Thursday, December 2, 2010

Vedanta

Vedas contain STRICT sermons at last, which have been developed by hindu scriptures as Vedanta . Rigveda says... Thou, mighty agni [fire ], gatherest up all that is precious for thy friend.Bring us all treasures as thou art enkindled in libation's place.Assemble, speak together: let your minds be all of one accord,As ancient Gods unanimous sit down to their appointed share. The place is common, common the assembly, common the mind, so be their thought united.A common purpose do I lay before you, and worship with your general devotion.One and the same be your resolve, and be your minds of one accord.United be the thoughts of all that all may happily agree. Samveda says... Thy vital parts I cover with thine armour: with immortality King Soma [ cool ] clothe thee!Varuna [ water ] give thee what is more than ample, and in thy victory may Gods be joyful! Blind, O my foemen, shall ye be, even as headless serpents areMay Indra [ demigod ] slay each best of you when Agni's flame hath struck you down!Whoso would kill us, whether he be a stranger foe or one of us,May all the Gods discomfit him! My nearest, closest mail is prayer, my closest armour and defence.
Like a dread wild beast roaming on the mountain thou hast approached us from the farthest distance.Whetting thy bolt and thy sharp blade, O Indra, crush thou the foe and scatter those who hate us! Gods, may our ears hear that which is auspicious, may our eyes see that which is good, ye holy!Extolling you with still strong limbs and bodies, may we attain the age by Gods appointed! Illustrious far and wide, may Indra bless us, may Pushan [ demigod ] bless us, master of all riches!May Tarkshya [ demigod ] with uninjured fellies bless us! Brihaspati [ demigod ] bestow on us his favour! Brihaspati bestow on us his favour!Yajurveda says.. My breath reach everlasting Air! In ashes let my body end.AUM! Mind, remember thou; remember thou my sphere;remember thou my deeds .
By goodly path lead us to riches, Agni, thou God whoknowest all our works and wisdom.Remove the sin that makes us stray and wander: mostample adoration will we bring thee. The Real's face is hidden by a vessel formed of golden light.The Spirit yonder in the Sun, the Spirit dwelling there am I.AUM! Heaven! Brahma!
Weakening of hinduism is the non following of Vedanta . Best example of Vedanta is explained in Ramcharitmanas by Tulasidasji in Sunderkand ....Although three days had elapsed, the crass ocean would not answer the Lordsprayer. Rama thereupon indignantly said, There can be no friendship withoutinspiring fear Lakshman, bring Me My bow and arrows; I will dry up the ocean with a fire arrowpresided over by the god of fire. Supplication before an idiot, friendship with a rogue,inculcating liberality on a born miser, talking wisdom to one steeped in worldliness,glorifying dispassion before a man of excessive greed, a lecture on mindcontrol to anirascible man and a discourse on the exploits of Hari to a libidinous person are asfutile as sowing seeds in a barren land. So saying, the Lord of the Raghus strung Hisbow and this stand (of the Lord) delighted Lakshmans heart. When the Lord fitted theterrible arrow to His bow, a blazing fire broke out in the heart of the ocean; the alligators,serpents and fishes felt distressed. When the god presiding over the ocean found thecreatures burning, he gave up his pride and, assuming the form of a Brahmina, camewith a gold plate filled with all kinds of jewels.Though one may take infinite pains in watering a plantain it will not bear fruit unlessit is hewed. Similarly, a vile fellowheeds no prayer but yields only when reprimanded.

Monday, November 29, 2010

Vedas teachings

Vedas teachings are for the entire mankind .
Don’t be a vulture to snatch the others hard earned money , this controlled by the Lord must be This All—each thing thatmoves on earth.With that renounced enjoy thyself. Covet no wealth ofany man. One, only doing defined duty here, should wish to live a hundredyears.No way is there for thee but this. So be disciplined clear hearted and honest .Surrounded by ignorance those belonging to the devils worlds enwrapt in blinding gloom.To them, when life on earth is done, depart to hell of devils whokill the Self in darkness of deceit .
Motionless, one, swifter than Mind—the Demigods fail toovertake it speeding on before them.It, standing still, outstrips the others running. Herein Bothair and water establish Action with his help.The almighty moveth; it is motionless. It is far distant; it is near.It is within This All; and it surrounds This All externally. The man who in his Self beholds all creatures and all thingsthat be,And in all beings sees his Self, thence doubts no longer,ponders not. When, in the man who clearly knows, Self hath become allthings that are,
What wilderment, what grief is there in him who sees theOne alone? He hath attained unto the Bright, Bodiless, Woundless,Sinewless, the Pure which evil hath not pierced.Far-sighted, wise, encompassing, he self-existent hathprescribed aims, as propriety demands, unto theeverlasting Years. Deep into shade of blinding gloom fall who believe in destructionworshippers.They sink to darkness deeper yet who on crowding areintent One fruit, they say, from grouping, another from ungrouping.Thus from the sages have we heard who have declared thislore to us. The man who knows construction and destruction simultaneously,He, by passing death, gains by endless life.
To blinding darkness go the men who make a cult ofNescience.The devotees of Science enter darkness that is darker still. Different is the fruit, they say, of Science and of Nescience.Thus from the sages have we heard who have declared thislore to us. The man who knoweth well these two, Science and Nescience,combined,O’ercoming death by Nescience by Science gaineth endlesslife. My breath reach everlasting Air! In ashes let my body end. Mind, remember thou; remember thou my sphere;remember thou my deeds.
By goodly path lead us to riches, Agni, thou God whoknowest all our works and wisdom.Remove the sin that makes us stray and wander: mostample adoration will we bring thee. The Real's face is hidden by a vessel formed of golden light.The Spirit yonder in the Sun, the Spirit dwelling there am I. Heaven!

Sunday, November 28, 2010

Rigveda- wish

Vedastras are the preaching of Vedas taken from vedantas as inference for all .
vaiśvānarāya mīhuṣe sajoṣāh kathā dāśemāghnaye bṛhad bhāḥ anūnena bṛhatā vakṣathenopa stabhāyad upamin na rodhaḥ 1 mā nindata ya imām mahyaṃ rātiṃ devo dadau martyāya svadhāvān pākāya ghṛtso amṛto vicetā vaiśvānaro nṛtamo yahvo aghniḥ 2 abhrātaro na yoṣaṇo vyantaḥ patiripo na janayo durevāḥ pāpāsaḥ santo anṛtā asatyā idam padam ajanatā ghabhīram 3idam me aghne kiyate pāvakāminate ghurum bhāraṃ na manma bṛhad dadhātha dhṛṣatā ghabhīraṃ yahvam pṛṣṭham prayasā saptadhātu 4tam in nv eva samanā samānam abhi kratvā punatī dhītir aśyāḥ sasasya carmann adhi cāru pṛśner aghre rupa ārupitaṃ jabāru 5ṛtaṃ voce namasā pṛchyamānas tavāśasā jātavedo yadīdam tvam asya kṣayasi yad dha viśvaṃ divi yad u draviṇaṃ yat pṛthivyām 6kiṃ no asya draviṇaṃ kad dha ratnaṃ vi no voco jātavedaś cikitvān ghuhādhvanaḥ paramaṃ yan no asya reku padaṃ na nidānā aghanma 7kā maryādā vayunā kad dha vāmam achā ghamema raghavo na vājam kadā no devīr amṛtasya patnīḥ sūro varṇena tatanann uṣāsaḥ 8anireṇa vacasā phalghvena pratītyena kṛdhunātṛpāsaḥ adhā te aghne kim ihā vadanty anāyudhāsa āsatā sacantām 9asya śriye samidhānasya vṛṣṇo vasor anīkaṃ dama ā ruroca ruśad vasānaḥ sudṛśīkarūpaḥ kṣitir na rāyā puruvāro adyaut 10.
1. How shall we give with one accord oblation to Agni, the fire, the Bounteous?Great light, with full high growth hath he uplifted, and, as a pillar bears the roof, sustains it.2 Reproach not him who, God and self-reliant, vouchsafed this bounty unto me a mortal,—Deathless, discerner, wise, to me the simple, fire in the creatures, most manly, youthful Agni.3 Like youthful women without brothers, straying, like dames who hate their lords, of evil conduct,They who are full of sin, untrue, unfaithful, they have engendered this abysmal station.4 To me, weak, innocent, thou, luminous Agni, hast boldly given as were a heavy burthen,This hymn, profound and strong and mighty, of seven elements, and with offered dainties.5 So may our song that purifies, through wisdom reach in a moment him the Universal,Established on the height, on earth's best station, above the beauteous grassy skin of earth.6 With reverence I declare the Law, O Agni; what is, comes by your order.Of this, whatever it be, thou art the Sovran, yea, all the wealth that is in earth orheaven.7 What is our wealth there from , and what our treasure? Tell us O rishis protector fire, for thouknowest,What is our best course in this secret passage: we dont want to return ,we have reached a place far distant.8 What is the limit, what the rules, the guerdon? Like fleet-foot coursers speed we to the contest.When will the Goddesses, the Immortal's Spouses, the Dawns, spread over us the Sun-God's splendour?9 Unsatisfied, with speech devoid of spirit, scanty and frivolous and inconclusive,Wherefore do they address thee here, O Agni? Let these who have no weapons suffer sorrow.10 The majesty of him the Good, the Mighty, aflame, hath shone for glory in the dwelling.He, clothed in light, hath shone most fair to look on, wealthy in boons, as a home shines with riches.

Saturday, November 20, 2010

Arya Lakshamana-the great Hindu seer

This planet is equally one for all , animal and human being . The difference is of the transition from prakritk or natural to social .Gita says.. Rajasi pralayam gatwaa karmasangishu jaayate;
Tathaa praleenastamasi moodhayonishu jaayate.gita 15/14
Meeting death in Rajas [ not harming others ] , he is born among those who are attached to action; and dying in
Tamas [ harming others ] , he is born in the womb of the animals. Many scriptures teach but Vedas are the authentic and oldest in Hinduism .They teach to take care of oneself but with the full attention not to harm the other . richo akshare parame vyoman yasmin deva adhi visve niseduh
yastan na veda kim richa karisyati ya it tad vidusta ime samasate 39/164/mndlm 1 rig.. Upon what syllable of holy praise-song, as twere their highest heaven, the Gods repose them,—
Who knows not this, what will he do with praise-song? But they who know it well sit here assembled. Goswamiji tulasidas has narrated the best character in form of lord Lakshamanaji in Ramcharitmanas . He says in one place …bole lakhana madhura mridu bani, gyana biraga bhagati rasa sani.
kahu na kou sukha dukha kara data, nija krata karama bhoga sabu bhrata.
joga biyoga bhoga bhala manda, hita anahita madhyama bhrama phanda.
janamu maranu jaha lagi jaga jalµu, sampati bipati karamu aru kalµu.


dharani dhamu dhanu pura parivarµu, saragu naraku jaha lagi byavaharµu.
dekhia sunia gunia mana mahi, moha mµula paramarathu nahi. sapane hoi bhikhari nrapu ranku nakapati hoi,
jagen labhu na hani kachhu timi prapancha jiya joi. asa bichari nahi kijia rosµu, kahuhi badi na deia dosµu.
moha nisha sabu sovanihara, dekhia sapana aneka prakara.
ehi jaga jamini jagahi jogi, paramarathi prapancha biyogi.
jania tabahi jivva jaga jaga, jaba saba bishaya bilasa biraga.
hoi bibeku moha bhrama bhaga, taba raghunatha charana anuraga.
sakha parama paramarathu ehµu, mana krama bachana rama pada nehµu. Lakshmana spoke to him sweet and gentle words imbued
with the nectar of wisdom, dispassion and devotion: .No one is a source of delight or pain
to another; everyone reaps the fruit of one.s own actions, brother. Union and separation,
pleasurable and painful experiences, friends, foes and neutrals.snares of delusion are
these. Even so birth and death, prosperity and adversity, destiny and time and all the
illusion of the world; lands, houses, wealth, town and family, heaven and hell, and all the
phenomena of the world; nay, whatever is seen, heard or thought of with the mind has
its root in ignorance: nothing exists in reality.. .Suppose in a dream a beggar is crowned king or the lord of paradise is reduced
to the state of a pauper; on waking, the one does not gain nor does the other lose
anything. So must you look upon this world.. .Reasoning thus be not angry nor blame anyone in vain. Everyone is slumbering
in the night of delusion, and while asleep one sees dreams of various kinds. In this
night of mundane existence it is Yogis (mystics) alone who keep awake.Yogis who
are in quest of the highest truth and remain aloof from the world. A soul should be
deemed as having awoke from the night of the world only when he develops and


aversion for the enjoyments of the world of sense. It is only when right understanding
comes that the error of delusion disappears and then alone one develops love for the
feet of Rama (the Lord of Raghus). O friend, the highest spiritual goal is this: to be
devoted to the feet of Rama in thought, word and deed.

It is told that lord krsn spoke GITA to Arjuna who was lakshmana of tretayug and hanumanji were also present to listen it .

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Yajurveda mantras transcription in English-vedastra

Life guiding mantras are contained in yajurveda , two of them in English transcription with translation are given here….

AUM Bhur bhuvah swah . tatsaviturvarenyam bhargo devasya dhimahi . dhiyo yonah prachodayat .

Earth! space! Heaven! May we attain that excellent glory of the almighty as the Sun, So may he stimulate our wisdom by our prayers With what help will he come to us.

AUM Trayanbakam yajamahe sugandhim pushtivardhanam . urvarukmiv bandhananmritormukshiya mamratat .

My lord rudra having three eyes on earth , space and heaven, we worship with sweet to smell, for augmenter of prosperity of health .As from its stem a cucumber, may I be freed from bonds ofdeath, not reft of immortality.
Best illustration of these vedmantras has been done in gita shlokas as following…
Ye tu sarvaani karmaani mayi sannyasya matparaah;
Ananyenaiva yogena maam dhyaayanta upaasate.
Teshaamaham samuddhartaa mrityusamsaarasaagaraat;
Bhavaami nachiraat paartha mayyaaveshitachetasaam.

But to those who worship Me the almighty, renouncing all actions in Me, regarding Me as the supreme
goal, meditating on Me with single-minded Yoga, To those whose minds are set on Me, O Arjuna, verily I become ere long the saviour out
of the ocean of the mortal Samsara, the earth!

For more mantras to transcription in English and translation of Rudra stotram in yajurved chapter 16, vedastra plol may be referred .

Monday, November 15, 2010

Vedastra prayers with lord of life-monday

Namaste rudra manyavuto taishve namah . Bahubhyamut te namah .1.HOMAGE be paid unto thy wrath, O Rudra [ who makes devils weeping ], homage to thyAnger[ to kill law breakers ]and to thy two arms be homage paid.
Ya te rudra shiva tanurghorapapkashini . taya nastanva shantmaya girishantabhih chakshih .2.With that auspicious form of thine, mild and cool, Rudra! pleasantto behold,Even with that most blessèd form, look, Mountain-haunter!here on us.
Yamishum girishant haste vibharshyastve . Shivam giritra tam kuru mam hinsiih purusham jagat .3.The arrow [ anger ] which, Mountain-haunter, thou art holding inthy hand to shoot,Make that auspicious, Mountain-Lord! Injure not man norThe poor moving creatures.
Shiven vachasa tva girishachchhavadamasi . yatha nah sarvamizzagadyakshma am sumanaasat .4.O Dweller on the Mountain, we salute thee with auspicioushymn;That all, yea, all our people may be healthy [ decease free ] and well-satisfied with pious and controlled mind.
Adhyavochdadhivakta prathamo devyo bhishak .ahinshcha sarvanjambhayantsarvascha yatudhanyoadhrachih para suva .5.The great seer and truth teller, the first divine, remover of worldly evils and physician like demigod , hath defended us.Crushing all serpents, drive away all devil down below.
Aso yastamro arunvut babhruh sumangalah .ye chain rudraabhito dikshu shritah sahasrashovaisham hediimahe .6.That most auspicious One whose hue is coppery and redand brown,And those, the Rudras who maintain their station in theregions, who surround him in a thousand bands, of thesewe deprecate the wrath.May their anger for our ignorant deeds be cool .
Asou yovasarpati neelgreevo vilohitah . utainam gopadrashranndrashrannudraharyah sa drashto mradyati nah .7.May he rudra who glides away, whose neck is azure, and whosehue is red,He whom the herdsmen, whom the girls who carry waterhave beheld, may he when seen be kind to us.
Namo astu neegreevay shahastraakshay meedhushe .atho ye asya satvanoaham tebhyokaram namah .8.Homage to him the Azure-nested, the thousand-eyed, thebountiful,Yea, and his spirit followers—to them I offer reverence.
Pramunch dhanvanstvamubhayoratnaryourjyam.yashch te hastishvah para ta bhagvo vap.9.Loosen thy bowstring, loosen it from thy bow's twoextremities,And cast away, O Lord Divine, the arrows that are in thyHand in the night when the wicked are finished .
Vijyam dhanuh kapardino vishalyo banvam ut .aneshannasya yaishavabhurasya nishangadhih .10.Now stringless be his lord’s with hairs bow, his quiver hold no pointedshaft.The shafts he had have perished and the sheath that heldhis sword is bare.

vedastra plol-tuesday

Ya te hetirmidhushtam haste babhuh te dhanuh .tayasmanvishwatashtvamaykshmya pari bhuj .11.Thy weapon, O Most Bountiful rudra, the bow that resteth in thyhand,—With that, deprived of power to harm, protect thou us onevery side.
Pari te dhanvano hetirasmanvranaktu vishvaatah .atho yaishudhishtvare asmainnnedhehi tam .12.So may the arrow of thy bow, in all directions, pass us protect us, by,And in a place remote from us lay thou the quiver that thouhast.
Avatatya dhanushtvam sahastraksha shateshudhe .nishirya shalyanam mukha shivo nah sumana bhav .13.Having unbent thy how O thousand-eyed, hundred-quiveredOne!And dulled thy pointed arrows' heads, be kind and graciousunto us.
Namastaudhayanatataay dhrashnave . ubhabhyamut te namo bahubhyam tav dhanvane .To thy fierce weapon, now unstrung, be reverent obeisancepaid.14.Homage be paid to both thine arms, and to thy bow bereverence!
Ma no mahantmut ma no abharkam ma naukshantmut ma na ukshitam .ma no vadhih pitaram mot matram ma nah priyastanvo rudra ririshah .15.Do thou no injury to great or small of us, harm not thegrowing boy, harm not the full grown man.Slay not a sire among us, slay no mother here, and to ourown dear bodies, Rudra! do no harm. They see their welfare .
Ma nastoke tanaye ma naayushi ma no goshu ma nu ashveshu ririshah .ma no viran rudra bhamino vadhirhavishmantah sadmit tva havamahe .16.Harm us not in our seed or in our progeny, harm us not inour life or in our cows or steeds.Slay not our heroes in the fury of their wrath. We withoblations ever call on only thee for our yajna success .
Namo hiranyabahve senanye disham cha pataye namo namo vrakshbheyo harikeshebhyah pashunam pataye namo namah shashpinjaraya tvashimate pathinam pataye namo namo harikeshayopavitine pushtanam patye namah .17.Homage to the golden-armed leader of hosts, lord of the regions, to the trees with their green tresses, to the Lordof beasts be homage; homage to him whose sheen is likegreen grass, homage to the radiant Lord of paths, homageto the golden-haired wearer of the sacrificial cord, homageto the Lord rudra of the well-endowed.
Namo babhlushay vyadhine annanam pataye namo namo bhavasya hetye jagtam patye namo namo rudrayattayine kshetranam pataye namo namah sutayahantye vananam pataye namah .18.Homage to the brown-hued piercer, to the Lord of food behomage. Homage to yours weapon, homage to theLord of moving things! homage to Rudra whose bow isbent to slay, to the Lord of fields homage, homage to thecharioteer who injures, none, to the Lord of forests behomage.
Namo rohitay sthpataye vrakshanam pataye namo namo bhuvantaye varivaskratayoshadhinam patye namo namo mantrine varijaya kakshanam pataye namo namah uchchairghoshayakrandayate pattinam pataye namah .19.Homage to the red architect, to the Lord of trees homage!Homage to him who stretched out the earth, to him whogives relief be homage. Homage to the Lord of Plants,homage to the prudent merchant! Homage to the Lordof bushes, to the shouting Lord of foot-soldiers whomakes foes weep be homage.
Namah kratsnayatya dhavte stvanam pataye namo namah sahmanay nivyadhin avyadhininam pataye namo namo nishangine kakubhay stenanam pataye namo namo nicherve paricharayaranyanam pataye namah .20.Homage to the runner at full stretch, to the Lord rudra ofministering spirits, homage! Homage to the conquering,piercing Lord of assailing bands, homage to the toweringsword-bearer, to the Lord of thieves homage! Homage tothe gliding robber, to the roamer, to the Lord of forestshomage!