Guest guest Posted January 27, 2009 Report Share Posted January 27, 2009 Recently I read Navagraha Stothram in Rig Veda, also mentioned as Navagraha Suktam by few learned scholars. The sloga starts with Aditya (Sun), then Angaragan (Mars), Sukran (Venus), Soman (Moon), Budhan (Mercury), Brihaspati (Jupiter), Shanaishwaran (Saturn), Rahu and Ketu. The local temple priests while chanting sloka/mantra, changed the order to follow the week days starting Sun. Is it correct to change the Veda mantras to suit modern day trend? I am interested in listening to learned scholars' views. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 28, 2009 Report Share Posted January 28, 2009 Namaste, The mantras in navagraha sooktam are all from Veda, but from different mandalas. They are not consecutive. Mantras extracted from different places in Veda are put together in one place. So any order is fine. Different sources may give them in different orders, but there is nothing special about it. It is perfectly fine to follow the order of weekdays as done by your local priests. That is in fact the standard way. Best regards, Narasimha Do a Short Homam Yourself: http://www.VedicAstrologer.org/homam Do Pitri Tarpanas Yourself: http://www.VedicAstrologer.org/tarpana Spirituality: Free Jyotish lessons (MP3): http://vedicastro.home.comcast.net Free Jyotish software (Windows): http://www.VedicAstrologer.org Sri Jagannath Centre (SJC) website: http://www.SriJagannath.org - " shankar789 " <shankar789 Tuesday, January 27, 2009 8:02 AM Veda mantra Navagraha Stothram/ Suktam > Recently I read Navagraha Stothram in Rig Veda, also mentioned as > Navagraha Suktam by few learned scholars. > > The sloga starts with Aditya (Sun), then Angaragan (Mars), Sukran > (Venus), Soman (Moon), Budhan (Mercury), Brihaspati (Jupiter), > Shanaishwaran (Saturn), Rahu and Ketu. > > The local temple priests while chanting sloka/mantra, changed the order > to follow the week days starting Sun. > > Is it correct to change the Veda mantras to suit modern day trend? > > I am interested in listening to learned scholars' views. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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