Guest guest Posted August 23, 2009 Report Posted August 23, 2009 On page 328 of the Cosmic Puja, can anyone explain the verse: audhumbaraya dadhnaya nilaya paramesthine vrkodaraya citraya citraguptaya vai namaha (To He who lives with the Udumbara tree, to the Giver, to the Dark One, to the Supreme amongst Desired Ones; to the Hidden One, to the Varied One and to the hidden among the Varied Ones, I bow.) Does this refer to Yama, as did the previous verse, or possibly to Shiva? Thanks, as always, for any response ;-) Rosetta Quote
Guest guest Posted August 24, 2009 Report Posted August 24, 2009 Namaste! It refers to Yama, the God of Death. The two verses together are called Yama Vandanam. Love srini , " rosaroja24 " <rosaroja24 wrote: > > On page 328 of the Cosmic Puja, can anyone explain the verse: > > audhumbaraya dadhnaya nilaya paramesthine > vrkodaraya citraya citraguptaya vai namaha > > (To He who lives with the Udumbara tree, to the Giver, to the Dark One, to the Supreme amongst Desired Ones; to the Hidden One, to the Varied One and to the hidden among the Varied Ones, I bow.) > > Does this refer to Yama, as did the previous verse, or possibly to Shiva? > > Thanks, as always, for any response ;-) > > Rosetta > Quote
Guest guest Posted August 25, 2009 Report Posted August 25, 2009 does anyone know any story of why Yama is related to the Udumbara tree srini_sadhu <srini_sadhu Mon, Aug 24, 2009 2:43 pm [www.ShreeMaa.org] Re: question about tarpana in Cosmic Puja Namaste! It refers to Yama, the God of Death. The two verses together are called Yama Vandanam. Love srini , "rosaroja24" <rosaroja24 wrote: > > On page 328 of the Cosmic Puja, can anyone explain the verse: > > audhumbaraya dadhnaya nilaya paramesthine > vrkodaraya citraya citraguptaya vai namaha > > (To He who lives with the Udumbara tree, to the Giver, to the Dark One, to the Supreme amongst Desired Ones; to the Hidden One, to the Varied One and to the hidden among the Varied Ones, I bow.) > > Does this refer to Yama, as did the previous verse, or possibly to Shiva? > > Thanks, as always, for any response ;-) > > Rosetta > Quote
Guest guest Posted August 25, 2009 Report Posted August 25, 2009 Thanks, Srini: By telling me that the verses are called Yama Vandanam, I was able to search for that prayer and find many explanations of the meaning. Rosetta , " srini_sadhu " <srini_sadhu wrote: > > Namaste! > > It refers to Yama, the God of Death. > > The two verses together are called Yama Vandanam. > > Love > srini > > > , " rosaroja24 " <rosaroja24@> wrote: > > > > On page 328 of the Cosmic Puja, can anyone explain the verse: > > > > audhumbaraya dadhnaya nilaya paramesthine > > vrkodaraya citraya citraguptaya vai namaha > > > > (To He who lives with the Udumbara tree, to the Giver, to the Dark One, to the Supreme amongst Desired Ones; to the Hidden One, to the Varied One and to the hidden among the Varied Ones, I bow.) > > > > Does this refer to Yama, as did the previous verse, or possibly to Shiva? > > > > Thanks, as always, for any response ;-) > > > > Rosetta > > > Quote
Guest guest Posted August 26, 2009 Report Posted August 26, 2009 Namaste! There is an obscure reference in the Rig Veda where the Devas and Yama came to an Udumbara tree and drank its sap. The Udumbara is a type of fig tree: Ficus Glomerata. Love srini , bmarley343 wrote: > > > > does anyone know any story of why Yama is related to the Udumbara tree > > > > > srini_sadhu <srini_sadhu > > Mon, Aug 24, 2009 2:43 pm > [www.ShreeMaa.org] Re: question about tarpana in Cosmic Puja Namaste! > > It refers to Yama, the God of Death. > > The two verses together are called Yama Vandanam. > > Love > srini > > , " rosaroja24 " <rosaroja24@> wrote: > > > > On page 328 of the Cosmic Puja, can anyone explain the verse: > > > > audhumbaraya dadhnaya nilaya paramesthine > > vrkodaraya citraya citraguptaya vai namaha > > > > (To He who lives with the Udumbara tree, to the Giver, to the Dark One, to the Supreme amongst Desired Ones; to the Hidden One, to the Varied One and to the hidden among the Varied Ones, I bow.) > > > > Does this refer to Yama, as did the previous verse, or possibly to Shiva? > > > > Thanks, as always, for any response ;-) > > > > Rosetta > > > Quote
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