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Dear friends,

 

Previously I told about Datta Swamy of Vijayawada. For the convenience of the

members I am submitting his narrations about various doubts of his disciples.

 

1Q) What is the importance of Agni (Holy Fire) in the sacrifice (Yajna)?A) The

first Veda (Rig Veda) starts with the word Agni i.e., the Holy Fire. The Mantra

says that Agni means 'Purohita', Ritvik and Hota. These three words mean the

preacher of Veda. Therefore the Vedic scholar who is like fire is called Agni.

The word Agni comes from the word Agri, which means that He should be

worshipped first. Veda also says that such a Vedic Scholar who can be only the

actual incarnation of the Lord,

should be your guest to offer food and Guru Dakshina (Vysvanaro Brahmanah

Pravisatyatithih Gruhaan). Such a Satguru, who will give the divine knowledge

of the Lord is called as Brahmana. Brahmana means he who knows Brahman and not

a person who is born in the caste called Brahmins. The word Brahman means the

Lord as well as the Veda. Therefore a Brahmana is the Vedic Scholar who

preaches the divine knowledge of the Lord according to the Veda. Such a

Brahmana is also called as 'Vysvanara'. Gita says that Vysvanara is the fire of

hunger (Aham Vysvanaro Bhutva). Therefore offering ghee and food to such Satguru

is 'Yajna'. The fire is in three forms as per Veda. 1) Loukikaagni or

Bhowtikaagni: which is the physical form of the fire and is used to cook the

food. 2) Vaidyutaagni: which is the electric form of fire.3)Vysvanaraagni:which

is the fire of hunger in the stomach of Satguru. Vysvanaraagni is better than

Vaidyutaagni. Vaidyutaagni is better than

Bhowtikaagni. Therefore Yajna means to feed and give Guru Dakshina to a

deserving Vedic scholar who preaches the true meaning of Vedas. Such a Satguru

is the abode of all the angels (Yavateervai Devataah). When such Satguru is

satisfied with your food offered, the rains will come. Without knowing this

inner meaning, if you are burning the ghee and food in the physical fire, the

rains will stop due to environmental pollution. Lord Krishna stopped such

sacrifice by asking the sages to give Him food and satisfy His hunger. Kapila,

the incarnation of Lord Vishnu condemned the burning of ghee and food in

physical fire and stated that he who does such Yajna is a biggest fool. Of

course the physical fire Agni stands as model or representative (Prateeka) for

the Lord. As the fire removes darkness the Lord removes the ignorance. As the

fire burns everything, the Lord can burn all your sins. Thus you can meditate

upon the fire, as a model of the Lord. But you need not burn the wood

constantly

to meditate upon the fire to receive this knowledge. You can lit the fire once

in your life and learn that the Lord is like the fire. A model experiment is

done only once to learn the knowledge. In the olden days, the population was

less and there were no plastics and automobiles. Forests were many in number.

There was no alternative like electricity. Therefore it was necessary to lit an

oil lamp and pollution due to the oil lamp was negligible in view of less number

of factors of pollution. Fire was inevitable for cooking the food. The presence

of fire threatened the wild animals and the smoke from the fire threw away the

mosquitoes. It was very difficult to lit the fire by rubbing the two sticks one

against the other. Therefore a constant fire was maintained. Shirdi Sai Baba

also lit the fire (Dhuni) in the old Masjid, so that the snakes etc., will not

come. But today in every temple of Sai, people are burning the wood, which is a

waste. This also causes the environmental

pollution. You can supply all these wood to the poor people, who will use them

for cooking their food. Thus, the physical form of the fire should be taken as

the real representative model of the Lord. The Vysvanara Agni is also called as

Devataagni. This means the hunger-fire that is present in the stomach of the

human form of the Lord, is the real deity of the fire i.e., Devataagni. The

actual inner meaning of the Agni as introduced by Veda is forgotten. Ignorant

people are playing with the actual fire, who is the Holy Lord by not following

the Vedic truth. In this true sense Yajna is essential and must be performed.

S.PRAKASH KASTURI

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Dear Sh. Prakash,

 

The artcle is very fine and educative. May I request to continue to

contribute such articles for the benifit of the members.

 

Warm Regards,

 

KS Rao

 

 

 

, prakash kasturi

<sprakashkasturi> wrote:

> Dear friends,

>

> Previously I told about Datta Swamy of Vijayawada. For the

convenience of the members I am submitting his narrations about

various doubts of his disciples.

>

> 1Q) What is the importance of Agni (Holy Fire) in the sacrifice

(Yajna)?

>

> A) The first Veda (Rig Veda) starts with the word Agni i.e., the

Holy Fire. The Mantra says that Agni means 'Purohita', Ritvik and

Hota. These three words mean the preacher of Veda. Therefore the

Vedic scholar who is like fire is called Agni. The word Agni comes

from the word Agri, which means that He should be worshipped first.

Veda also says that such a Vedic Scholar who can be only the actual

incarnation of the Lord, should be your guest to offer food and Guru

Dakshina (Vysvanaro Brahmanah Pravisatyatithih Gruhaan). Such a

Satguru, who will give the divine knowledge of the Lord is called as

Brahmana. Brahmana means he who knows Brahman and not a person who is

born in the caste called Brahmins. The word Brahman means the Lord as

well as the Veda. Therefore a Brahmana is the Vedic Scholar who

preaches the divine knowledge of the Lord according to the Veda. Such

a Brahmana is also called as 'Vysvanara'. Gita says that Vysvanara is

the fire of hunger (Aham Vysvanaro Bhutva). Therefore

> offering ghee and food to such Satguru is 'Yajna'.

>

> The fire is in three forms as per Veda.

>

> 1) Loukikaagni or Bhowtikaagni: which is the physical form of the

fire and is used to cook the food. 2) Vaidyutaagni: which is the

electric form of fire.3)Vysvanaraagni:which is the fire of hunger in

the stomach of Satguru. Vysvanaraagni is better than Vaidyutaagni.

Vaidyutaagni is better than Bhowtikaagni. Therefore Yajna means to

feed and give Guru Dakshina to a deserving Vedic scholar who preaches

the true meaning of Vedas. Such a Satguru is the abode of all the

angels (Yavateervai Devataah). When such Satguru is satisfied with

your food offered, the rains will come. Without knowing this inner

meaning, if you are burning the ghee and food in the physical fire,

the rains will stop due to environmental pollution. Lord Krishna

stopped such sacrifice by asking the sages to give Him food and

satisfy His hunger. Kapila, the incarnation of Lord Vishnu condemned

the burning of ghee and food in physical fire and stated that he who

does such Yajna is a biggest fool. Of course the physical

> fire Agni stands as model or representative (Prateeka) for the

Lord. As the fire removes darkness the Lord removes the ignorance. As

the fire burns everything, the Lord can burn all your sins. Thus you

can meditate upon the fire, as a model of the Lord. But you need not

burn the wood constantly to meditate upon the fire to receive this

knowledge. You can lit the fire once in your life and learn that the

Lord is like the fire. A model experiment is done only once to learn

the knowledge. In the olden days, the population was less and there

were no plastics and automobiles. Forests were many in number. There

was no alternative like electricity. Therefore it was necessary to

lit an oil lamp and pollution due to the oil lamp was negligible in

view of less number of factors of pollution. Fire was inevitable for

cooking the food. The presence of fire threatened the wild animals

and the smoke from the fire threw away the mosquitoes. It was very

difficult to lit the fire by rubbing the two

> sticks one against the other. Therefore a constant fire was

maintained. Shirdi Sai Baba also lit the fire (Dhuni) in the old

Masjid, so that the snakes etc., will not come. But today in every

temple of Sai, people are burning the wood, which is a waste. This

also causes the environmental pollution. You can supply all these

wood to the poor people, who will use them for cooking their food.

Thus, the physical form of the fire should be taken as the real

representative model of the Lord. The Vysvanara Agni is also called

as Devataagni. This means the hunger-fire that is present in the

stomach of the human form of the Lord, is the real deity of the fire

i.e., Devataagni. The actual inner meaning of the Agni as introduced

by Veda is forgotten. Ignorant people are playing with the actual

fire, who is the Holy Lord by not following the Vedic truth. In this

true sense Yajna is essential and must be performed.

S.PRAKASH KASTURI

> To earn dollars simply join the following

websitehttp://150dollarsmail.com/pages/index.php?refid=sprakashkasturi

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