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SrI:

Dear VedAbhimAnis: 

A dear friend of mine belonging to Saama Veda
Saakhai is celebrating his father's Shastiabdha 
Poorthy celebrations in the Vaidhic way .

The Bruhaspathis  have arranged for PavamAna KANDa 
PaarayaNam the evening before and have 
scheduled Udaga Saanthi in the early morning 
next day for consecrating the Udagam ( Water )
in the Kumbham for abhishEkam at the MuhUrtham.

When I learnt about it , I thought I will share some 
thoughts about the PavamAna KhANDa PaarAyaNam 
at home on Special occaasions . PavamAna Sooktham
from KrishNa Yajur Vedam used as part of PuNYAvachanams
is different from the longer PavamAna KhaaNDam from 
Saama Vedam .

This Saama Vedin friend of mine has informed me 
that the recitation of PavamAna Saamans --which lasts
for 3 hours approximately -- on EkAdasi days is
as sacred as reciting Achidhram and AswamEdham
from KrishNa Yajur Vedam on the EkAdasi days .
Perhaps this PavamAna KaaNDa PaarAyaNam
can be recorded for others to benefit from 
listening to it . 

What are Soma PavamAna Hymns ?
************************************
The Soma PavamAna hymns are from
the entire 9th Canto of Rg Vedam housing
114 hymns and 1108 manthrams .

They are found as PoorvArchika and UttharArchika Saamans.
They pay tribute to King Soma , the Vedic Elixir linked to
Soma Yaagams . Sathapatha BraBrahmana sings the glories
of the Soma Creeper giving Soma juice used as offering 
for Indhra . The glories of the Soma Juice is celebrated 
as " Sathyam vai Srir-- jyOthi: Soma: "  (Soma is Truth ,
Iswaryam and effulgence ).

What is SomA ?
***************
Soma plant growing in the mythical Mujavath mountain is 
a creeper and the leaves are collected by 
Moonlight , pressed between stones by 
the priests , filtered , mixed with ghee and flour 
and fermented . This sacred libation is then offered
in Soma Yaagams in a ceremonial manner to
the accompaniment of Saama ghAnam . The Soma
plant ( version of hop plant )  is not easy to find and 
therefore other plants  have been substitued by 
Rishis for Soma Yaj~nams . 

King SomA is the Moon (Somaa rAjA chandramA: ) .
SomA juice is the essence of any oushadhi (medicinal
herbs) . The Vedic connation and tradition takes us
to higher and higher levels of conceptualization of
SomA . Ultimately , SomA is addressed as "BrahmaNaspathi".   

Soma is conceptualized to flow out to
the Aanandhamaya and Vij~nAnamaya kOsAs(Sheaths)
and enjoyed by the Self having the abode in the innermost
cavity of the Hrudhay a kamalam ( Heart lotus) .

When Soma PavamAna manthrams of Rg Vedam(9th canto)
are set to music in Saama Vedam ( with occasional
variations) and are sung in a house , it pleases the Veda
Purushan , Sriman NaarAyaNan to the utmost and
therefore it is a great and unique Vaidhika Gaanam
to hear and brings dheergAyus , auspicousness ,  and
growth in Kaimakrya SrI of the YajamAnan .

Pavamaana  means self-purifying . Pavamaana Soma 
Saamans purifies the listeners and reciters . In a Soma
Yaagam , the Soma Juice prepared according to Vedic
way is offered as a libation to gods .

Rishis , DEvathAs and Chandas for PavamAna Saamans
*********************************************************
The PavamAna Saamans have various Rishis but 
they have as DEvathA , PavamAna Soman and 
the chandas is mostly Gayathri . Occasionally ,
Thrishtup or Jagadhee or Pankthi chandas 
take over from Gaayathri Chandas as metre. 
In some of the PavamAna Soma hymns , Soma 
as DEvatha is invoked jointly with Agni , Indhra ,
Arka , Brahaspathi , VaruNa , Rudra et al.

As mentioned before , the PavamAna Soma Saamans
originate from Rg Vedam , 9th KaaNDam with occasional
variations .

Let us study some of the PavamAna Soma Saamans
and reflect on their meanings in subsequent posts.

Veda PurushAya Nama:

SrImath  Azhagiya Singar Thiruvadi ,
Oppiliappan KOil VaradAchAri SaThakOpan 





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