SrI:
Dear VedAbhimAnis:
I am thankful to a friend of mine , who has sent
me this rare Rg Vedic style rendering of Sri Sooktham in the non-dravidian (
KaashmIri) Paatam way .
Please enjoy this rendering , which will not be
familiar to many in the DakshiNa dEsam .
NamO Veda PurushAya ,
V.Sadagopan
SrI:
Dear Sadagopan Mama;
Here is url which has Sri Suktha of
Rigveda along with mp3 and pdf
The celebrated shrI sUkta has spread widely beyond its original role in the
vedic gR^ihya liturgy and prayoga-s of the vedic vidhAna-s. Its earliest
occurrences are seen in the khila of the R^igveda and the bodhAyana and
vaikhAnasa mantra pATha-s of the kR^iShNa yajur veda. It is also related to
the ShaShThI sUkta of the mAnava gR^ihya sUtra. The tantric literature also
mentions itâthe most prominent mention is in the lakShmI tantra (LT 36.121-140
and LT 50.1-237). LT50.1-2367 gives a detailed account of the pA~ncharatric
prayoga of the shrI sUkta in worshiping lakShmI. The lakShmI-ratna kosha is
another text providing its deployment in the worship of shrI. In the kAdividyA
stream of shrI-kula tradition a saMpuTikaraNa of the sUkta and the
pa~nchadashI (and other bIja-s like mAya, shrI, kAma, vANI and
tripurashekharAnta) is a favored mode of deployment. The shrI sUkta has even
been retained by the bauddha nAstika-s and this tradition was until recently
alive in Nepal and Bhutan. The pure vedic of both the yajurvedic and R^igvedic
traditions are no longer commonly practiced, especially in South India.
Instead, what one has is a vulgate that is widely used in the drAviDa, Andhra
and karnATa countries. It may be recited in a pseudo-yajurvedic form without
following the rules of yajurvedic phonetics (e.g. hirANyavarNAM harinIM
suvarNa â instead of the correct yajuSh form: hirANyavarNA{ \m+} harinI{\m+}
suvarNa â as is specified, for example, in the bodhAyana mantra pATha) or in a
form typical of R^igvedic recitation. Original R^ivedic version is often
termed the kAshmIra-pATha because it appears to have been retained in those
regions. The learned shrI Ravlekar gave me this original R^igvedic form. Based
on his oral tradition and the kashmIra-paTha of the khila text we have
restored this text of the shrI sUkta:
Thanking you
With
Aneka Pranamams
VedAbhimAni