Dear Members: There was a question from a Member of a sister group on the words , VidhmahE , Dheemahi and PrachOdhayAth. Some reflections on the topic is included below. Mahaa NaarAyaNOPanishad has many manthrams , which are known as Rudra Gaayathri , Garuda Gaayathri , Durga Gaayathri et al. Rudra Gaayathri is : TathpurushAya vidhmahE MahAdEvAya dheemahi tannO Rudhra: prachOdhayAth ( Meaning ) : We meditate upon that PurushA - Sriman NaarAyaNan . For that purpose , we devote ourselves to MahA Deva . May that Rudra prompt /invigorate us for that meditation on the Supreme Purushan . Devotees of these deities recite these ManthrAs.These are not required recitation for all every day . For us , NaarAyaNann is Sarva BhUtha antharAthmA including Rudran , Durga , VinAyaka et al . PurushA in this Manthram refers only to ParamAthmA Sriman NaarAyaNan . Rudra UpAsanam is the hEthu for Sriman NaarAyaNa (SankarOpAsanasya Bhagavadh upAsana hEthuthvAth) . Why SanakrA specially? The adage is : " SankarAth Jn~Anam icchEth " (One should seek Jn~Anam from SankarA to meditate on Sriman NaarAyaNa .Sankara is the Parama BhAgavathA , who as DakshiNAmoorthy grants that Jn~Anam and sets the Four Maharishis on the correct path toward Jn~Anam as a result of Lord HayagrIvan's anugraham. The recommended manthram for PrapannAs and ParamaikAnthis is the celebrated VishNu Gaayathri : NaarAyaNAya VidhmahE VaasudEvAya dheemahi , tannO VishNu: PrachOdhayAth . (Meaning ): We meditate ( VidhmahE) upon NaarAyaNa . For that ( success in that ) , we devote ourselves ( dheemahi) to VaasudEva . May that Lord VishNu invigorate us ( prachOdhayAth) . The names of the Vaikunta NaathAn thru his three VyApaka manthrams are integrated here . NaarAyaNa Manthram or AshtAkshari is the PoorNa VyApaka Manthram ( Moola ManthrAdhikAram of Srimath Rahasya Thraya Saaram ). The other two are asampoorNam . VidhmahE means then we meditate ( UpAsanai) . Dheemahi means , we devote ourselves . PrachOdayAth means Let that Rudra , the MahA Tapasvi, stimulate or invigorate us. In the MahA Gayathri Manthram , there are only two steps in the UpAsanai : BhargO Devasya Dheemahi---na: prachOdhayAth . V.Sadagopan ----- Original Message ----- From: Emmaarkay-NJ, USA To: vaideekam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 1:49 PM Subject: [Vaideekam] '''++++ Dear VAsuVAdyAr, NamskArams! Will you please enlighten the meaning of 'VidmahE' , 'Deemahi' and 'PrachodayAt', which follow each of the lines respectively in various GAyatri Mantrams. Again NamaskArams Emmaarkay [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/XUWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oppiliappan/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Oppiliappan-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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