vedabhASya - Vedic Studies

The Puranic Ganapati Sloka The Puranic Ganapati derived its form and shape from the Rg Veda Ganapati. Probably people depicted the form and shape of Ganapati from the descriptions of Ganapati. The below sloka depicts the form and shape of Ganapati Mooshika vahana modaka hasta Chamara karna vilambita sootra Vamana roopa Maheswara putra Vigna-vinayaka paada namaste Mushika - Small Crucilble, Small box, Mouse Mushika Vahana - That is carried in a small Crucible Carried in a small crucible OR carried in a mouse Modaka - Sweetball in which the core (sweet) is hidden inside the layers Modaka hasta - One that possesses the sweetball Possessing a layered ball like structure that hides its core OR  Possessing a sweetball Chamara - Big fan-like Karana - from behind, behind, Ear Chamara Karna - Big fan-like (structure) from behind Big fan-like structure that emerges from behind OR Big fan-like ears Vilambita - hanging down, pendulous ...

Introduction Ganapati is the 'Brain' of us. This was my explanation for the stotra starting 'Suklam Bhartram Vishnum'. http://trikalasandhyavandanam.blogspot.in/2012/02/ganapati-dyanam-invoke-peace-in-our_5759.html In this blog I would explain the same with respect to the popular Rg Veda mantra that is recited before every  vedic ritual as prayer to Vinayaga. Rg Veda Mandala 2 Hymn 23.01 gaNAnAM tvA gaNapatiM havAmahe kaviM kavInAmupamashravastamam  jyeSTharAjaM brahmaNAM brahmaNas pata A naH SRNvannUtibhiH sIda sAdanam  - Rg Veda Mandala 2 Hymn 23.01 gaNAnAm - For the attendants tvA - you, thou gaNapatiM - Friend, Philosopher, Guide of those havAmahe - Invoke you to grant / Call upon u to grant The friend and guide of your attendants, Call upon you to grant kaviM - Intelligence, Wisdom kavInAm - of the Intelligent, of the Wise ones kaviM kavInAm - Intelligence (Wisdowm) of the Intelligent (Wise Ones) The wisdom of the wise o...

Nasadiya Suktam - Executive Summary At first existed invisible waters. None knows what it hid, how dense or deep it was. The invisible waters were beyond all the matter/energy, space and time. In that is brought in that 'One', who is the 'Oblation' (svadha). This svadha is matter/energy less and timeless.   kAma appears and exists as the first seed manas of all. Wise people know that unlike truth that binds, untruth does not bind. Hence with kAma, the 'One' is no longer bound, it starts expanding. The rays that expand crookedly in all directions, makes the seed glorious, as seed becomes the oblation below, action marks the external expansion. Thus matter/energy/space/time manifest. All devas come out in this process. Hence who directly knows, who can say what birth is, what creation is..? In fact the overseer (witness, sAksi, the One) of all the spaces/realms may know its limbs or may be not..? Nasadiya Suktam - Detailed Summary Neither truth, nor lie existed...

AUM  "Aum" has been an enchanting word, for several centuries in the Indian sub-continent. "Aum" is pronounced more as "Om". It has gained a religious connotation throughout these years, as a way of communicating with God. But Aum, I suspect, was designed by our rishis with a different idea. Aum, in my view represents the Universe as defined in the Standard Model. M andukya upanishad explains Aum in its entirety. People think Aum is made of three sounds. But it is made of four quarters. Three sounds followed by a Silence. Aum needs to be followed by a silence always. Without the silence, Aum is not complete. Including the silence, Aum is made of four quarters, as Mandukya Upanishad calls it. When we say 'A', (the start of O)our lips part and the sound is produced from the vocal chord, coming out, without disturbed by our lips. It is a raw sound emanating from our vocal chords. It is a gross sound. When we say 'U', ...