What is the main difference in Gayatri Mantra with 3 Vyahruti and 7 Vyahruti ?

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Hello All,

Kindly requesting to explain the main difference between the Gayatri Mantra with 3 Vyahruti and 7 Vyahruti.

In Sayancharya Bhashya bhumika an elaborate discussion is been made but not mentioned why this Vyahruti needs to be taken and so much only.
Case 1: Rig Veda 3.62.10
तत्सवितुर्वरेण्यं भर्गो देवस्य धीमहि । धियो यो नः प्रचोदयात् ॥१०॥ for this sukta Rishi added the 3 Vyahruti

Case 2: Taitteriya Aranyaka of Yajurveda in 10.35.1 (http://sanskritweb.net/yajurveda/ta-10.pdf)and śrīmahānārāyaṇopaniṣadi paṃcadaśaḥ khaṇḍaḥ 1-5, here in this 7 Vyahruti is present by default in the sukta itself.
ओजोऽसि सहोऽसि बलमसि भ्राजोऽसि देवानां धाम नामासि विश्वमसि 
विश्वायुः सर्वमसि सर्वायुरभिभूरोम्  ।  गायत्रीमावाहयामि सावित्रीमावा-
हयामि सरस्वतीमावाहयामि  
ॐ भूः  ।  ॐ  भुवः  ।  ॐ स्वः  ।  ॐ महः  ।  ॐ जनः  ।  ॐ तपः  ।  
ॐ सत्यं  ।  ॐ तत्सवितुर्वरेण्यं भर्गो देवस्य धीमहि  ।  धियो यो नः प्रचोदयात्  ।  ओमापो ज्योतीरसोऽमृतं ब्रह्म भूर्भुवः स्वरोम्  
ॐ भूर्भुवः सुवर्महर्जनस्तपः सत्यं मधु क्षरन्ति  ।  तद्ब्रह्म  ।  तदाप आपो 
ज्योतीरसोऽमृतं ब्रह्म भूर्भुवः स्वरोम्  
ॐ तद्ब्रह्म  ।  ॐ तद्वायुः  ।  ॐतदात्मा  ।  ॐ तत्सर्वम्  ।  ॐ तत्पुरो-
र्नमः  
उत्तमे शिखरे देवी भूम्यां पर्वतमूर्धनि    
ब्राह्मणेभ्यो ह्यनुज्ञाता गच्छ देवि यथासुखम्  

Hari OM
Jaya Prakash

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Hello All,

Kindly requesting to explain the main difference between the Gayatri Mantra with 3 Vyahruti and 7 Vyahruti.

In Sayancharya Bhashya bhumika an elaborate discussion (https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bytwr8HZ8S-GMW1BckFUaG9FTWhtNzlpUGVOWEZzMXRfbHk0 ) is been made but not mentioned why this Vyahruti needs to be taken and so much only.

Surendra Mohan Mishra

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Once a scholar on my asking as a student told me that 'svaH' involves the rest 'mahaH' etc. Is there any shastraic support to this ? 

As I got in my childhood:

उत्तरे शिखरे जाते भूम्यां पर्वतवासिनि /
ब्रह्मणा समनुज्ञाते गच्छ देवि यथासुखम् //

Before this verse we read only up to ॐ आपो ज्योतिरसोsमृतं ब्रह्म भूर्भुवः स्वरोम् and not the rest that follows. Is it because we are from Shukla KaaNva stock ? Where is then our source of this portion of Sandhya mantras ?

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नमस्ते ।

भूः । ॐ भुवः । ॐ स्वः । ॐ महः । ॐ जनः । ॐ तपः ।
ॐ सत्यं

Let us again consider this simple mapping:

ॐ ~ महः
भूः ~ जनः
भुवः ~ तपः
स्वः ~ सत्यं

e.g. स्वः is the realm and सत्यं is the door, etc.

Of all four entries, सत्यं is considered the most important. Presided by अश्विनीकुमार, the domain of सत्यं is known as the last refuge (as well the means of recovery) of वेदमाता.

There is a lot going on here, nevertheless some basic considerations - in my opinion - for a scholarly approach:
A) ब्रह्म being the इष्ट of vedanta, overemphasis on ब्रह्म, ॐ etc should be filtered out before general conclusions can be arrived at from within Vedantic texts.
B) परिमाण rule (valid for all of Sanskrit):
word of Veda = sentence of Upanishads = para of Puranas
- this explains why generic words like सत्यं, तपः etc are used (as a help) where for which we have precise addresses (difficult) in the Veda. Yet, at the sentence level the परिमाण is maintained.

Jaya Prakash

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Thanks sir for your reply.

My query is why the difference in Vyahruti In Vishwamitra Gayatri 3 and Pranama 7 Vyahruti. Both mantra part is same. What was the intention of make such an change to the Mantra part. 



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Namaste

 

On this thread of discussion on < Difference in Vyahruti in Viswamatira Gayatri> .

 

My opinion for what it may be worth:

 

1. The entirety of ‘Mantra-Shaastra’  is for ‘ Practice and  NOT for ‘ Intellectual debate on Design’. The ‘ Design of Mantra’ < even when the’ Mantra part may be the same>  can be entirely different. Example: Why same Purusha Sukta or Rudraanuvaka needs to figure in different Vedas with major part of  < mantra being the same> ? What was the < intention> ??

 

Did any one explain or endorse  < Om> used in the beginning and end of  <All Mantras> has the <Same meaning>  ?   Why Tantra vidya claims different < Mantra> as more powerful than < Om> ? Why wrap  fully or partially Vyaharutis with < Om> ??

 

2. It is here that the traditional dictum and practice of Yoga that provides guidance.  And all Yoga is ‘Anu-Shaasanam>.    Teaching per need and qualification, on deservedness and Total benefit: Technically Called  Viniyoga:  The responsible act by a Guru and Shishya Together.    Mantra is Yoga guidance for use of < Sound-Structures> for a < Practice ; Technially Viniyoga>. The < Mantra –Visioning = Mantra –Darshana > is through Yoga-advancement.  Only a Person of that stature and status – A Yogi, A Rushi, A drashtaa, can explain why <Mantra has a design>.

 

3. When < Mantra- upadesha> is given, there is < NO - JIJNYASAA>. It is  for  < AnuShTAnam>  till < Saakshaatkaara>. And ‘Vedas are First Mantras; And only later, a framework for Jijnyasaa ( under the tag line of Vedanta).

 

4. Suggestion: Instead of making a public debate on why Sapta Vyaharuti, Say Gayatri  mantra by one line –two lines , total and  with add on of a fourth-pada ( Paccah; ardharchashah, Poornam ; Turiyam) go for deep practice.  The ‘Guhya- Tattva locked in the heart < nihitam guhaayaaam> will unfold.   To see life, postmortem is not the approach.  One can dissect  Mantra to its components to find only its sound- atoms and loose the entirety of its ‘ Unified Power’ ( Mantra –Shakti).

 

 

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BVK Sastry

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नमो विद्वद्भ्यः

explain the main difference between the Gayatri Mantra with 3 Vyahruti and 7 Vyahruti                          
                                                     -- Vidvan Jaya Prakash

The question is related to कल्पशास्त्रम् - गृह्यसूत्रम् ---

Since there are three sentences in  गायत्रीमन्त्र only three व्याह्रुतिs are taken as per गृह्यसूत्रम् ।

I shall take up उपनयनम् from आपस्तम्बगृह्यसूत्रम्  and discuss the matter --

कल्पः - कल्प्यते समर्थ्यते मन्त्राणां प्रयोगः अत्र अनेन वा (घञ्) इति कल्पः ।

कल्पशास्त्रम् deals with the practical part of different rites - the procedure.

आपस्तम्बगृह्यसूत्रम् ( खण्डः 11 स् 8-11) with सूत्रतात्पर्यदर्शनम् of सुदर्शनाचार्य --

सू 8 -- पुरस्तात् प्रत्यङ्ङासीनः कुमारो दक्षिणेन पाणिना दक्षिणं पादम् अन्वारभ्य आह सावित्रीं भोः अनुब्रूहीति ।

आचार्य is facing east whereas कुमार is facing west  , both of them face each other , कुमार holds आचार्य’s right foot with right hand and says आचार्य preach me गायत्री ।

सू 9 - तस्मा अन्वाह तत्सवितुरिति

आचार्य  says - तत्सवितुर्वरेण्यम् ( etc , to be construed along with the next सूत्रम्)

सू 10 - पच्छोर्धर्चशः ततः सर्वाम् 

Having stopped at the end of each पाद of the ऋक् , then stopping at the end of half of the ऋक् and finally stopping at the end of complete ऋक् -- 

1. तत्सवितुर्वरेण्यम् । भर्गो देवस्य धीमहि । धियो यो नः प्रचोदयात् ।

2. तत्सवितुर्वरेण्यम् भर्गो देवस्य धीमहि । धियो यो नः प्रचोदयात् ।

3. तत्सवितुः .... प्रचोदयात् ।

सू 11. व्याहृतीः विहृताः पादादिषु अन्तेषु वा तथा अर्धर्चयोः उत्तमायां कृत्स्नायाम् 

Separated व्याहृतिs , viz भूः , भुवः , स्वः , these three are pronounced - before or after the three legs (of गायत्री) , or - before or after two legs, or pronounce the last व्याहृति , ie स्वम् , before or after the entire गायत्री ।

What about the ओंकार ( प्रणवः) ?

ओमिति ब्राह्मणः प्रवक्ष्यन्नाह ( तै उ 1-8)

ओंकारः स्वर्गद्वारं तस्मात् ब्रह्माध्येष्यमाणः एतदादि प्रतिपद्येत ( आप धर्मसू  1-13-6)

ओमभ्यादाने (पा सू )

प्रणवश्छन्दसामिव ( कालिदासः - रघु.)

But the above said procedures of pronouncing व्याहृतिs are not in practice in this part of the country - it is simply

ओं भूर्भुवस्सुवः । तत्सवितुः ....प्रचोदयात् ।

In मन्त्राधिकरणम् of पूर्वमीमांसा  also it is concluded that whatever , in whatever form , is inherited from scholars as मन्त्र should be taken as प्रमाणम् ।

Therefore , for doing जप , गायत्रीमन्त्र would have three व्याहृतिs whereas in स्वाध्याय (वेदाध्ययनम्) it would have seven .

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Hello Subrahmanyam Ji,

Shri Guruve Namaha,

Thanks very much for explaining.

rniyengar

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Dear Prof.Korada,
Namaste.
Your explanations are clear and lucid as always. In a previous post I read the query as "......Vyahruti In Vishwamitra Gayatri 3 and Pranama 7 Vyahruti. Both mantra part is same..." by Vidvan Jaya Prakash. I thought it may have been प्राणायाम  and not प्रणाम .  As far as I know and have been taught through inherited tradition, during प्राणायाम seven व्याहृति  are used and the longer mantra is to be mentally repeated during kumbhaka three times. One प्राणायाम is made up of 3 such repetitions holding the breath. There may be regional/family variations in the ratio of recaka, pUraka and kumbhaka cycle. Scholars may inform the variations among the different regions of this vast country. 

As an aside, I find that in current practice the सङ्कल्प is given undue prominence at the expense of प्राणायाम, other than the priest loudly uttering त्रिः प्राणानायम्य .

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Connecting greater number of Vyaahrutis (7) with the length of praaNaayama by Prof. Iyengar is apt and matches with the experience during actual practice. With each vyaahruti, deeper and deeper meditation occurs. Vyaahrutis being taken as lokas , lokas being taken as levels of depth of inward spiritual experience, all match with this view.

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नमो विद्वद्भ्यः

नमस्ते Prof RN Iyengar. I deserve an आशीर्वचनम्  from you rather than...

 I could locate the one you mentioned (19/8/16)  it is really useful and relevant --

In light of your observation I revise my conclusion --

Therefore there will be three व्याहृतिs  in गायत्रीमन्त्र  for जप and seven during प्राणायाम and स्वाध्याय ( वेदाध्ययनम्) ।

I  have missed this point - was thinking on कारके (व्याकरणम्) , मन्त्राः - बीजमन्त्राः ( मीमांसा - तन्त्रम्) , गायत्री (कल्पः) and ज्योतिषम् (reading horoscopes for son's marriage) - so overtaxed .

Anyway thank you very much for the alert .

Since you touched the performance of प्राणायाम , let us take a look at it --

>As far as I know and have been taught through inherited tradition, during प्राणायाम seven व्याहृति  are used and the longer mantra is to be mentally repeated during kumbhaka three times<

1. वसिष्ठस्मृतिः (अध्या 25- श्लो 13) --

सव्याहृतिं सप्रणवां गायत्रीं शिरसा सह ।
त्रिः पठेदायतप्राणः प्राणायामः स उच्यते ॥

So you are taught the right way.

2. कात्यायनस्मृतिः (11/ 6,7,8) --

भूराद्याः तिस्र एवैताः महाव्याहृतयो’व्ययाः ।
महर्जनस्तपस्सत्यं गायत्री च शिरस्तथा ॥

आपोर्ज्योतीरसोमृतं ब्रह्मभूर्भुवः स्वरतिशिरः।
प्रतिप्रतीकं प्रणवम् उच्चारयेदन्ते च शिरसः॥

एता एतां सहानेन तथैभिः दशभिः सह ।
त्रिर्जपेत् आयतप्राणः प्राणायामः स उच्यते ॥

3. याज्ञवल्क्यस्मृतिः (1-23) -

गायत्रीं शिरसा सार्धं जपेत् व्याहृतिपूर्विकाम् ।
प्रतिप्रणवसंयुक्तां त्रिरयं प्राणसंयमः ॥

लघ्वाश्वलायनस्मृतिः , बौधायनस्मृतिः etc also .

Another instance - when the time for सन्ध्यावन्दनम् is lapsed ( it should be performed within 8 घटिकाः from सूर्योदय) - then  one has to offer an additional अर्घ्यम् as प्रायश्चित्त and it will be as follows --

प्रातस्सन्ध्याकालातिक्रमणजनितदोषपरिहरणार्थम् अर्घ्यप्रदानरूपप्रायश्चित्तं करिष्ये --

ओं भूर्भुवस्सुवः । तत्सवितुर्वरेण्यं भर्गो देवस्य धीमहि । धियो यो नः प्रचोदयात् । ओमापोज्योतीरसो’मृतं ब्रह्मभूर्भुवस्सुवरोम् ।

Let us look at योगानुशासनम् --

योगसूत्रम्  2-49 -- 
 
तस्मिन् सति श्वासप्रश्वासयोः गतिविच्छेदः प्राणायामः

(तस्मिन् = आसने सति ; ’ स्थिरसुखमासनम् ’ यो सू)

नागेशवृत्तिः --

तयोः गतिविच्छेदः प्राणायाम इत्यर्थः । स्वाभाविकश्वासप्रश्वासयोः अभावः इति यावत् । स च रेचकपूरककुंभकेषु सर्वेषु एव अनुगतः।

The time for the three stages is fixed in वसिष्ठसंहिता - says Nagesa --

षोडशमात्रावच्छिन्नः पूरकः। चतुष्षष्टिमात्रावच्छिन्नः कुम्भकः। द्वात्रिंशत्मात्रावच्छिन्नो रेचकः ।

There is मतभेद in this regard .

So far as the performance is concerned - in Andhradesa , as far as I obsered , people are not meditating गायत्री  during प्राणायाम ।

Some पुरोहितs say - ' hold the nose .. ओम् भूः ... ओग्ं सत्यम् ... leave the nose ' .

An angry पुरोहित does not  say - ' leave the nose ' , and while noticing the यजमान , still holding the nose, shouts - ' leave that widow-nose ' (रूपकसमासः न तु षष्ठीस्मासः) - it is a true translation of Telugu - ' वेधवमुक्कु ’; वेधव = विधवा ।

Neither the यजमान , nor the पुरोहित , nor the common people are bothered about this great drill called प्राणायाम ।

You have rightly said - संकल्प is given predominance over प्राणायाम ।

We lost a lot of our  useful tradition and still losing --

अप्रियस्य च पथ्यस्य राजन् वक्ता  श्रोता च दुर्लभः  ( रामायणम् / भारतम्)

पथः अनपेतम् - पथ्यम् -- यत्  ’ धर्मपथ्यर्थन्यायादनपेते ’ पा सू 

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Jayaprakash ji, it is gurave  not guruve

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Namaste

 

Three Very important points to note from Professor Korada’s post, responding to RNI, on ‘ Pranayama –Practice’ and ‘ Chant of Gayatri Mantra’  ,  along with my notes, below.  

 

The end question is ‘ What can be done by us here now to re-boot and restore the ‘Yoga in to Samskruth’ in the system’?  beyond ‘ Vishaada –Yoga’ ? and  self-gratification by saying that  ‘ Once upon a time, it was  practiced like this, as stated in the text in a classical language ….  (  puraa naimishaaranye aaseenam suta mahamunim…. !’. )

 

1)  Loss of Tradition  and  Techniques of ‘ Yoga-Pranayama’   that is truly relevant for Samskrutham –Mantra Practices needing ‘Vak-Yoga’ advanced instructions, an integral part of ‘Sandhyaa’.

 

Professor Korada : < , people are not meditating गायत्री  during प्राणायाम  ….. Neither the यजमान , nor the पुरोहित , nor the common people are bothered about this great drill called प्राणायाम ।   >

 

The Upanishad –Gita and Patanjali based  tradition of  Pranayama comes as a  two part guidance. Pranayama with breath focus (= Amantraka)   and Mantra-Sound Focus (Sa-Mantraka).  This model of teaching was provided as a  part of advanced teaching  at  Shivananda Ashram Traditions at Hrishikesh, around ‘70’s.   At South India, some families did carry  the secrets of the  Vedic Yoga traditions  ( - And they  did/ do  survive  with some masters). There could be some unknown unsurfaced masters around still, not getting on to the cyber debate space.  

 

The startup techniques , common for all yoga practitioners , is  called ‘ A-mantraka Pranayama’  which is plain focus on ‘ breath regulation / modulation’ linked to   Patanjali Yoga-Sutra (2-49). This is the most widely researched and practiced yogaanga technique; carries  mostly a Buddhist mediation flavor and popular statement – ‘ When in stress, BREATHE’.  Here the focus is on ‘ breath related Praana :: Life energy in relation to Breathing.  This is post ‘Aasana’ and prior to ‘ Pratyahaara’.  This is Praak-Krutha = Separated from the Mantra for Meditation. In medical terms,  to breathe, one does not have to think or speak or say. They are functionalities of different nature from different body organs and impacting energy flow in the  body differently. Breathing primarily impacts body and secondarily impacts ‘Thought (= Chitta Vrutti / Bhaavanaa = Logic and emotion, Memory and Articulation  ).

 

 

The advanced techniques of ‘Pranayama’ that are needed in post –pratyaahara phase of yogaanga, are called ‘ Samantraka –Pranayama’.  This is the foundation of all Sandhyaa and Vaidika karmas , irrespective of three or seven vyaharuti’s used, the three or four gayatri mantra padas and the mix of veda-mantras in practice.   Most of these practical’s  were retained as ‘ In-house / In-Family teachings in the ‘Vaidika Brahmana families’. Whether one got any explanation or not, the practice structure and discipline was noticed, unmistakable and with a unique ‘Yoga-Veda- Samskrutham’  signature in the ‘ Pravara’ statements.   The scope of this ‘ Samantraka –Pranayama’  extends from ‘Dharanaa phase of yogaanga to Post Siddhi phase of Yoga practice. The techniques of ‘Samantraka Pranayama’ use the ‘ Prana’ power in the ‘Mantra –Sounds’. The connection of ‘Mantra –Varna’ and ‘ Praana (Sookshma –gati) ‘ are to be understood from the fundamentals of ‘Shikshaa Shaastra’, which are ‘Vedaanga’ ( and advanced Vedaangas/ Veda –Bhashaa –Anga / Yoga- Bhashaa Anga /Vak-Yoga).  The pointing  clue starts at  – ‘ Atmaa buddhyaa samaayuktah.. manah kaayagnim aahanti..’ : Shikshaa (Vedanga-1)  as foundation before Vyakarana (Vednaga -2)   A prior step to learn ‘Sa-mantraka Pranayama’  as  speech sound articulation after Pranayama of breath. The foot-print of this is still left in the statement ‘ Aasane upavishya , Praanaan- aayamya’-   It is an inner and internal process of ‘ moving and guiding Prana from the memory of sounds, with an intention (Vivaksaaa)  to articulate ( uccharana)  a  processed word ( sa-pratyayam, pratipadikam, Dhatuh vaa)  processed in  compliance with  Vyaakarana rules of Samskrutham . The ‘Vedaartha Charchaa comes as further advancement of Vedangas :  Chandas (  Vedanga-3)  , Nirukta (   Vedanga-4)   , Jyotisha (  Vedanga-5)  ,  Kalpa (  Vedanga-6)  .  The study of Kalpa as Vedic ‘Fire’ ritual documentation and  ‘ post mortem analysis-  academic exercise’   without the starting committed foundation from Sandhyaa-Practice –Practicals covering ‘Samantraka PRanayama’,  does not breathe ‘Prana-Yoga-life’  in to the study of Samskrutham.

 

In the current period,  the ‘brahmana community practices, as seen and shown,   being no exception) seems to have suffered a double jeopardy : Loss and  Not-bothered.  Loss, as there is no practice and practical. Not-Bothered , because there is no one to audit !   This is what makes the ‘ Vedic ritual seem to be a dress-rehearsal of no meaningful message, including ‘Sandhya’, on which Manu set his dictum : ‘ To the exception of all other doing or not doing, the practitioner of ‘ Maitra – worship ( =  the technical name for Three times Sandhya vandanam’) is a Brahmana. Failure to keep to this standard is a mark of fall. ( = Kuryaat anyat na vaa kuryaat, Maitro Braahmana uchyate). This ‘Sandhyaa –Vandanam’ as ‘ Maitra ritual was a prescription for all three Varanas , making it a social mandate for 75% social spirituality  by ‘practice of Veda’. A fact, though ‘  hurting’ cannot be concealed.

 

The   combined ‘ Loss part’ of ‘ technique of Sa-mantaka Pranayama’  and ‘ Not-bothered’ part being  ‘  Vaidika -Samskrutha –Shabda uccharanam’ is an issue that needs to be addressed as a part of Samskrutham revival  and Yoga- Course correction.  

 

If one cannot breathe for another person, making breathing an external, delegated substituted outsourced  process ( irrespective of the Four Varna tags )  ,  on the same logic, one person  cannot say the ‘Samskrutha Veda –Mantra’ for ‘another person- Yajamana’ ( irrespective of  the  varna of  purohita or the yajamana ). 

 

Historically speaking, by increasing  this ‘ substitution-delegation process  percentage in performance of vedic rituals and temple worship’,  the three varnas ( other than Brahmana) lost Yoga and Samskrutham; and in the ‘ socio-dynamics of post colonial period, the ‘Brahmans  seem to have lost ‘ the most sensible, necessary and sufficient, vital  parts of  Yoga and Yogaanga needed to make the Mantras in Samskrutham deliver the goods’.  In the temples, when one does not know what is ‘Prana’ and ‘ Pranayama’ how can the ‘Devataa –Prana –Pratishthaapanaa and udvaasanam’ be effective?    

 

In the cyber space debates on these practical topics, one ends up in collecting  the texts of excellence on practices   and not  in motivated learning-practice-practical of the Yoga-Samskrutham vitals .

 

 

2) Loss of Proper usage of Mantra, Guidance from Text for use of Veda Mantra yielding  ‘Bad and   sterile Practice of Yoga and Vedic Ritual’ and ‘ Bad input and data  feed to claims on Yoga-Research

  

 When Yoga-Pranayama –Mantra- research is based on ‘ ineffective and  sterile  samples, the outcome will be far from the statements and claims in the text.  Chanting Veda and Gaaytri as musical pleasing  composition can be entertaining and relaxing, but surely not enlightening.

 

3)  Erosion of Yoga- Technicalities of Samskrutham usage ,  due to ‘ Practice of Yoga severed from Samskrutham’.   

 

   When Samskruth studies re-positioned itself as ‘ historical  classical language study’ by shedding its ‘ Soul of Yoga –Veda –Mantra’, to simulate the very minor functionality of ‘ language as a medium of social communication’ , then the claims of ‘Samskrutham as Deva-Bhashaa / Veda –Bhashaa’ fall flat, or remain as  self-flattering statements. In one master stroke, the colonial linguistics made ‘Vedas’ to be  ‘ panegyric memory of history, and mother seeds of mythology ( itihasa –purana)’ and the ‘ language of Sacred to be the language of a  bygone, primitive historic society.   < पथः अनपेतम् पथ्यम्  is also means  a ‘ dietary prescription for restoring the health.   >

 

Regards

BVK Sastry

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Hello Sir,

नागेशवृत्तिः --

तयोः गतिविच्छेदः प्राणायाम इत्यर्थः । स्वाभाविकश्वासप्रश्वासयोः अभावः इति यावत् । स च रेचकपूरककुंभकेषु सर्वेषु एव अनुगतः।

The time for the three stages is fixed in वसिष्ठसंहिता - says Nagesa --

षोडशमात्रावच्छिन्नः पूरकः। चतुष्षष्टिमात्रावच्छिन्नः कुम्भकः। द्वात्रिंशत्मात्रावच्छिन्नो रेचकः ।

For this above statement can I known please the book reference.
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नमो विद्वद्भ्यः

Pp 312-313, योगसूत्रवृत्तिः , (The Dept of Public Instruction, Bombay ) 

The Yogasutras of Patanjali

with the sholium of Vyasa
          and
The Commentary of Vachaspatimisra

Revised and Enlarged by the Edition 
           of the 
Commentary of Nagoji Bhatta
              by
Vasudeva  Sastri  Abhyankar

Second Edition 1917

Bombay  Sanskrit  and  Prakrit Series No XLVI

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Respected Prof.Korada,

I feel humbled by your kind words. I may be senior by age, but as I have observed  for several years on BVP you are a real शास्त्रपारङ्गत, ज्ञानवृद्ध.
Thanks for your further references on प्राणायाम

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नारायणः

On Sunday, August 21, 2016 at 10:45:45 PM UTC+5:30, korada wrote:
नमो विद्वद्भ्यः

नमस्ते Prof RN Iyengar. I deserve an आशीर्वचनम्  from you rather than...अन्द् 
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Respected Prof.Korada,

I feel humbled by your kind words. you are a real शास्त्रपारङ्गत, ज्ञानवृद्ध.
Thanks for your further references on प्राणायाम

I to came across few more references,

॥ श्रीयोगयाज्ञवल्क्य ॥
॥ अथ षष्ठोऽध्यायः ॥

याज्ञवल्क्य उवाच -
प्राणायाममथादीनां प्रवक्ष्यामि विधानतः ।
समाहितमनास्त्वं च शृणु गार्गि वरानने ॥ १॥

प्राणापानसमायोगः ``प्राणायामः'' इतीरितः ।
``प्राणायामः'' इति प्रोक्तो रेचकपूरककुम्भकैः ॥ २॥

वर्णत्रयात्मका ह्येते रेचकपूरककुम्भकाः ।
स एष प्रणवः प्रोक्तः प्राणायामश्च तन्मयः ॥ ३॥

इडया वायुमारोप्य पूरयित्वोदरस्थितम् ।
शनैः षोडशभिर्मात्रैर्कारं तत्र संस्मरेत् ॥ ४॥ ??
धारयेत्पूरितं पश्चाच्चतुःषष्ठ्या तु मात्रया ।
उकारमूर्तिमत्रापि संस्मरन्प्रणवं जपेत् ॥ ५॥ ??
यावद्वा शक्यते तावद्धारणं जपसंयुतम् ।
पूरितं रेचयेत् पश्चात्प्राणं बाह्यानिलान्वितम् ॥ ६॥

शनैः पिङ्गलया गार्गि द्वात्रिंशन्मात्रया पुनः ।
मकारमूर्तिमत्रापि संस्मरन्प्रणवं जपेत् ॥ ७॥

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