Nowhere in Rig Veda is stated that the planets control our lives.
Forces like inspiration and mental clarity can be developed.
Aditya, Soma, Angaraka, Budha, Brhaspati, Shanaishchara, Shukra, Rahu and Ketu.
It is a fudamental mistake to identify them with the planets of the solar system.
The orb of the Sun is only a symbol of the deity the cosmic force Aditya.
Brhaspati in the veda is not the teacher of the divine power neither is it the planet Jupiter. his power is suggested by the word Brhat meaning vast etc.
Each of these gods has his own character:
Surya the Sun is strong, splendid, bold, regal, warlike, victorious and energetic;
Chandra the Moon is inconstant, amorous, charming, imaginative poetical, artistic;
Mangal Mars is a politician, a soldier, crafty and ruse, unscrupulous, unmerciful tyrannical;
Budha Mercury is speculative, scientific, skilful, mercantile, eloquent, clever at all intellectual pursuits;
Brhaspati Jupiter is religious, learned, a philosopher, a yogin, aster of occult sciences, wise, statesmen like, fortunate, successful invincible, noble in mind and disposition;
Shura Venus is self willed, lustful, a master of statecraft, a poet, thinker, philosopher;
Shani Saturn is cruel, vindictive, gloomy, immoral, criminal, unruly, destructive;
Rahu is violent, headstrong, frank, furious and rapacious;
Ketu is secret, meditative, unsocial, a silent doer of strong and selfish actions;
each planet has a powerful influence on the man if it shares in the governance of the horoscope.
They do not repeat do not determine the mans character or fate they only indicate it because they are the sensational celestial and astral influences of nervous force in Nature which becomes the instruments of our karma.
Our fate and our temperament have been built by our own wills and our own wills can alter them.
ADITYA
a krshnena rajasa vartamano
niveshayan amrtam martyam cha
hiranyayena savita rathena a devo yati
bhuvanani pashyan
moving along the dark path
duly establishing the immortal and mortal
God Savitr comes in the golden car
beholding the worlds.
agnim dutam vrnimahe
hotaram vishva vedasam
asya yajnasya sukratum.
we choose Agni
the all knower who as our envoy invites the Gods.
He is the auspicious performer of yajna.
yesham ishe pashupatih pasunam
chatushpadam uta cha dvpadam
nishkrito ayam yajniyam bhagam etu
rayasposha yajamanasya santu.
The Lord of seers impels all the beings
both the four footed and the two footed in states of consciousness
may he accept his perfected sacrificial share.
may nourishingwealth reach to the sacrificer.
ANGARAKA (MANGAL)
agnir murdha divah kakut
patih prthivya
ayam apam retamsi jinvati.
agni is the head and peak of heaven
and the lord of this earth
he sets moving the essence of waters.
syona prthivi bhava
anrkshara niveshani
yachchha nah sharma saprathah
O Earth be happy
and be a thornless dwelling for us. (dwelling both body and house)
give us a refuge which is wide.
kshetrasya patina vayam hiteneva
jayamasi gam ashvam poshayin tva
sa no mrlati idrshe.
through the master of the five fold body even as through a friend.
obtain what nourishes our knowledge and life energies
may he be gracious to us.
SHUKRA
pra vah shukraya bhanave bharadhvam
havyam matim cha agnaye suputam
yo daivyani manusha janumshi
antar vishvani vidmana jigati.
bring forward from the Fire, from the brilliant Light
thy mind and thy purified offering
the fire who travels with knowledge
between all the divine and human births.
indranim asu narishu subhagam
aham shravam
na hi asya aparam chana jarasa marate pati
vishvasmat indra uttarah.
Indrani is more rich in joy, among the divine spouses
so have i heard that
for never shall her consort die in a battle
Supreme is Indra over all.
indram vo vishvatah pari
havamahe janebhyah
asmakam astu kevalah.
Indra standing above all
Is called by seekers
may he be the exclusive object of our worship.
SOMA
gaurir mimaya salilani takshati
ekapadi dvipadi sa chatushpadi
ashtapadi navapadi babhuvushi
sahasrakshara parame vyoman.
Forming mimaya the floods of consciousness the cow of speech i.e. vak has crafted the sounds which are
one footed or two footed or four footed
she who hath become eight footed or hath got nine feet
the thousand syllable d in the supreme.
apyayasva
sametu te vishvatah soma vrshnyam
bhava vajasya samgathe.
o soma increase in us
may illumined strength coming from every side unite with you.
join us to plentitude.
apsu me somo abravit
antar vishvani bheshaja
agnim cha vishva shambhuvam
apah cha vishvabheshajih.
Soma has said to me.
all medicines are in the water
Agni is the bestower of happiness for all.
waters are healers or remedies for all.
BUDHA
udbudhyasva agne prati jagrhi
tvam ishthapurte sam srjetham ayam cha
punah krnvana pitara yuvana
anvatam sitvayi tantum etam.
O Agni may you be conscious of us; may you make the yajamana awake all the time.
May you two together create the offering;
may you make his father young again
may he build the stream of yajna supported by you.
idam vishnur vichakrame
tredha nidadhe padam
samulham asya pamsure.
this Vishnu strode;
thrice he placed his foot
In the dust of his feet was all firmly established.
vishno raratamasi vishnoh prshthamasi
vishnoh shnaptre stho
vishnoh syurasi vishnor dhruvamasi
vaishnavam asi vishnave tva.
(you refers to inner yajna)
You are the forehead of Vishnu; you are the back of Vishnu
You are purifier on Vishnu's behalf
You are the thread of Vishnu, You are the immortal Vishnu.
You are the principle of Vishnu. i want to touch Vishnu.
BRHASPATI
brhaspate ati yat aryo arhat
dyumat vibhati kratumat janeshu
yat didayat shavasa rtaprajata
tat asmasu dravinam dhehi chitram.
O Brhaspati, that which the foe deserves not
which shines among the seers full of will power, splendid
which is refulgent with might which is born of Truth,
that treasure wonderful bestow thou on us, O son of Truth.
indra marutva iha pahi somam
yatha sharyate apibah sutasya
tava praniti shura sharman
a vivasanti kavayah suyajnah.
O Indra with te Maruts drink here the Soma
as you did drink the Soma with Sharyata
Under your guidance and your protection which gives happiness, O hero
the seers skilled in yajna are eager to serve you.
brahma jajnanam prathamam purastat
visimatah surucho vena avah
sa budhniya upama asya vishthah
satashcha onim asatah cha vivah
Vena sun was born at the beginning of creation as the first effect of the potent word (brahma)
his excellent brilliance surucha spreads over viavah the whole world upto its boundary simatah
He has revealed vivah the foundation budhni and remains manifoldly in his limited form upama
He has also revealed the source of the visible and invisible sata asata universal energy.
SHANAISHCHARA
sham no devir abhishtaya apo bhavantu pitaye
sham yorabhi sravantu nah.
May the Goddesses, wters, be blissful sham to us; may our desires abhishtaya be satisfied by our drinking them.
Let them stream towards us the bissful movements of happiness.
prajapate na tvat etani anyo
vishva jatani pari ta babhuva
yat kamaste juhumah tanno astu
vayam syama patayo rayinam.
O lord of creation, no one other than thee
pervades all these that have come into being.
May that be ours for which our prayers rise,
may we be masters of many treasures.
imam yama prastaram a hi sida
angirobhih pitrbhih samvidanah
a tva mantrah kavishasta vahantu
ena rajan havisha madayasva.
Come be seated on this altar, O Yama,
In company with Angirasas and Fathers
Let the mantras recited by sages bring thee
Let this offering (Havis) make thee joyful, o king.
RAHU
kaya nah chitraa bhuvat uti
sadavrdhah sakha
kaya shachishthaya vrta.
with what help will he (Indra) come to us, wonderful (Chitra)
ever waxing friend.
with what most mighty company.
ayam gauh prshnir akramit
asadan mataram purah
pitaram cha prayantsvah.
Thus variegated cow of knowledge hath come and
sat before the Mother in the East
Advancing to his Father- heaven.
yat te devi nirrtir ababandha dama grivasu
avichartyam
idam te tat vishyami ayusho na madhyat
atha jivah pitumm addhi pramuktah.
The bond that Nirrti, the Goddess, bound on your neck,
not to be loosened,
this I loosen for you from the middle of life;
then living with the bond loosened, do you eat the Soma (delight)
KETU
ketum krnvan aketave
pesho marya apeshase
sam ushadbhir ajayathah.
O strong one, you manifest knowledge for one who has it not.
you manifest form for one who has no form.
You are born with the rays of the dawn of knowledge.
brahma devanam padavih kavinam
rshir vipranam mahisho mrganam
shyeno grdhranam svadhitir
vananam somah pavitramatyeti rebhan.
Brahman of the Gods, the leader among seers,
Rishi among the wise, bull among animals,
hawk amidst the vultures, self-law among the delights,
Soma goes singing over the purifiers.
sa chitra chitram chitayantam asme
chitrakshatra chitratamam vayodham
chandram rayim puruviram brhantam
chandra chandra abhirgrnate yuvasva.
O fire rich in brilliance (join us) to the rich and various treasures, most richly diverse that awakens to knowledge,
fonds our expanding growth vayodham with thy manifold luminous mights.
the vast delightful wealth and its many hero keepers;
O delightful God Chandra to him who voices thee with delightful words join.
Upavaroha jatavedah sa kshaya chi;
O knower of all things born, descend here near me.
the devotee worships the divine presence in the icon externally with flowers incense and then after the prayer worship the devotee prays for the supreme lord to return into the heart. the deity being all pervading, is both within the heart of the devotee and in the icon.
Sri Rangapriya Swmiji says clearly:
The worship enjoined in our shastras starts with the internal, extends into the external and ends in the internal thus it is internal worship only.
Forces like inspiration and mental clarity can be developed.
Aditya, Soma, Angaraka, Budha, Brhaspati, Shanaishchara, Shukra, Rahu and Ketu.
It is a fudamental mistake to identify them with the planets of the solar system.
The orb of the Sun is only a symbol of the deity the cosmic force Aditya.
Brhaspati in the veda is not the teacher of the divine power neither is it the planet Jupiter. his power is suggested by the word Brhat meaning vast etc.
Each of these gods has his own character:
Surya the Sun is strong, splendid, bold, regal, warlike, victorious and energetic;
Chandra the Moon is inconstant, amorous, charming, imaginative poetical, artistic;
Mangal Mars is a politician, a soldier, crafty and ruse, unscrupulous, unmerciful tyrannical;
Budha Mercury is speculative, scientific, skilful, mercantile, eloquent, clever at all intellectual pursuits;
Brhaspati Jupiter is religious, learned, a philosopher, a yogin, aster of occult sciences, wise, statesmen like, fortunate, successful invincible, noble in mind and disposition;
Shura Venus is self willed, lustful, a master of statecraft, a poet, thinker, philosopher;
Shani Saturn is cruel, vindictive, gloomy, immoral, criminal, unruly, destructive;
Rahu is violent, headstrong, frank, furious and rapacious;
Ketu is secret, meditative, unsocial, a silent doer of strong and selfish actions;
each planet has a powerful influence on the man if it shares in the governance of the horoscope.
They do not repeat do not determine the mans character or fate they only indicate it because they are the sensational celestial and astral influences of nervous force in Nature which becomes the instruments of our karma.
Our fate and our temperament have been built by our own wills and our own wills can alter them.
ADITYA
a krshnena rajasa vartamano
niveshayan amrtam martyam cha
hiranyayena savita rathena a devo yati
bhuvanani pashyan
moving along the dark path
duly establishing the immortal and mortal
God Savitr comes in the golden car
beholding the worlds.
agnim dutam vrnimahe
hotaram vishva vedasam
asya yajnasya sukratum.
we choose Agni
the all knower who as our envoy invites the Gods.
He is the auspicious performer of yajna.
yesham ishe pashupatih pasunam
chatushpadam uta cha dvpadam
nishkrito ayam yajniyam bhagam etu
rayasposha yajamanasya santu.
The Lord of seers impels all the beings
both the four footed and the two footed in states of consciousness
may he accept his perfected sacrificial share.
may nourishingwealth reach to the sacrificer.
ANGARAKA (MANGAL)
agnir murdha divah kakut
patih prthivya
ayam apam retamsi jinvati.
agni is the head and peak of heaven
and the lord of this earth
he sets moving the essence of waters.
syona prthivi bhava
anrkshara niveshani
yachchha nah sharma saprathah
O Earth be happy
and be a thornless dwelling for us. (dwelling both body and house)
give us a refuge which is wide.
kshetrasya patina vayam hiteneva
jayamasi gam ashvam poshayin tva
sa no mrlati idrshe.
through the master of the five fold body even as through a friend.
obtain what nourishes our knowledge and life energies
may he be gracious to us.
SHUKRA
pra vah shukraya bhanave bharadhvam
havyam matim cha agnaye suputam
yo daivyani manusha janumshi
antar vishvani vidmana jigati.
bring forward from the Fire, from the brilliant Light
thy mind and thy purified offering
the fire who travels with knowledge
between all the divine and human births.
indranim asu narishu subhagam
aham shravam
na hi asya aparam chana jarasa marate pati
vishvasmat indra uttarah.
Indrani is more rich in joy, among the divine spouses
so have i heard that
for never shall her consort die in a battle
Supreme is Indra over all.
indram vo vishvatah pari
havamahe janebhyah
asmakam astu kevalah.
Indra standing above all
Is called by seekers
may he be the exclusive object of our worship.
SOMA
gaurir mimaya salilani takshati
ekapadi dvipadi sa chatushpadi
ashtapadi navapadi babhuvushi
sahasrakshara parame vyoman.
Forming mimaya the floods of consciousness the cow of speech i.e. vak has crafted the sounds which are
one footed or two footed or four footed
she who hath become eight footed or hath got nine feet
the thousand syllable d in the supreme.
apyayasva
sametu te vishvatah soma vrshnyam
bhava vajasya samgathe.
o soma increase in us
may illumined strength coming from every side unite with you.
join us to plentitude.
apsu me somo abravit
antar vishvani bheshaja
agnim cha vishva shambhuvam
apah cha vishvabheshajih.
Soma has said to me.
all medicines are in the water
Agni is the bestower of happiness for all.
waters are healers or remedies for all.
BUDHA
udbudhyasva agne prati jagrhi
tvam ishthapurte sam srjetham ayam cha
punah krnvana pitara yuvana
anvatam sitvayi tantum etam.
O Agni may you be conscious of us; may you make the yajamana awake all the time.
May you two together create the offering;
may you make his father young again
may he build the stream of yajna supported by you.
idam vishnur vichakrame
tredha nidadhe padam
samulham asya pamsure.
this Vishnu strode;
thrice he placed his foot
In the dust of his feet was all firmly established.
vishno raratamasi vishnoh prshthamasi
vishnoh shnaptre stho
vishnoh syurasi vishnor dhruvamasi
vaishnavam asi vishnave tva.
(you refers to inner yajna)
You are the forehead of Vishnu; you are the back of Vishnu
You are purifier on Vishnu's behalf
You are the thread of Vishnu, You are the immortal Vishnu.
You are the principle of Vishnu. i want to touch Vishnu.
BRHASPATI
brhaspate ati yat aryo arhat
dyumat vibhati kratumat janeshu
yat didayat shavasa rtaprajata
tat asmasu dravinam dhehi chitram.
O Brhaspati, that which the foe deserves not
which shines among the seers full of will power, splendid
which is refulgent with might which is born of Truth,
that treasure wonderful bestow thou on us, O son of Truth.
indra marutva iha pahi somam
yatha sharyate apibah sutasya
tava praniti shura sharman
a vivasanti kavayah suyajnah.
O Indra with te Maruts drink here the Soma
as you did drink the Soma with Sharyata
Under your guidance and your protection which gives happiness, O hero
the seers skilled in yajna are eager to serve you.
brahma jajnanam prathamam purastat
visimatah surucho vena avah
sa budhniya upama asya vishthah
satashcha onim asatah cha vivah
Vena sun was born at the beginning of creation as the first effect of the potent word (brahma)
his excellent brilliance surucha spreads over viavah the whole world upto its boundary simatah
He has revealed vivah the foundation budhni and remains manifoldly in his limited form upama
He has also revealed the source of the visible and invisible sata asata universal energy.
SHANAISHCHARA
sham no devir abhishtaya apo bhavantu pitaye
sham yorabhi sravantu nah.
May the Goddesses, wters, be blissful sham to us; may our desires abhishtaya be satisfied by our drinking them.
Let them stream towards us the bissful movements of happiness.
prajapate na tvat etani anyo
vishva jatani pari ta babhuva
yat kamaste juhumah tanno astu
vayam syama patayo rayinam.
O lord of creation, no one other than thee
pervades all these that have come into being.
May that be ours for which our prayers rise,
may we be masters of many treasures.
imam yama prastaram a hi sida
angirobhih pitrbhih samvidanah
a tva mantrah kavishasta vahantu
ena rajan havisha madayasva.
Come be seated on this altar, O Yama,
In company with Angirasas and Fathers
Let the mantras recited by sages bring thee
Let this offering (Havis) make thee joyful, o king.
RAHU
kaya nah chitraa bhuvat uti
sadavrdhah sakha
kaya shachishthaya vrta.
with what help will he (Indra) come to us, wonderful (Chitra)
ever waxing friend.
with what most mighty company.
ayam gauh prshnir akramit
asadan mataram purah
pitaram cha prayantsvah.
Thus variegated cow of knowledge hath come and
sat before the Mother in the East
Advancing to his Father- heaven.
yat te devi nirrtir ababandha dama grivasu
avichartyam
idam te tat vishyami ayusho na madhyat
atha jivah pitumm addhi pramuktah.
The bond that Nirrti, the Goddess, bound on your neck,
not to be loosened,
this I loosen for you from the middle of life;
then living with the bond loosened, do you eat the Soma (delight)
KETU
ketum krnvan aketave
pesho marya apeshase
sam ushadbhir ajayathah.
O strong one, you manifest knowledge for one who has it not.
you manifest form for one who has no form.
You are born with the rays of the dawn of knowledge.
brahma devanam padavih kavinam
rshir vipranam mahisho mrganam
shyeno grdhranam svadhitir
vananam somah pavitramatyeti rebhan.
Brahman of the Gods, the leader among seers,
Rishi among the wise, bull among animals,
hawk amidst the vultures, self-law among the delights,
Soma goes singing over the purifiers.
sa chitra chitram chitayantam asme
chitrakshatra chitratamam vayodham
chandram rayim puruviram brhantam
chandra chandra abhirgrnate yuvasva.
O fire rich in brilliance (join us) to the rich and various treasures, most richly diverse that awakens to knowledge,
fonds our expanding growth vayodham with thy manifold luminous mights.
the vast delightful wealth and its many hero keepers;
O delightful God Chandra to him who voices thee with delightful words join.
Upavaroha jatavedah sa kshaya chi;
O knower of all things born, descend here near me.
the devotee worships the divine presence in the icon externally with flowers incense and then after the prayer worship the devotee prays for the supreme lord to return into the heart. the deity being all pervading, is both within the heart of the devotee and in the icon.
Sri Rangapriya Swmiji says clearly:
The worship enjoined in our shastras starts with the internal, extends into the external and ends in the internal thus it is internal worship only.
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