Nov 25, 2008

Stanza-104

भूर्भुवः स्वस्तरुस्तारः सविता प्रपितामहः ।
यज्ञो यज्ञपतिर्यज्वा यज्ञाङ्गो यज्ञवाहनः ॥

ഭൂര്ഭുവഃ സ്വസ്തരുസ്താരഃ സവിതാ പ്രപിതാമഹഃ
യജ്ഞോ യജ്ഞപതിര്യജ്വാ യജ്ഞാന്ഗോ യജ്ഞവാഹനഃ

பூர்புவ சுவஸ்தருஸ்தார சவிதா பிரபிதாமஹ
யஞோ யஞ்பதிர்யஜ்வா யஞாங்கோ யஞவாஹன

ಭೂರ್ಭುವಃ ಸ್ವಸ್ತರುಸ್ತಾರಃ ಸವಿತಾ ಪ್ರಪಿತಾಮಹಃ
ಯಜ್ಞೋ ಯಜ್ಞಪತಿರ್ಯಜ್ವಾ ಯಜ್ಞಾನ್ಗೋ ಯಜ್ಞವಾಹನಃ

భూర్భువః స్వస్తరుస్తారః సవితా ప్రపితామహః
యజ్ఞో యజ్ఞపతిర్యజ్ఞా యజ్ఞాన్గో యజ్ఞవాహనః

bhoorbhuvah svastarustaarah savitaaa prapitaamahah
yajno yajnapatiryajvaa yajnaango yajnavaahmah

967. Bhoor-bhuvas-svas-taruh – “One who is snap in the tree-of-life existing in all the universe of the higher world, our-world and the lower world.” The famous Vedic terms bhooh Bhuvah and Svah connote the three worlds (lokas). The world ‘Loka’ in Sanskrit means “a field of experience.” Therefore, in fact, these three terms, called Vyaahritees, subjectively represents all our experiences in the walking, dream and deep-sleep states of consciousness. His constant Yajna to nurture and nourish the Universe. So, this epithet has been given to Sree Narayana, the infinite Self, the glorious Essence (Sap) that pervades the entire Tree-of-Life-flowering out to even embrace all experiences in all planes of Consciousness. Everywhere, in the everything at all times.
968. Tarrah – “One who helps all to cross –over” – the Eternal Boat-man, to whom, if the devotees can surrender in unswerving faith and true devotion, he will surely row them across the “Ocean of samsara:” that one is Taarah. Through exclusive, devoted meditation, alert with understanding, the individuality in each of us wakes up to the higher plane – and there is Be-attitude to experience the Self, the eternal Brahman – Sree Hari.
969. Savitaa – “He who is the father of All” – Who is the eternal father of the entire Universe.
970. Pra-pitaamahah – “He who is the father of even the ‘Father of all Beings,’ the creator, Brahmaaji, of the trinity.” The creator Himself rose from the Absolute self. Creator is known in our scriptural language as Pitaamaha –the Father.
971. Yajnah – “One whose very nature is yajna.” The term yajna means “work undertaken with a pure spirit of total dedication in complete co-operative endeavor with total selflessness, there is Sree Narayana in action through His creatures.
972. Yajna-patih – “The lord of all yajnas.” I am the ‘Enjoyer’ in all self –dedicated, co-operative endeavors (Yajna). These are the joyous words of the lord who Himself declares; “The ‘Enjoyer’ and the ‘lord’ in all yajnas am I.”
973. Yajvaa – “The one who performs Yajna according to the strict prescriptions laid down in Vedas” –the one who maintains in ll his divine actions the true Yajna spirit.
974. Yajnaangah – “One whose limbs are the ‘things’ employed in Yajna.” In Harivamsa we told that ‘things’ are the very aspects of Lord Sree Narayana.
975. Yajna-vaahanah – “One who fulfils Yajnas in complete and exact accord with the Vedic instructions.”

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Credits

Inspiration & courtesy:
Contribution of Shivkumar Kalyanaraman, Professor, Department of ECSE, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, U.S.A.

Sanskrit script Courtesy:
Shri. N. Krishnamachari