Other episodes:
Previous parts:
Part 1 "Cholas and Rama belonged to the same lineage."
Part 3 ""No curse on the Big Temple"
When tested in other languages including Tamil the
results were not satisfactory. By result it is meant the changes in the
air around the Homa fire. More than 100 oxides were detected in the air when
done with ideal combination of ingredients by uttering the 2 line mantra in a
particular tone exactly at the time of sunrise and sunset. When tested with the
meaning of the mantras, the result reduced.
Previous parts:
Part 1 "Cholas and Rama belonged to the same lineage."
Part 3 ""No curse on the Big Temple"
Part 4 "Dravidian architecture does not mean 'Tamil' architecture"
In continuation of PART 1 of my interview with Mr Saiganesh of Desiya Siragugal channel, I am posting here the 2nd part of the 4-part series covering different issues surrounding the Kumbhabhishekam of the ‘Big Temple’ of Thanjavur.
In continuation of PART 1 of my interview with Mr Saiganesh of Desiya Siragugal channel, I am posting here the 2nd part of the 4-part series covering different issues surrounding the Kumbhabhishekam of the ‘Big Temple’ of Thanjavur.
In this video I am first addressing the issue of why
Sanskrit and not Tamil in the Kumbhabhishekam by highlighting the only
available research on a Vedic Homa to drive home the point that Sanskrit words and
the tonal quality of the utterance of the same are paramount in drawing the
ideal results from any homa. The research is on Agnihotra Homa that is done
every day at sunrise and sunset. It is only after doing this homa other homas
can be done from the same fire.
This particular research was done in the aftermath
of the Bhopal Gas
tragedy when it was found out that only two families survived .
They had been doing Agnihotra regularly and this caught the attention of western
scientists who after an elaborate research deduced the ideal size of the homa
pot, the ingredients for the homa and the mantra for the homa. It was found out
that of the so many mantras used in Agnihotra homa, just 2 mattered. Even then
there was a variation in morning and evening mantras by just one word. The word
“Surya” in the morning mantra was replaced by “Agni” in the evening mantra. When
tested otherwise the effects were not the same. This establishes that the word
matters.
The ideal size of the Agnihotra Homa vessels
After establishing by means of this experiment the
effect of mantras in Sanskrit, I went ahead establishing that Muruga was the
first one to have conducted the first ever Vedic Homa.
Muruga, known as Ugra
Kumara Pandya of the first Tamil Sangam was identified by sage Markandeya as
one who conducted the marriage of Svaha with Agni. Svaha is the mantra uttered while offering
havis in the Agni for any homa. The narration found in Mahabharata also says
that Muruga alias Skanda directed mankind to do Havyam and Kavyam (Avahaniya
and Garhapatniya) the basic Homas.
A parallel to this narration is found in the Tamil tradition
that Muruga taught Pranava mantra (AUM) to his father Lord Shiva. With Muruga,
hailed as the God of Tamils (Thamizh Kadavul), his role in ushering in the
Vedic culture through the introduction of Vedic Homa must set at rest any
controversy rejecting Sanskrit in Homa (here Kumbhabhisheka)
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