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Wednesday, 25 June 2014

Fire sacrifice to be done by all (aupasana)

Aupasana is the fire sacrifice (agni homa) to be done by all.

For more details about it refer -
1. Aupasana.com
2. http://www.kamakoti.org/hindudharma/part19/chap2.htm
3. http://www.kamakoti.org/hindudharma/part19/chap4.htm (aupasana to be performed by women) 

How to perform aupasanam?

(Do sandhyavandhanam)
For sandhyavandhanam refer -

http://www.vishuji.org/sandhya_worship1.htm
http://hinduonline.co/DigitalLibrary/SmallBooks/UpakarmaVidhanaSanEng.pdf
http://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_veda/Sandhyavandanam.pdf


Ohm bhur bhuva swah I 
(Light the fire with cow dung cake and little ghee. Can also use camphor)


Ohm aditeanumanyasva II (spray water at right side of homa gunta - bottom to top)
Ohm anumatheanumanyasva II (your side right to left)
Ohm saraswathenumanyasva II (left side - bottom to top)
Ohm devah savithah prasuvah II (around from left bottom to right bottom)

Chathvari shrungaaha – thrayo asya paadhaaha – dve sheershe asya I
Thridha badhdha – vrushabhaha – roraveethi – 
mahadevaha – marthyaan – avivesha I
Esha he devaha – pradhishaha – anusarvaaha – 
puurvaahi – jaathaha – sa u garbhe – anthaha I
Sa vijaayamaanaha – sa janishyamaaNaha – 
prathyangmukhaaha thishtathi – vishvatho mukhaha I
Prangmukho deva he agne mama abhimukhe bhava II

Agnyalankaranam
Indhraya namaha I yamaaya namaha I
Nirruthaye namaha I varunaaya namaha I
Vaayave namaha I somaya namaha I
Ishaanaya namaha I agnaye namaha I
Aathmane namaha I sarvebhyo braahmanebhyo namaha I

(Offer the rice to the fire while saying “swaha” in the below mantra)
(morning) Suryaya swaha I Suryaya idham na mama I
Agnaye svishtakruthe swaha I agnaye svishtakrutha idham na mama II
(evening) Agnaye swaha I Agnaye idham na mama I
Agnaye svishtakruthe swaha I agnaye svishtakrutha idham na mama II




(Chant the following mantra offering one samith in the fire while saying “swaha”)
Age naya supathaa raaye asmaana visvaani deva vayunaani vidvaan I
yuyodhyasmajjuhuraaNameno bhuuyishtaam the nama ukthim vidhema swaaha II

(then can meditate for few minutes)

Ohm aditeanvamaghusthaaha II (spray water at right side of homa gunta - bottom to top)
Ohm anumatheanvamaghusthaaha II (your side right to left)
Ohm saraswatheanvamaghusthaha II (left side - bottom to top)
Ohm devah savithah praasaavihi II (around from left bottom to right bottom)

Agnerupasthanam karishye II

Raksha I (apply the bhasmam in between the eyebrows, chanting the manthra below)
Bruhath saama kshathrabhrudh – vrudhdha vrushniyam –
thrishta bhaujashshbhitha – bhugraveeram I
indhrasthomena panchadhashena
madhyamidham vaathena sagareNa raksha II

manthra heenam kriyaheenam bhakthiheenam huthashana I
yadh huitham thu maya dheva paripurnam thadhasthu the II

prayashchiththaanyasheshaaNi  thapaha karmaathmakaaniv vai I
yaani theshaamasheshaaNam krushnaanusmaraNam param II
shri krushna krushna krushna I abhivaadhaye II



(then say samarpana manthra of sandhyavandhanam)


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