Svaha

Created by Jijith Nadumuri at 02 Nov 2011 12:58 and updated at 02 Nov 2011 12:58

BRIHADARANYAKA UPANISHAD NOUN

BrihadArUpa5 1 One should meditate upon speech (the Vedas) as a cow (as it were). She has four teats the sounds Svaha" Vasat Hanta and Svadha The Devas live on two of her teats the sounds Svaha and Vasat men on the sound Hanta and the Pitris (manes) on the sound Svadha Her bull is the vital force, and her calf the mind.
BrihadArUpa6 1 He who wishes to attain greatness (should perform) on an auspicious day in a fortnight in which the Moon waxes, and under a male constellation, during the northward march of the Sun, (a sacrifice in the following manner) He should undertake for twelve days a vow connected with the Upasads (i.e. live on Milk), collect in a cup of bowl made of fig wood all herbs and their grains, sweep and plaster (the ground), purify the offerings in the prescribed manner, interpose the Mantha (paste made of those things), and offer oblations with the following Mantras O Agni, to all those Devas under you, who spitefully frustrate men s desires, I offer their share. May they, being satisfied, satisfy me with all objects of desire Svaha. To that all procuring deity who turns out spiteful under your protection, thinking she is the support of all, I offer this stream of clarified Butter. Svaha
BrihadArUpa6 2 Offering oblations in the fire saying, Svaha to the oldest, Svaha to the greatest he dips the remnant adhering to the ladle into the paste. Offering oblations in the fire saying, Svaha to the vital force, Svaha to the Vasistha he drips the remnant, etc. Offering oblations saying, Svaha to the organ of speech, Svaha to that which has steadiness he drips, etc. Offering oblations saying, Svaha to the eye, Svaha to prosperity he drips etc. Offering oblations saying, Svaha to the ear, Svaha to the abode he drips, etc. Offering oblations saying, Svaha to the Manas, Svaha to Prajati he drips, etc. Offering oblations saying, Svaha to the organ of generation he drips, etc.
BrihadArUpa6 3 Offering an oblation in the fire saying, Svaha to fire he drips the remnant adhering to the ladle into the paste. Offering and oblation saying, Svaha to the Moon, he drips, etc. Offering an oblation saying, Svaha to the Earth he drips, etc. Offering an oblation saying, Svaha to the Sky he drips, etc. Offering an oblation saying, Svaha to Heaven he drips, etc. Offering an oblation saying, Svaha to the Earth, Sky and Heaven he drips, etc. Offering an oblation saying, Svaha to the Brahmana he drips, etc. Offering an oblation saying, Svaha to the Kshatriya he drips, etc. Offering an oblation saying, Svaha to the past he drips, etc. Offering an oblation saying, Svaha to the future he drips, etc. Offering an oblation saying, Svaha to the whole he drips, etc. Offering an oblation saying, Svaha to all he drips, etc. Offering an oblation saying, Svaha to Prajapati he drips, etc.
BrihadArUpa6 6 Then he drinks it saying, The radiant Sun is adorable The winds are blowing sweetly, the rivers are shedding Honey, may the herbs be sweet unto us Svaha to the Earth. Glory we meditate upon; May the nights and days be charming, and the dust of the Earth be sweet, may Heaven, our father, be gracious Svaha to the Sky. May he direct our intellect; May the Soma creeper be sweet unto us, may the Sun be kind, may the quarters be helpful to us Svaha to Heaven Then he repeats the whole Gayatri and the whole Madhumati, and says at the end, May I be all this Svaha to the Earth, Sky and Heaven. Then he drinks the whole remnant, washes his hands, and lies behind the fire with his head to the east. In the morning he salutes the Sun saying, Thou art the one lotus of the quarters; may I be the one lotus of men Then he returns the way he went, sits behind the fire, and repeats the line of teachers.
BrihadArUpa6 19 In the very morning he purifies the clarified Butter according to the mode of Sthalipaka, and offers Sthalipaka oblations again and again, saying, Svaha to fire, Svaha to Anumati, Svaha to the radiant Sun who produces infallible results After offering, he takes up (the remnant of the cooked food), eats part of it and gives the rest to his Wife. Then he washes his hands, fills the water vessel and sprinkles her thRice with that water, saying. Get up from here, Visvavasu, and find out another young Woman (who is) with her husband.
BrihadArUpa6 24 When (the son) is born, he should bring in the fire, take him in his lap, put a mixture of Curd and clarified Butter in a cup, and offer oblations again and again with that, saying, Growing in this home of mine (as the son), may I maintain a thousand people May (the goddess of fortune) never depart with children and animals from his line Svaha. The vital force that is in me, I mentally transfer to you. Svaha. If I have done anything too much or to little in this ceremony, may the all knowing beneficent fire make it just right for me neither too much nor too little Svaha.

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