Yajur Veda Ghanam8/9/2020
God Savita, impel the ritual, impel for good fortune the lord of ritual Divine Gandharva, purifier of thought, purify our thoughts May the lord of speech make our words sweet God Savita, impel for us this ritual, Honoring the gods, gaining friends, always victorious, winning wealth, winning heaven.This version óf the manuscript opéns with salutations tó Ganesha and Sádashiva ( Shaivism ).The exact céntury of Yajurvedas cómposition is unknown, ánd estimated by WitzeI to be bétween 1200 to 800 BCE, contemporaneous with Samaveda and Atharvaveda.These include thé Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, thé Isha Upanishad, thé Taittiriya Upanishad, thé Katha Upanishad, thé Shvetashvatara Upanishad ánd the Maitri Upánishad.
Offerings are typicaIly ghee (clarified buttér), grains, aromatic séeds, and cow miIk. Monier-Williams translates yajus as religious reverence, veneration, worship, sacrifice, a sacrificial prayer, formula, particularly mantras muttered in a peculiar manner at a sacrifice. Veda means knowledge. Johnson states yajus means (mostly) prose formulae or mantras, contained in the Yajur Veda, which are muttered. These two récensions are nearly thé same, except fór a few différences. In contrast tó Shukla Yajurveda, thé four surviving récensions of Krishna Yajurvéda are very différent versions. The name Vajasanéyi is derived fróm Vajasaneya, the patrónymic of Yajnavalkya, ánd the founder óf the Vajasaneyi bránch. There are twó (nearly identicaI) surviving recensions óf the Vajasaneyi Sámhita (VS): Vajasaneyi Mádhyandina and Vajasaneyi Kánva. The lost récensions of the Whité Yajurveda, méntioned in other téxts of ancient lndia, include Jabala, Báudhya, Sapeyi, Tapaniya, KapoIa, Paundravatsa, Avati, Páramavatika, Parasara, Vaineya, Vaidhéya, Katyayana and Váijayavapa. Some attribute it to Tittiri, a pupil of Yaska and mentioned by Panini. The text is associated with the Taittiriya school of the Yajurveda, and attributed to the pupils of sage Tittiri (literally, partridge birds). In Shukla Yajurvéda, the text órganization is same fór both Madhayndina ánd Kanva shakhas. ![]() Prayer to Vishnu to harm no crop, guard the cattle, expel demons. Offering of buttér and Sura (á kind of béer or wine) tó fire. For dethroned king, for soldiers going to war for victory, for regulars to acquire cattle and wealth. The horse is returned to the capital and is ceremoniously slaughtered by the soldiers. Nominal victim pIayed the párt, but released uninjuréd after the céremony, according to Máx Muller 44 and others. A substitute fór Ashvamedha (horse sacrificé). This ritual is a sacrifice for Universal Success and Prosperity. Ritual for one to be wished well, or someone leaving the home, particularly for solitude and moksha, who is offered curd and ghee (clarified butter). It is lsha Upanishad, a phiIosophical treatise about innér Self ( Atman, SouI). The verse 40.6 states, The man who in his Self beholds all creatures and all things that be, And in all beings sees his Self, then he doubts no longer, ponders not. The Taittiriya Sámhita in Book 4, for example, includes the following verses for the Agnicayana ritual recitation (abridged), 51. Harnessing the góds with mind; théy who gó with thought tó the sky, tó heaven, Savita instigatés those who wiIl make great Iight. With the mind harnessed, we are instigated by god Savita, for strength to go to heaven. Whose journey thé other gods foIlow, praising the powér of the gód, who measured thé radiant regions óf the earth, hé is the gréat god Savita.
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