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Yajurveda K¯Alatraya Sandhy¯Avandanam ÁÁ (ra;aH (ra;a;ma;tea ; a;na;ga;ma;a;nta;ma;h;a;de; a;Za;k+:a;ya na;maH (ra;a;ma;a;n,a :vea;öÐÅ*:+.f;na;a;Ta;a;yRaHñÅ Í k+: a;va;ta;a; a;kR+:k+:ke+:sa:=+a Á :vea;d;a;nta;a;.ca;a;yRa;va;ya;eRa mea .sa; a;a;Da:a;Ma .sa;d;a &+. a;d Á Á ´sr¯ıh. ´sr¯ımate nigam¯antamah¯ade´sik¯aya namah. ´sr¯ım¯an ve ˙nkat.an¯ath¯aryah. kavit¯arkikakesar¯ı Á ved¯ant¯ac¯aryavaryo me sannidhatt¯am. sad¯ahr. di ÁÁ Á Á ya:$ua;veRa;d k+:a;l+a;ya .sa;nDya;a;va;nd;na;m,a Á Á ÁÁ yajurveda k¯alatraya sandhy¯avandanam ÁÁ by Sunder Kidambi (with the blessings of (ra;a .=+ç*:+=+a;ma;a;nua:$a;ma;h;a;de; a;Za;k+:n,añÅÍ His Holiness ´sr¯ımad ¯an. d. avan of ´sr¯ıra ˙ngam) prapatti dot com prapatti dot com prapatti dot com ; a;va;Sa;ya;sUa;.ca;a (vis. ayas¯uc¯ı) i kx +:ta;¼a;ta;a;pRa;Na;m,a (kr. taj˜nat¯arpan. am) ........................................ 7 ii A;a;Ba;mua;Ka;m,a (abhimukham) ................................................. 9 iii :pra;~ta;a;va;na;a (prast¯avan¯a) ................................................... 13 iv :pra;a;taH .sa;nDya;a;va;nd;na;m,a (pr¯atah. sandhy¯avandanam) .................. 19 v ma;a;Dya;a; a;îå+:k .sa;nDya;a;va;nd;na;m,a (m¯adhy¯ahnika sandhy¯avandanam) . 51 vi .sa;a;yMa .sa;nDya;a;va;nd;na;m,a (s¯ayam. sandhy¯avandanam) .................. 83 vii ga;ea:Ma :pra;va:=M ..ca (gotram and pravaram) ................................... 115 prapatti dot com prapatti dot com Á Á kx +:ta;¼a;ta;a;pRa;Na;m,a Á Á ÁÁ kr. taj˜nat¯arpan. am ÁÁ (Acknowledgements) l+.[ma;a;na;a;Ta;sa;ma;a:=+}Ba;Ma na;a;Ta;ya;a;mua;na;ma;Dya;ma;a;m,a Á A;sma;d;a;.ca;a;yRa;pa;yRa;nta;Ma va;nde gua:+:pa:=M+pa:=+a;m,a Á Á laks. m¯ın¯athasam¯arambh¯am. n¯athay¯amunamadhyam¯am Á asmad¯ac¯aryaparyant¯am. vande guruparam. par¯am ÁÁ With respectful pran. ¯ams to my ¯ac¯aryas and p¯urv¯ac¯aryas, I wish to 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 each of the volunteers and handed a copy of this document for proofreading. The volunteers, in turn, have kindly provided me their feedback on the con- tents and presentation of this document. From time to time he collected the updates from them to make sure that the proofreading is done in a stipulated 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 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 Chi. Mukund Kidambi and Chi. Sriram Kidambi. I would like to express my sincere thanks to my brother Sriman Raghavan Kidambi, my sister-in-law Srimati Mythili Raghavan and my nephew Chi. Mohan Kidambi who have worked with the publishers to get this doc- ument printed. They have also been instrumental in requesting the graceful presence of His Holiness Sr¯ıRa´ ˙ngapriya Mah¯ade´sikan by arranging a anugrahaprapatti bh¯as. an. am by Him on the occasion dot of the upanayanam com. Mo- kx +:ta;¼a;ta;a;pRa;Na;m,a kr. taj˜nat¯arpan. 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 who has tirelessly and meticulously gone through the document to point out mistakes that are difficult to find with a casual reading. I would like to express my gratitude to Sriman Dr. Kidambi Rajagopalan, my uncle, who has provided feedback and suggestions to improve the presentation of this document. I would also like to recognize and thank the efforts of Sriman C.S. Gopalachar and Sriman Dr. C.R. Ramaswamy who have provided some insightful suggestions. No amount of thanks is enough to express my gratitude to Dr. Parthasarathy Desikan for the help he has rendered. While he has proofread this document 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. I would like to offer my sincere thanks to Sriman R. Rajagopal of Ar- avind Laboratories, Chennai, popularly known as RR Mama, for requesting the Sr¯ımukham´ from His Holiness Sr¯ı´ Ra ˙ngar¯am¯anujamah¯ade´sikan on my behalf. I also thank him for scanning the Sr¯ımukham´ and sending it to me by electronic mail. Last, but not the least, my heartfelt thanks to my older son Chi. Mukund Kidambi for all the help with the photographs in this document and my wife Smt. Rama Kidambi for making all this happen. prapatti dot com Sunder Kidambi 8 www.prapatti.com Á Á A;a;Ba;mua;Ka;m,a Á Á ÁÁ abhimukham ÁÁ (Foreword) God is the absolute reality endowed with all auspicious and excellent attributes. He is the inner controller of all cit (beings) and acit (matter). The j¯ıv¯atman enters the physical body appropriate to its past karma (actions) and transmigrates in the cycle of births and deaths (sam. s¯ara). God, out of compassion for the souls, bestows vedic knowledge through brahma and a lineage of saints and sages. The vedas discuss the nature of God, nature of souls, causes of sam. s¯ara and ways to get out of it. Vedas prescribe several duties for individual souls to come out of this sam. s¯ara. They are classified as nitya karm¯as, or daily duties, and naimit- tika karm¯as, or occasional duties. The much extoled sandhy¯avandana comes under nitya karma, or daily duties. We have ample references regard- ing sandhy¯avandana in vedas, smr. tis, r¯am¯ayan. a, mah¯abh¯arata and vis. n. u pur¯an. a. The reference to sandhy¯avandana in kr. s. n. a yajurveda is as follows o!+.dùÅ;a;nta;ma;~tM!a;ya;nta;ma;a; a;d!;tya;ma;a;Ba;Dya;!a;ya;nku! +:vRa;nb.ra;a;! ;Na;ea ; a;v!a;dõ ;a;nTs!a;k+:lM B!a;dÒ +ma:(îéau;te!a- Y;sa;a;va;a; a;d!;tya;ea b.r!a;e; a;t!a b.ra;E! ;va .sa;nb.ra;;!a;pyea; a;t!a ya O;!;vMa :vea;d Á Á ı ı ı ıı udyantamastam. yantam¯adityamabhidhy¯ayankurvanbr¯ahma- ı ı ′ ı n. o vidv¯anthsakalam. bhadrama´snute s¯av¯adityo brahmeti brah- ı maiva sanbrahm¯apyeti ya evam. veda ÁÁ The procedure of worship ordained here is by offering arghya at the time of sunrise and sunset while meditating on ¯aditya (sun god) and chanting g¯ayatr¯ı. Aditya represents pure satva characteristics and it is He who looks after the health of the entire world. The individual soul is enveloped with rajo gun. a and tamo gun. a. These adverse vices can be wiped out by offering arghya to the Almightyprapatti God in the form of sun and meditating dot on g¯ayatr¯ı com. A;a;Ba;mua;Ka;m,a abhimukham 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 same. The vedic statement runs like this. .sa ya O;!;Sa;ea.Y;nta;&R +.d;ya A;a;k+:!a;ZaH Á ıı ′ ı sa ya es. o ntarh.rdaya ¯ak¯a´sah. Á .sa ya;(ãa;a;yMaÉ :pu!a:+:Sea Á ya;(ãa;a;sa;a;va;a; a;d!;tyeaÉ Á .sa O;;k;H Á ı ı ı sa ya´sc¯ayam. purus. e Á ya´sc¯as¯av¯aditye Á sa ekah. Á Therefore, offering arghya definitely has the effect on one who offers it. Taittir¯ıyopanis.ad also says m!a;nde;h;a.Y:+:Nea dõ ;!a;pea :pra;a;[a;pa;////a;nt!a ya;tpra;d;a;[!a;NMa · · · ′ ı ı ı mandeh¯a run. e dv¯ıpe praks. ıpanti yatpradaks. in. am. · · · The meaning is that the arghya offered from the palms of the worshipper destroys demons known as manteh¯as attacking the sun. This statement in the veda has a great significance. Vedas are referred to as tray¯ı, that is, vedic statements have three mean- ings, namely, external, internal and philosophical. Among them, the philoso- phical meaning is important. The element of sun in our body is clouded by our rajo gun. a and tamo gun. a. The arghya offered at the feet of ¯aditya at sun- rise and sunset will help free the individual soul from the above- mentioned evil qualities.
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