Shastra Some time back I wrote on astra and sastra; noe I find sastra is also defined in Valmiki Ramayanam differently if you go through the verses where Viswamitra also enter; where? Rama is entering Sarayu along with all to return back. Valmiki says the astras used by Rama , cannot be left here since even GODs may not know how to use all of them; so Viswamitra presents a stotram (later I shall release) by which with the fond hands of Rama those armour s are vanished along with Rama as Astra and Valmiki sastra explained below: K RAJARAM IRS 24424
------------------------------------------------------------------------------ एतान् राम 2महाबाहो 3कामरूपान् 4महाबलान् | 5गृहाण 6परमोदारान् क्षिप्रमेव 1नृपात्मज || १-२७-२१ 21. mahaabaaho = dextrous one; nR^ipaatmaja = prince; kaamaruupaan = disguise-wizards; mahaabalaan = greatly powered ones paramodaaraan = highly providential ones; raama = Rama; etaan = them the missiles; kSipram eva = forthwith, thus; gR^ihaaNa = take them. "These missiles are, oh, dextrous prince, disguise-wizards, greatly powered, and highly providential ones, oh, Rama, you may take them forthwith." So said sage Vishvamitra to Rama. [1-27-21] स्थितस्तु प्राङ्मुखो भूत्वा मुनिवरस्तदा | ददौ रामाय सुप्रीतो मंत्रग्राममनुत्तमम् || १-२७-२२ 22. tadaa = then; munivaraH = pre-eminent sage; shuciH = becoming purified - on performing his personal holy depuration; praa~nmukhaH sthitaH tu = on staying facing east, but; bhuutvaa = on becoming; supriitaH = verily gladdened; raamaaya = to Rama; anuttamam mantragraamam = extraordinary, hymns village - a mixed collection; dadau = gave. That pre-eminent sage Vishvamitra on performing his personal holy depuration then gave the assortment of extraordinary hymns to Rama facing eastward. [1-27-22] सर्वसंग्रहणं येषां दैवतैरपि दुर्लभम् | तान्यस्त्राणि तदा विप्रो राघवाय न्यवेदयत् ||१-२७-२३ 23. yeSaam sarvasangrahaNam = of which hymns, total comprehending; daivataiH api [saangopaa~Ngavidhinaa = sections and subsections of procedures] for gods, even; durlabham = impossible [by their sections and subsections]; taani astraaNi = such, missiles - hymns of missiles; tadaa vipraH raaghavaaya nyavedayat = then, that Brahman dedicated to Raghava. The comprehension of which invoking hymns of the missiles is impossible even to gods with their sections and subsections of procedures, that Brahman dedicated such hymns to Raghava. [1-27-24] जपतस्तु मुनेस्तस्य विश्वामित्रस्य धीमतः | उपतस्थुर्महार्हाणि सर्वाण्यस्त्राणि राघवम् || १-२७-२४ 24. dhiimataH tasya vishvaamitrasya muneH = intelligent one, that, Vishvamitra, the saint; japataH tu = on chanting, but; mahaarhaaNi = highly venerable ones; astraaNi sarvaani = missiles, all of them; raaghavam upatasthuH = came nigh of Raghava - stood accessible to. While that intelligent saint Vishvamitra chanted the hymns, all of those highly venerable missiles came nigh and stood accessible to Raghava in their astral form. [1-27-24] ऊचुश्च मुदिता रामं सर्वे प्रांजलयस्तदा |इमे च परमोदाराः किंकरास्तव राघव || १ -२७-२५ यद्यदिच्छसि भद्रं ते तत्सर्वं करवाम वै | 25, 26a. paramodaaraaH = highly obliging ones - missiles; [paramodaaraa = oh most noble Rama]; sarve = all of the missiles; tadaa praanjalayaH = then, with palm-fold; muditaaH ca = gladdened, also; raamam uucuH = to Rama, spoke; raaghava = oh Rama; ime tava kinkaraaH = these are - here are, your, thralls - servants; yat yat icChasi = what, what, you wish [whatever you wish us to do]; tat sarvam karavaama vai = that, all, we do, indeed; bhadram te = safe, you be. All of those highly obliging missiles in astral bodies, gladdening to come under the aegis of Rama, then spoke to him making palms-fold, "here are your thralls, Sire, we are here to accomplish whatever you bid us to do, let safety be with you." So said the deities presiding over the missiles to Rama. [1-27-25] ततो रामः प्रसन्नात्मा तैरित्युक्तो महाबलैः || १-२७-२६ प्रतिगृह्य च काकुत्स्थः समालभ्य च पाणिना | मनसा मे भविष्यध्वमिति तानभ्यचोदयत् || १-२७-२७ 26b, 27. tataH = then; prasannaatmaa raamaH = with a pleased soul, Rama; pratigR^ihya = having received them; samaalabhya ca paaNinaa = well patted, also, with palm; kaakutsthaH = Kakutstha Rama; taiH mahaabalaiH = to those, mightily forceful ones; iti uktaH = this way, said; manasaa me bhaviSyadhvam = manifested in cognisance of mine; iti taan abhyacodayat = thus, them, verily motivated - sent them off. On receiving them with a pleased heart, then Rama patted them with his palm, and that Rama of Kakutstha-s also spoke this way to those mightily forceful missiles in ethereal bodies saying, "you may manifest yourselves in my cognisance whenever I need you," and he motivated them to take leave and to come back at his beck and call. [1-27-26b, 27] ततः प्रीतमना रामो विश्वामित्रं महामुनिम् | अभिवाद्य महातेजा गमनायोपचक्रमे || १-२७-२८ 28. tataH = then; mahaatejaa = highly resplendent Rama; priitamanaaH = with thankful heart; vishvaamitram mahaamunim abhivaadya = receiving great sage Vishvamitra; gamanaaya = to journey on; upacakrame = readied himself. That highly resplendent Rama revered sage Vishvamitra with a thankful heart and readied himself for further journey. [1-27-26] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A स्तुति performed with मन्त्रs without गानम् is called शस्त्रम् -- with गानम् it is called स्तोत्रम् -- स्तुतशस्त्राधिकरणम् (पूर्वमीमांसा अध्या 2 पाद 1 अधि 5 ) सू 13 -- स्तुतशस्त्रयोस्तु संस्कारो याज्यावद्देवताभिधानत्वात् - पूर्वपक्षसूत्रम् । Whether स्तोत्रशस्त्राणि संनिपत्योपकारकाणि (गुणकर्माणि) just like याज्यापुरो’नुवाक्य or आरादुपकारकाणि (प्रधानकर्माणि) ? ...गुणेन गुणिनः संबन्धाभिधानं स्तवनं स्तोत्रम् । शस्त्रमपि स्तवनमेव अप्रगीतमन्त्रसाध्यम् (शास्त्रदीपिका) । आर्षविज्ञानसर्वस्वमु (part 1) - वेदसंहितलु (तेलुगु) 1982 -Published by Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanamulu , Tirupati is the book I referred to and now it is clear that the author is not qualified to write an article on matters related to सामवेद / पूर्वमीमांसा । Neither Sankaracharya nor Vidyaranya offered any definition of शस्त्रम् under ओग्ं शोमिति शस्त्राणि शग्ंसन्ति (शीक्षावल्ली) as it is taken for granted that a scholar of वेदान्त is supposed to have the knowledge of पूर्वमीमांसा (पदवाक्यप्रमाणशास्त्राणि) । ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. 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