yajurveda k¯alatraya sandhy¯avandanam

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yajurveda k¯alatraya
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sandhya¯vandanam
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by
Sunder Kidambi
(with the blessings of
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iii :pra;~ta;a;va;na;a (prast¯avan¯a) ...................................................... 13
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iv :pra;a;taH .sa;nDya;a;va;nd;na;m,a (pr¯atah. sandhya¯vandanam) .................. 19
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v ma;a;Dya;a;(cid:10)a;–îå+:k .sa;nDya;a;va;nd;na;m,a (m¯adhy¯ahnika sandhya¯vandanam) . 51
vi .sa;a;yMa .sa;nDya;a;va;nd;na;m,a (s¯ayam. sadndhya¯vandanam) .................. 83
vii ga;ea:ˆMa :pra;va:=M ..ca (gotram and pravaram) ................................... 115
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(Acknowledgements)
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laks.m¯ına¯thasama¯rambh¯am. n¯athatya¯munamadhyam¯am Á
asmad¯ac¯aryaparyant¯am. vande guruparam. para¯m ÁÁ
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With respectful pran¯ams to my ¯ac¯aryas and pu¯rv¯ac¯aryas, I wish to
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place on record my heartfelt gratitude to all those who helped me in bringing
out this book.
My father Sriman Kidambi Sreenivasachar has tirelessly worked to co-
ordinate the efforts in proofreading this document. He has personally visited
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each of the volunteers and handed a copy of this document for proofreading.
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The volunteers, in turn, have kindly provided me their feedback on the con-
tents and presentationtof this document. From time to time he collected the
updates from them to make sure that the proofreading is done in a stipulated
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amount of time. He has spent several hours organizing the comments from the
volunteers to present them to me in a concise form over the telephone. To my
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father, I am deeply indebted for the interest and help he has rendered in my en-
deavor to bring out this book on the occasion of the upanayanam of my sons
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Chi. Mukund Kidambi and Chi. Sriram Kidambi.
I would like to express my sincere thanks to my brother Sriman
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RaghavanKidambi,mysister-in-law SrimatiMythiliRaghavanandmynephew
Chi. Mohan Kidambi who have worked with the publishers to get this doc-
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ument printed. They have also been instrumental in requesting the graceful
presence of His Holiness S´r¯ı Ran˙gapriya Mah¯ade´sikan by arranging a
anugraha bh¯asanam by Him on the occasion of the upanayanam. Mo-
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kx +:ta;¼a;ta;a;pRa;Na;m,a k.rtmajn˜ata¯rpan.am
han has designed the cover page for this book and I wish to sincerely thank him
for his time and effort.
My sincere thanks to Sriman H.R. Krishnaswamy woho has tirelessly and
meticulously gone through the document to point out mistakes that are difficult
to find witha casual reading. I would liketo expresscmy gratitude to Sriman Dr.
Kidambi Rajagopalan, my uncle, who has provided feedback and suggestions
toimprove thepresentation ofthisdocument. Iwouldalsoliketorecognize and
thank the efforts of Sriman C.S. Gopalachar and Sriman Dr. C.R. Ramaswamy
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who have provided some insightful suggestions.
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Noamountofthanksisenoughtoexpress mygratitudetoDr. Parthasarathy
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and given suggestions to improve it, I would like to place on record my very
sincere and heartfelt thanks for all the help he has rendered so far in terms of
proofreading various documents on our website http://www.prapatti.com. He
has never hesitated in rendering his help whenever I have asked.
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avind Laboratories, Chennai, popularly known as RR Mama, for requesting
the S´r¯ımukham fromtHis Holiness S´r¯ı Ran˙gar¯am¯anujamaha¯de´sikan
on my behalf. I also thank him for scanning the S´r¯ımukham and sending it
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Last, but not the least, my heartfelt thanks to my older son Chi. Mukund
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Kidambi for all the help with the photographs in this document and my wife
Smt. Rama Kidambi for making all this happen.
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Á Á A;(cid:14)a;Ba;mua;Ka;m,a Á Á
Á Á abhimukham Á Á
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(Foreword)
God is the absolute reality endowed with allcauspicious and excellent
attributes. He is the inner controller of all cit (beings) and acit (matter). The
j¯ıva¯tman enters the physical body appropriate to its past karma (actions)
and transmigrates in the cycle of births and deaths (sams¯ara). God, out of
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compassion for the souls, bestows vedic knowledge through brahma and a
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lineage of saints and sages. The vedas discuss the nature of God, nature of
souls, causes of sams¯ara and ways to get out of it.
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Vedas prescribe several duties for individual souls to come out of this
sams¯ara. They are classified as nitya karm¯as, or daily duties, and naimit-
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tika karm¯as, or occasional duties. The much extoled sandhya¯vandana
comes under nitya karma, or daily duties. We have ample references regard-
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ing sandhya¯vandana in vedas, smrtis, r¯am¯ayana, mah¯abha¯rata and
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visnu pur¯ana. The reference to sandhya¯vandana in krsna yajurveda
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o!+.dù;aÅ;nt(cid:23)a;ma;~tM!a;ya;ant(cid:23)a;ma;a;(cid:10)a;d!;tya;m(cid:23)a;(cid:14)a;Ba;Dya;!a;ya;nku!+:vRa;nb.ra;(cid:23)(cid:23)a;(cid:143)!;Na;ea ;(cid:10)a;v!a;dõ;a;nTs!a;k+:lM(cid:23) B!a;dÒ+m(cid:23)a:(îéau;te!a-
Y;sa;a;va;(cid:23)a;(cid:10)a;d!;tya;ea b.r!a;(cid:143)e;(cid:11)a;t!a b.ra;(cid:143)!E;va .sa;nb.ra;(cid:143);!a;pyea;(cid:11)a;t!a ya O!;;vMa :vea;d(cid:23) ÁÁ
udyantapımastamyantaım¯adityamaıbhidhy¯ayankurvanbr¯aııhma-
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no vidv¯anthsakalaım bhadramaı´snute′s¯av¯aıdityo brahmeti brah-
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maiva saanbrahm¯apyeti ya evam. veda ÁÁ
The procedure of worship ordained here is by offering arghya at the time
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of sunrise and sunset while meditating on ¯aditya (sun god) and chanting
g¯apyatr¯ı.
Aditya represents pure satva characteristics and it is He who looks after
thehealthoftheentireworld. Theindividualsoul isenveloped withrajo guna
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and tamo guna. These adverse vices can be wiped out by offering arghya
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to the Almighty God in the form of sun and meditating on g¯ayatr¯ı.
A;(cid:14)a;Ba;mua;Ka;m,a mabhimukham
Worship through arghya is a process by which ¯aditya within us can be
invoked and whose qualities can be acquired. Vedas declare that ¯aditya in the
sky and the ¯aditya within our body is one and the sameo. The vedic statement
runs like this.
.sa ya O!;;Sa;(cid:23)ea(cid:23).Y;nta;&R(cid:23)+.d;ya A;a;k+:!a;ZaH Á c
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sa ya es.o ntarh.rdaya ¯ak¯a´sah. Á
.sa ya;(ãÉa;(cid:23)a;yMa :pu!a:(cid:29)+:Sea Á ya;(ãÉa;a;sa;(cid:23)a;va;a;(cid:10)a;d!;tyea Á .sa O;;k(cid:23) ;H Á
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sa ya´sc¯ayam. purus.e Á ya´sca¯s¯av¯aditye Á sa ekah. Á
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Therefore, offering arghya definitely has the effect on one who offers it.
Taittir¯ıyopanisad also says
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m!a;nde;h;a.Y:(cid:29)(cid:23) +:Nea dõ(cid:4);!a;pea :pra;(cid:14)a;[(cid:23)a;pa;(cid:0)a;//n//(cid:15)t!a ya;tpr(cid:23)a;d;(cid:14)a;[!a;NMa
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mandeh¯a rune dv¯ıpe praksıpanti yatpradaksinam
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The meaning is that the argihya offered from the palms of the worshipper
destroys demons known as manteh¯as attacking the sun. This statement in the
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veda has a great significance.
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Vedas are referred to as tray¯ı, that is, vedic statements have three mean-
ings, namely, external, internal and philosophical. Among them, the philoso-
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phical meaning is important. The element of sun in our body is clouded by our
rajo guna and tamo guna. The arghya offered at the feet of ¯aditya at sun-
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rise and sunset will help free the individual soul from the above-
mentioned evil qualities. The word in the vedic statement manteh¯as refers
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to the devils in our body. I´s¯av¯asya upanisad of ´sukla yajurveda and
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ch¯andogya upanisad refer to ¯aditya vidy¯a, that is, sandhya¯vandana.
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The entire process of sandhya¯vandana is centered around arghya
prpada¯naandg¯ayatr¯ı japa. Inadditiontothis,¯acamana,m¯arjana,¯asana,
pra¯n¯ay¯ama and upastha¯na are also important.
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The g¯ayatr¯ı mantra is a very powerful one. All vedas extol the
efficacy of g¯ayatr¯ı mantra. There is no vedic ya¯ga in which this great
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