apashyaM tvAvarohantaM divitaH pR^ithivIm ava ||
apashyam asyantaM rudraM nIlagrIvaM shikhaNDinam ||1||
These words from the shruti of the AtharvaNa-s came to our mind. With that the thought arose "may we see The god." When we stepped out the sky was v.clear. Above the treeline
apashyam asyantaM rudraM nIlagrIvaM shikhaNDinam ||1||
These words from the shruti of the AtharvaNa-s came to our mind. With that the thought arose "may we see The god." When we stepped out the sky was v.clear. Above the treeline
we saw the tripartite arrow of the god; the second hemistich came to mind. Then as we reached a clearing in the treeline we saw the brilliant ArdrA signaling the presence of The god. The first R^ik of the shatarudrIya came to mind. Then we beheld the blue beta Canis Majoris& the
red alpha Orionis. This brought to mind the 2nd R^ik from the shruti of the paippalAda-s:
diva ugro .avArukShat pratyaShThAd bhUmyAm adhi |
janAsaH pashyatemaM nIlagrIvaM vilohitam ||
Simultaneously evoking the nIlagrIva and vilohita
Then gazing on seeing the splendid diversity
diva ugro .avArukShat pratyaShThAd bhUmyAm adhi |
janAsaH pashyatemaM nIlagrIvaM vilohitam ||
Simultaneously evoking the nIlagrIva and vilohita
Then gazing on seeing the splendid diversity
stellar colors in the Orion-Canis Major region another R^ik from the nIlarUdra-sUkta came mind:
asau yas tAmro aruNa uta babhrur vilohita |
ye cheme abhito rudrA dikShu shritAH
sahasrasho avaiShAM heDa Imahe ||
tAmra:Pi Pup ; aruNa: Alp Tau; babhru: CE Tau; vilohita: Alp Ori --
asau yas tAmro aruNa uta babhrur vilohita |
ye cheme abhito rudrA dikShu shritAH
sahasrasho avaiShAM heDa Imahe ||
tAmra:Pi Pup ; aruNa: Alp Tau; babhru: CE Tau; vilohita: Alp Ori --
&the multitudes of stars in every direction like the 1000s of rudra-s. Then beholding the kR^ittikAH this R^ik came to mind:
adR^ishan tvAvarohantaM nIlagrIvaM vilohitam |
uta tvA gopA adR^ishan nuta tvodahAryaH |
uto tvA vishvA bhUtAni tasmai dR^iShTAya te namaH ||
the udahAri-s
adR^ishan tvAvarohantaM nIlagrIvaM vilohitam |
uta tvA gopA adR^ishan nuta tvodahAryaH |
uto tvA vishvA bhUtAni tasmai dR^iShTAya te namaH ||
the udahAri-s
:water-bearing women bring to mind watery names of the kR^ittikAH: ambA, dulA, nitatni, abhrayantI, meghayantI, varShayantI, chupuNIkA as laid down in the shruti of the taittirIya-s. The bull of rohiNI surrounded by stars of the Cetus, Eridanus region brought to mind the gopAH
The one rudra in Ardra; the marut-s presiding over mR^igashIras; the twin rudra-s -- the ashvin-s -- in punarvasu, soma who forms a dvandva with rudra as somArudrA in rohiNI; the dual of rudra, agni, in kR^ittikA: one sees the celestial rudra-s thus.
And then the western welkin was adorned by the twin fires of the bhR^igu-s (Venus) and the A~ngiras-es (Jupiter) as is offering oblations to The god praised in the nIlarudra incantation.
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