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SrI:

Dear VaidhikAs and VedAbhimAnis:

VedAs have a lot of messages celebrating GrahasthAsram 
and has poignant advices to the couple, who are about 
to entering in to GrahasthAsramam.

July 2 is a VivAha muhUrtham day and
I thought it will be appropriate to share with you 
a selected group of Manthrams on this general subject. 
Some of these Manthrams are so universal in scope 
that one comes across the same text of these manthram 
in more than one Vedam . Only the svaram varies 
with the different Vedams and Veda Saakhais.

Manthram 1: Yajur Vedam:VIII.45
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This is a prayer by the Grahasthan & his bride:

Vaachaspathi VisvakarmANamUthayE 
manOjuvam vaajE adhyA huvEma I
sa nO visvAni havanAni jOshadhvisvasambhUravasE
saadhukarmA I
upAyaamagruheethOaseendhrAya thvA 
visvakaramaNa yEsha tE yOneerindhrAya 
thvA visvalarmaNE I

(Extended Meaning): 
*******************
The dampathis are invoking the Omniscient ,
Omnipotent , Omnipresent Lord here and request Him to 
aid them in their struggle for existence to conduct a life
prescribed by SaasthrAs .The Lord of VedAs is being 
addressed here. He is recognized as the conferrer of 
all auspiciousnes and performer of noble deeds .
He is saluted as anatharyAmi Brahman and Sarva Saakshi.
The prayer is for Him to listen to their invocations 
as the grantor of all bliss in this and the other world 
(His Supreme abode).

The dampathis acknowledge that His conferral of
all auspicious boons is sheerly propelled by His
love for the chEthanams who observe His Saasthraic
injunctions.That SaasthrapANi showers all boons
as VaradarAjan .The Dampathis or the YajamAnan
appeals to the Lord for prosperity and success 
to follow the way of life prescribed by Aasrama
dharmams.They express their gratefulnes to the Lord
for His blessings that lead to prosperity 
and success in their prescribed endeavours. 

Manthram 2: Yajur Vedam: VIII.43
*********************************
The Four PurushArTams are Dharma , ArTa, Kaama
and MokshA. In this context , the following address
by the husband to his dear wife is fascinating and
respectful:

" iDE rantE havyE kaamyE chandrE jyOtEdhithi sarasvathi
mahi visruthi I
yEthA tE agnyE nAmAni dhEvEbhyO maa sukrutham bhru tAth" 

Extended Meaning:
****************
In one of the Rg Veda VivAha manthrams ,
the bride groom appeals to the bride to bless their 
family with ten children and asks the bride to treat
him as her eleventh child during their old age .

In this poignant manthram (YV:VIII.34), the husband 
requests his wife to teach him the good lesson of 
acquiring her auspicious attributes(noble qualities).
He suggests what are the eleven qualities that 
an ideal wife should possess and appeals
to her to teach him the ways to acquire those qualities.
Through this splendid manthram , the husband addresses 
his wife with the following 11 names , which have 
enormous Vedic significance and detailed discussion
of them will be outside the scope of this short posting :

1) Idaa --Praiseworthy one!
2) Ratnaa--splendorous and delightful
3) Havyaa--worshipful 
4) Kaamyaa --lovable one!
5) Chandraa--pleasure giving like the cool rays of Moon
6) JyOthi--well known for good behaviour
7) Adhiti--inviolable one!
8) Saraswathi--full of knowledge
9) Mahi--adorable one!
10)Visruthi--knower of the VedAs
11)Aghanyaa--worthy of respect

Each of the names incorporate great Vedic tatthvams.
The bride is considered to incorporate all these
attributes. 

(1) Idaa tatthvam is closely linked
to Yoga Tatthvams. Idaa-PingaLa-sushumnaa
go together as the triad of Tathtvams. 

(2) Rathnams have their own unique splendours
and individual Ratnam has multiple facets 
to bring out their unique lustre and brilliance. 

3) Havyaa is a wonderful name for a wife 
since it shows the worshipful regard that 
the husband has or should have for his wife
as his SahadharmachAriNi.

4) JyOthi: There are five Rg veda Manthrams
associated with "JyOthi" that adiyEn has posted
in the lists. This is a powerful name to be linked
with a woman to suggest how she is like a radiant
lamp on the hill amidst surrounding avaidhihic 
darkness.

5) Sarasvathi is always linked with ILA ,
BhArathi and Mahi as tatthvams. Sarasvathi is 
the divine speech or the inspired word ;ILA
has been described as Truth-Vision or Dhrushti;
Bharati and Mahi stand in for the largeness of 
the vision according to Aurobindho .

There are so many connotations for the other 
names for the ideal woman invoked by the VedAs and 
we will take them up on another occasion.

Manthram III: Yajur Vedam: VII.34
********************************** 
So far we talked about the traits of an ideal
wife in the context of Veda Manthrams . This makes one
wonder whether there are auspicious attributes or kalais
to be assoicated with a Grahasthan . The above manthram
says that to lead a married life to the full , 
the householder should have the following 16 traits:

--aTA na indhra sOmapA giramupasruthim chara
upyAmagruheethOasindhraaya thvA shOdasina 
yEsha tE yOnirindhindhrAya thvA shOdasinE

Oh BrahmachAri! Thou art now fully equipped with
the pre-requisites for married life (GruhasthAsramam).
" I order thee to lead a married life full of prosperity
and sixteen traits.This is thy home. I order thee to lead
a married life full of prsoperity and sixteen traits".

What are these sixteen Kalaas or traits that one 
comes across in the life of a Householder according to
this Veda manthram ?

Vedam identifies these kalAs as:

(1) PrANa(Breath, life force) (2) ShraddhA (Faith),
(3) Kham ( happiness), (4) Vaayu (activity) ,
(5) JyOthi ( Brilliance or spiritual radiance:
TapasA Jwalantha:), (6)Aapa ( water, Jala samruddhi)
(7)Prthuvee ( Steadiness and forbearance against
offenses committed by others), (8) Indhriya 
( Indhriya Nigraham ), (9) Manas ( control of
chanchalam manam ), (10) Manthraa ( Understanding
of Bhagavath svaroopam through the sound )
11)IcchA ( ambition to engage in Bhagavath-
Bhaagavath-AchArya Kaimakryam) , (12) Anna ( food
for offerings to the Lord and guests and the family
as a part of the BhUtha Yaj~nams)(13) Veeryaa for
progeny (14) Tapas ( Penance and religious austerity),
(15)Loka ( Mankind , obligations to society)
and (16) Nam (anger or censure ; anger over
prAthikoolyams and censure of Vedha Baahya 
Tathtvams).

All the dharmasaasthrAs deal elaborately on
number of these kalais and aasrama dharmams.

NamO Veda PurushAya,
RaamAnuja Daasan, Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan












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