu

Sadashivom.

namo hiraNyabAhave hiraNyavarNAya hiraNyarUpAya
hiraNyapataye.ambikApataya umApataye pashupataye namo namaH ||
R^ita{\m+} satyaM paraM brahma puruSha.n kR^iShNapi~Ngalam.h |
UrdhvaretaM virUpAkShaM vishvarUpAya vai namo namaH ||
sarvo vai rudrastasmai rudrAya namo astu | puruSho vai rudraH
sanmaho namo namaH |
vishvaM bhUtaM bhuvana.n chitraM bahudhA jAta.n jAyamAna.n
cha yat.h |
sarvo hyeSha rudrastasmai rudrAya namo astu ||
kadrudrAya prachetase mIDhuShTamAya tavyase | vochema
sha.ntama{\m+} hR^ide |
sarvohyeSha rudrastasmai rudrAya namo astu ||

14 Mar 2017

Maths DNA Mitochondrial Base Pairs In Chamakam Rudram

Sri Rudram is a powerful Mantra, where Lord Shiva is worshiped in his aspect as Rudra.

This is probably the only one Hymn of the Vedas where Shiva is directly mentioned , though in secret, while Hymns on Agni, Varuna,Narayana, Vishnu .. are many.

I have written on this in a separate Post.

The Portion Rudram praises Rudra and in Chamakam the devotee asks Rudra for everything a Human being could wish for.

There are many ways of chanting the Rudra, depending on intonation(Gana) and the results vary for each.

And there are different types of conduction of Sri Rudram, in terms of how many people, and how much each one chants at the same time.

This also determines the result of the Rudra Upasna.

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Worshippers of Lord Siva recite Rudram with 11 sections followed by Chamakam with 11 sections as a routine prayer every day. This is called the daily nyasam or mode of worship. In the Rudram part, the devotee pays repeated obeisance to Lord Siva and prays for his blessings for human well being. But on special occasions, the number of times the recitation is done is increased.

In Rudra Ekadasi, Rudram is recited 11 times and Chamakam is recited once. After Rudram is recited once, one section or anuvaka ofChamakam is recited in order.

In Laghurudram, Rudra Ekadasi is done 11 times, that is, Rudram is recited 11² or 121 times and Chamakam is recited 11 times.

In Maharudram, 11 Laghurudrams are recited; that is, Rudram is recited 11³ = 1331 times and Chamakam 11²= 121 times.

In Atirudram, 11 Maharudrams are recited; that is, Rudram is recited 11⁴ = 14641 times and Chamakam is recited 11³ = 1331 times.

The Chamakam mentions completely the ideal of human happiness and defines in the highest degree the desires to be fulfilled without delimiting those to be asked for or to be granted..

DNA and Mathematics in Sri Rudram.

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In the Chamakam, in anuvakas or sections 1 to10, the devotee prays for almost everything needed for human happiness and specifies each item. But in the 11th anuvaka or 11^th section of Chamakam, the devotee prays for the desired things not specifically but in terms of numbers, first in terms of odd numbers from 1 to 33 and later in multiples of 4 from 4 to 48, as follows:

“Eka cha me, thisrascha may, pancha cha may, sapta cha may, Ekadasa cha may, trayodasa cha may, panchadasa cha may, saptadasa cha may, Navadasa cha may, ek trimshatis cha may, trayovimshatis cha may, Panchavimshatis cha may, saptavimshatis cha may, navavimshatis cha may, Ekatrimshatis cha may, trayatrimshatis cha may, panchatrimshatis cha may, Chatasras cha may, ashtou cha may, dwadasa cha may, shodasa cha may, Vimsatis cha may, chaturvimshatis cha may, ashtavimshatis cha may, Dwathrimashatis cha may, shatstrimshas cha may, chatvarimshas cha may, Chatuschatvarimshas cha may, ashtachatvarimshas cha may”
which means:

“Let these be granted to me. One, three, five, seven, nine, eleven, thirteen, seventeen, nineteen, twenty one, twenty three, twenty five, twenty seven, twenty nine, thirty one and thirty three as also four, eight, twelve, sixteen, twenty, twenty four, twenty eight, thirty two, thirty six, forty, forty four and forty eight”.

Traditional scholars and pandits explain the significance of these numbers as follows:

ODD NUMBERS:

1 = Nature or Prakriti

3 = The three gunas, namely sattwa, rajas and tamas

5 = The five mahabhutas, or the five basic elements, that is, prithvi, ap, tejas, vayu and akasha, (earth, water, energy or agni or fire, wind and space).

7 = The five sensory organs and the mind and intellect

9 = The nine openings in the human body, called the navadwaras.

11 = The ten pranas and the Sushumna nadi

13 = Thirteen Devas

15 = The nadis or nerve centres in the human body

17 = The limbs of the human body

19 = Medicinal herbs

21 = Important vulnerable parts of the body

23 = Devas controlling serious diseases

25 = Apsaras in heaven

27 = Gandharvas

29 = Vidyut Devas

31 = Worlds

33 = Devas

MULTIPLES OF FOUR:

4 = The four ideals of human life, namely dharma, artha, kama and moksha,

(righteous way of life, wealth, desire, and salvation)

8 = The four Vedas and the four upavedas

12 = Six vedangas and six shastras.

16 = Knowledge to be obtained from God

20 = The Mahabhutas

24 = The number of letters in the Gayatri metre

28 = The number of letters in the Ushnik metre

32 = The number of letters in the Anushtup metre

36 = The number of letters in the Brihati metre

40 = The number of letters in the Pankti metre

44 = The number of letters in the Trushtup metre

48 = The number of letters in the Jagati metre

According to Dr Sasidharan, these numbers represent a polymer chain of molecules that form apa or water that enables evolution of life and intelligence, and apa is nothing but the nitrogenous base pairs of the DNA. The numbers 1 to 33 represent the 33000 base pairs of mitochondrial base pairs of DNA. The numbers 4 to 48 represent the 48 million nuclear bases of DNA. The two sets of DNA bases combine to provide sustenance of human wellbeing and onward evolution of human life. When the devotee prays for the blessing of these numbers, actually he is praying for bestowing on him all these DNA bases which conduce to sustenance of human wellbeing and happiness.