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Pavamana Suktham

VEDHA MANTHRAM RECITED n PANYAHAVACHANAM Pavamana Suktham Translated by  P. R. Ramachander This hymn is for purification. Soma, the sacred intoxicator is the lord of delight. Pavamana is another name for Soma. Pavamana also means that which flows and that which purifies. This  stotra  can be found in the Thaithreeya Samhitha and Thaithreeya Brahmana [1] . Hiranya varnaa suchaya paavakaa, Yasu jatha kasyapo yaswindrah Agnim ya garbham dadhire virupaa, Tha na aapaa sam syona bhavanthu. In this golden, pure and purifying, Waters were born Kashyapa and also Indra, The fire God of various forms was also made by these waters, And let these waters be full of bliss and make us happy. Yaasaam raja varuno yathi madhye, Sathyanruthe ava pasyaan janaanaam, Madhuschutha suchayo ya pavaka, Taa na aapa syona bhavanthu. The king Varuna is in their middle, Examining men for truth and falsehood, These waters are honeyed, pure and purifying, And let these waters be full of bl...

quotes of Ramakrishna N Vivekananda

Let me be condemned to be born over and over again, even in the form of a dog, if so I can be of help to a single soul – Sri Ramakrishna I will give up twenty thousand such bodies to help one man. It is glorious to help even one man– Sri. Ramakrishna. After so much austerity, I’ve understood this as real truth, God is present in every jiva. There is no other God besides that, "WHO SERVES JIVA SERVES GOD INDEED" – Swami Vivekananda. Liberation is only for him who gives up everything for others, whereas others who tax their brains day and night harping on "my salvation" - "my salvation" wonder about with their true well being ruined, both present ant prospective – Swami Vivekananda. The mind uncontrolled and unguided will drag us down, down forever, - rend us, kill us; and the mind controlled and guided will save us, free us – Swami Vivekananda. "Each soul is potentially divine, the goal is to manifest this divinity within, by cont...