Dear
VedhAbhimAnis:
68th Mantram
Introduction:
This mantram provides a prayer for the
Sooryans with 8 forms to save the upAsakan from untimely death and seperation
from the twin relationships
( maa nO mithunagum reeDvam) just as
the rays of the sun are not divided
amongst themselves.
68th Mantram
Text:
athAdhityasayAshtapurushasya
vasUnA-mAdhityaanagumsthAnE- svatEjasA
bhAni
RudhrANAmAdhityAnAgum
sthAnE -svatEjasA bhAni
AadhityAnAm-AdhityAnagum
sthAnE-
svatEjasA
bhAni
satAgum
satyAnAm
AdhityAnAgum sthAnE
svatEjasA bhAni
abhidhUnvatA-mabhignatAm
VaatavatAm
marutAm
AdhityAnagum sthAnE
svatEjasA bhAni
rubhUNAmAdhityAnAgum
sthAnE- svatEjasA bhAni
ViSvEshAm
dhEvAnAm
AdhityAnagum sthAnE
svatEjasA bhAni
samvatsarasya
savitu:
Adhityasya sthAnE
svatEjasA bhAni
Om
bhUrbhuvasva:
raSmayO vO mitunam maa
nO mithunagum reeDvam
Word by word Meaning of
the 68th Mantram
atha ashta purushasya Adhityasya= from here on the mantrams of the Sooryan in the eight forms( are
presented).
(1)
VasUnAmAdiyAnAgum sthAnE svatEjasA bhAni=May I be blessed
to
shine with my own tejas while residing in the world of Sooryan
with the form of the eight Vasus
!
(2)
RudhrANAmAdhityAnAgum sthAnE svatEjasA bhAni= May I be
blessed to reside in the world of Sooryan with eleven forms of Rudra and shine
there
with my own tEjas
!
3)AdhityAnAm-AdhityAnAgum sthAnE svatEjasA bhAni=May I shine with my own lustre in the Soorya lOkam , where
Sooryan is in the form of twelve
AdityAs!
4) SathAgum satyAnAm
AdhityAnAgum
sthAnE svatEjasA bhAni=May I shine with my own lustre in
the Soorya lOkam, where Sooryan is in the form of the pious ( sadhus) who
adhere to Satyam ( truth).
5)abhidhUnvatAm-abhignatAm VaatavatAm marutAm AdhityAnAgum sthAnE svatEjasA bhAni=May I shine with my own lustre in the world of Sooryan , where
reside the wind dEvathAs , who scatter the clouds to all corners (abhidhUnvatAM) and also kill men (abhignatAm) !
6) RubhUNAmdhityAnAgum
sthAnE svatEjasA bhAni=My I shine with my own tEjas in the
world of Sooryans taking the form of rupu gaNams ( assembly of rpus)
!
7)ViSvEshAm dEvAnAm
AdhityAnAgum sthAnE svatejasA bhAni= May I shine with my
own tEjas in the world of SooryAs taking the form of VisvE dEvAs
!
8) savitu: samvatsarasya
Adhityasya sthAnE svatEjasA bhAni=May I also shine with my
own lustre in the world of Sooryans represented by the samvatsara roopa Kaala
dEvatai !
Om bhUrbhuvasva:=Oh rays of Sooryan existing as bhu , Bhuvar and svarga lOkam
encompassing the meaning of OmkAra Parabrhamam !
rasmaya: Va:
mithunam na: mithunammaa reeDvam=Oh Soorya
KiraNams(rays) staying united ! May thou bless our twin relationships (
Progeny, cattle, wealth) in our world to stay united !
Introduction to the 69th
Mantram
A prayer similar to the above
mantram
( --sthAnE svatEjasA bhAni) is
extended to the eight Sooryans starting from ArOgan to KaSyapan.The upAsakan
wishes to be spared from the sorrow of untimely death of himselfand the
disconnect with his BhandhUs,
cattle and wealth
.
Text of the 69th
Mantram
ArOgasya sthAnE
svatEjasA bhAni
bhrAjasya sthAnE
svatEjasA bhAni
PaDarasya sthAnE
svatEjasA bhAni
Patangasya sthAnE
svatEjasA bhAni
svarNarasya sthAnE
svatEjasA bhAni
jyOthisheematasya sthAnE
sva tEjasA- bhAni
VibhAsasya svatEjasA
bhAni
KaSyapasya sthAnE
svatEjasA bhAni
Om
bhUrbhussva:
ApO vO mithunam
reeDvam
Word by word meanings of
the 69th Mantram
ArOgasya sthAnE
svatEjasaa bhAni= May I reside in the world of ArOgan ,
one of the eight Sooryans and shine there with my own tEjas
!
BhrAjasya--bhAni,
PaDarasya --bhAni,
Patangasya--bhAni ,
SvaraNarasya--bhAni ,JyOthisheematsasya --bhAni,
VibhAsasya--bhAni,
KaSyapasya sthAnE
svatEjasA bhAni=May I shine with my own tEjas in the lOkams of the other
seven Sooryans as well with the names BhrAjan (BHrAja Soorya lOkam),
PaDaran , Patangan , SvarNaran , JyOthishmatan, VibhAsan and
Kasyapan !
The world of 8 Sooryans and their
locations vis a vis Kasyapa Sooryan
( the eighth one) going around the
Mahaa Meru mountain was covered in the 7th anuvAkam, 20th Mantram
.
Om BhUrbhuvassva:=The ParamAtmA , the meaning of OmkAram spreads as
BhU,Bhuvar and
Svarga lOkams.
AapO vaa mithunam mAnO
mithunagum reeDvam=Oh Soorya Bhagavann! Please bless our
union with the worlds of progeny , cattle and other wealth not to be rent
asunder !
NamO Veda
PurushAya,
DhAsan , Oppiliappan Koil
V,Sadagopan