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Paris Eshan Am
Paris Eshan Am
Now the meanings: Sathyam thvarthEna parishinchaami- the "vigraham" splitting for this will be "sathyam + thu + ruthEna + parishinchaami" (the
letter ru here is the ru in the series a aa e ee u uu ru and not kru or ru the
declensions of letter r). (thu+ ruthEna == thvarthEna that is samskrit
grammar here).
- means "I sprinkle water around the sathyam and right" (not right-urimai but
truth). The words sathyam and rutham has same meaning. please recollect
anrutham means lie or untruth.
Just for cross-reference the same word "aapOsanam" is also used in sandhyaa
vandhanam meaning encircling self with water in the "aapOhistaa" etc. After
food is finished again the uththaraapOsanam is done with paadhya
theertham and manthram "amruthaapiDhaanamasi". This manthram is split
as "amrutham + apiDhaanam + asi"-meaning "be the covering nectar for the
food". Trust this clarifies. For further elucidation if any I am at your service.
Dasan Vasudevan
The Chandokya upanishad also deals with same and it also gives by this
pranaaya svaahaa which devadhai and which part of the body gets satisfied.
That we will see in next post. Dasan Vasudevan M.G.
thEjasaa brahmavarchasEnEthi!
Meaning: One person while eating, makes the first offer of annam, and that
first offer of annam becomes the oblatory instrument. That satisfies the
praaNa. So the eating has to be done as a homam. When he does that at first
praaNa gets satisfied. In the satisfaction of praaNa the eyes gets satisfied.
When eyes gets satisfied the Sun gets satisfied. When sun is satisfied the
heavens are satisfied. When heaven is satisfied all those in heaven gets
satisfied. When all get satisfied like this the people and the cows etc get the
tejas (halo?) and the power of brahma. May be in short the offer of food has
to be as homam.
Atha yaam dhvitheeyaam juhuyaath thaam juhuyaath vyaanaaya svaahEthi!
Vyaanas thrupyathi! vyaanE thrupyathi chandhramaathrupyathi!
Chandhramasi thrupyathi dhisasthrupyanthi! dhikshu thrupyantheeshu
yathkincha dhisas chandhramas chaadhithishtanthi thath thrupyathi!
Thasyaanuthrupthim thrupyathi prajaya pasuBhirannaadhyEna thEjasaa
brahmavarchasEnEthi! Atha yaam thrutheeyaam juhuyaath thaam juhuyaath
apaanaaya svaahEthi! apaaNasthrupyathi! apaanE thrupyathi
vaakthrupyathi! vachi thrupyanthyaam agnisthrupyathi! agnou thrupyathi
pruthivee thrupyathi! Pruthivyaam thrupyanthyaam yath kincha pruthivee
chaagnischaadhithishtatha: thath thrupyathi! Thasyaanuthrupthim thrupyathi
prajaya pasuBhirannaadhyEna thEjasaa brahmavarchasEnEthi!
Similarly the meanings for others Vyaana- the hearing power. The moon, the
dhik (directions north south east west)- the earth. Samaana- manas- the
mind- parjanya- the rain- vidhyuth- the lightning Udhaana- vaayu- airaakaasam- space. Thus the food offered to the body the whole
panchaboothaas get satisfied. So the eating is also a sacrifice and we get
tejas and brahmaa's power, by eating in the proper way.
Please read the following- annEna praaNa:, praaNir balam, balEna thapas,
thapasa: sradhdha, sradhdhayaa mEdha, medhayaa maneesha,
maneeshayaa manO, manasaa saanthi: saanthayaa chiththam, chiththEna
smruthi, smruthyaa smaaram, smaarENa vignaanam vignaanEth
aathmaanam vEdhayathi! Thasmaath annam dhadhan sarvaaNyE thaani
dhadhaathi!! NaaraayanOpanishath- Slokam 144 page 195 of same book.
Perhaps one can understand the easyness and effectiveness of the anna
dhaanam. Of course the parishEchanam question lead to the annadhaanam.
Dasan Vasudevan M.G.
All of you may know about this, I'll share what I've been taught. Please
add/modify if I missed any.
2) After the rice and ghee are served, sprinkle little water on the food
while chanting the following mantra, inorder to do nivedhanam to
Bhagawan who resides in you as an antharyAmi.
Om antharyAmiNE nama:
3) In your right palm, have some water, and put it around your leaf(or plate)
in clockwise direction and chant the following mantra.
Om bhurbhuvassuva:
5) In your right palm, have some water, and put it around your leaf(or plate)
in
6) Then partially lift the top left corner of the leaf or you could touch the
plate.
Use only the thumb, index finger and middle finger of the left hand. You can
skip
this step if perumAL theertham is self-served.
8) Chant the following manthra and then have the theertham without noise.
amruthOpastharaNamasi
9) Then perform the following prANAhoothi. Use only the thumb, index finger
and middle finger of the right hand and take a very little amount of the rice
and ghee
mixed and swallow it without touching the teeth.
Om prANAya svAhA (east)
Om apAnAya svAhA (south)
Om vyAnAya svAhA (west)
Om udhAnAya svAhA (north)
Om samAnAya svAhA (center)
Om bhrahmaNE svAhA (center)
Om bhrahmaNi mama AthmamruthathvAya (center)
SriGovindhAya nama:
10) Now, switch the one you are holding with left hand to right hand.
Request
to
serve water to purify your left hand at that corner.
11) Until you come to this point don't have anything other than what you had
during parisEshanam.
13) Have what you need to (food, fruits, water etc) before the utthara
bhojanam.
15) And pour the rest around the leaf while chanting the following.
rauravE apuNyanilayE padmarbudha nivAsinAm |
arththinAmudhakam dhaththam akshayyamupathishtathu ||
16) Then, gargle 16 times, wash your feet and perform the Achmanam twice.
There is actually philosophical significance to
the parisecana and prANAhuti mantras.
1) Parisecana
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om prANAya svAhA
om apAnAya svAhA
om vyAnAya svAhA
om udAnAya svAhA
om samAnAya svAhA
om brahmaNi ma AtmA-amRtatvAya