[Advaita-l] meaning for certain mantras- Niranjana Mantrah

[subramanya.uh]

Dear List Members,
In South India we use this Mantra as Neerajana  Mantrah (  arti with camphor ). Can any body in the list give full translation of the Mantrah? The Mantrah is produced below ( Excuse me for bad transliteration!). There are 20 short mantrAs.

narya prajA me gOpaya; am^RutatvAya jIvasE; jAtAm janishyamAnAMca; amRutE satyE pratishThiTam; atharva pitum mE gOpAya; rasamanna mihAyushE; adabdhA yOshita tano; avisham Nah pitum k^RuNu; shaggaMsya pashUnmE gOpAya; dvipAdO yE chatushpadah; ashTA shafAscaya ihAgnE; yE caika shaphA AshugAh; saprTha sabhAm me gOpaya; yE ca sabhyA sabhAsadah; TanindriyAvatkuru;  sarvamAyurupAsaTam; ahE budhniya mantram mE gOpAya; yam^Rushayastrai vidAviduh; ^Ruca sAmAni yajUgaMshi; sAhishriram^RutA satAm; 

Normally about 10-15 such mantras are used for NirAjana.
It is also helpful if it is informed where such meanings are available over web site or in our archives.
With regards,
subrahmanya UH





----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jaldhar H. Vyas" <jaldhar at braincells.com>
To: "Advaita-L" <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org>
Cc: "subhanu saxena" <subhanu at hotmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 5:58 AM
Subject: Re: [Advaita-l] meaning for certain mantras


> 
> Thankyou Subhanuji for answering this question.
> 
> -- 
> Jaldhar H. Vyas <jaldhar at braincells.com>
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: subhanu saxena <subhanu at hotmail.com>
> 
> Narayan wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> "Namaskar,
> 
> In my family tradition while doing doing panca-deepa aarti, we use the
> mantras "sapratha sabham me gopaya, ye cha sabhayam.........Aher budhniyam
> mantram gopaya......amrutaam sathaam..." - taittiriya brahmanam 1.2.1.26.
> 
> Can some member please give the meaning of the aforesaid mantras? Also,
> whether the mantra is appropriate for panca-deepa aarti, as the puja
> vidhanam book I have (published by RK mutt) gives another set of mantras.
> 
> thanking you in advance
> 
> narayan "
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Namaste! I saw your above question on the advaita-l archives. The mantras
> you mention occur in the virATkrama mantras ( or virAjakrama) of the
> agnyAdheyam. Each of the 5 fires when established are praised with 5 mantras
> from TB1.2.1 25-26. Bodhayana Srauta Sutram (II.18) gives us the detail (as
> does Apastamba Srauta Sutram V.18.2) :
> 
> 
> 
> athApa upasprishya virAjakramairupatiSThate (Having touched water he prays
> with the virAjakrama mantras):
> 
> 
> 
> To the gArhapatya: narya prajAm me gopAya...
> 
> 
> 
> To the dakshinAgni: atharva pitum me gopAya...
> 
> 
> 
> To the AvahanIya: shamsya pashUn me gopAya
> 
> 
> 
> and then come your mantras, with meaning given below:
> 
> 
> 
> to the sabhya (the fire placed to the east of the AvahanIya in the gambling
> hall): sapratha sabhAm me gopAya
> 
> 
> 
> " O spreading wide, guard my meeting place and those who are seated in that
> place.
> 
> Make them strong, and may they attain the whole of life"
> 
> 
> 
> to the Avasthya fire (placed to the east of the sabhya) ahey
> budhniya mantram me gopAya (you have some typos in your transliteration
> above)...
> 
> 
> 
> "O Ahey budhniya, guard my prayer, which is known to the rishis who have
> studied the 3 vedas
> 
> ie the Rik, SAman, Yajus; for this is the immortal wealth of good people"
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> To the extent that the mantras are originally part of the section praising
> the 5 fires, one can see why a tradition will have taken these mantras for
> the purpose of aarati. You should note that many of these traditions are
> from times much later than the vedic period. So, some mantra's are used in
> abhishekam ceremonies simply because they have a key word in them, eg
> dadhikrAvanno akAriSam... used for curd bath in the panchamrita snAna,
> simply because "dadhi" is there in the mantra (dadhikrAvan was a sacred
> horse!). So, if this tradition has been past down in your family or taught
> from a sampradAyavid, then I am sure it is fine. The RK books will capure a
> variety of mantras used by different people for completeness, but this does
> not make it mandatory. In the tradition I learned in Mattur village, the
> aarati mantra used is sometimes "aashaaste'yam yajamAno'sau. Ayuraashaaste
> ..." etc from TB
> 
> 
> 
> I hope the above is helpful for you
> 
> 
> 
> Regards
> 
> Subhanu 


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