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SUPREME LORD SRI VENKATESWARA IN THE VEDAS

MY ARTICLE TITLED "SUPREME LORD SRI VENKATESWARA IN THE VEDAS”
SAPTAGIRI OCTOBER 2021 PAGE 42-43
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WHAT ARE THE VARIOUS GITAS?

The following are the various Gitas:-
Ashtavakra Gita
Avadhuta Gita
Bhagavad Gita
Bhumi Gita
Brahma Gita
Devi Gita
Kapila Gita
Siva Gita
Srirama Gita
Sruti Gita
Uddhava Gita
Vibhishana Gita
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Rgveda Samhita - ऋग्वेद संहिता

९ मधुच्छन्दा वैश्वामित्रः । अग्निः। गायत्री।
अ॒ग्निमी॑ळे पु॒रोहि॑तं य॒ज्ञस्य॑ दे॒वमृ॒त्विज॑म्। होता॑रं रत्न॒धात॑मम्॥१॥
अ॒ग्निः पूर्वे॑भि॒र्ऋषि॑भि॒रीड्यो॒ नूत॑नैरु॒त। स दे॒वाँ एह व॑क्षति॥२॥
अ॒ग्निना॑ र॒यिम॑श्नव॒त् पोष॑मे॒व दि॒वेदि॑वे। य॒शसं॑ वी॒रव॑त्तमम्॥३॥
अग्ने॒ यं य॒ज्ञम॑ध्व॒रं वि॒श्वत॑: परि॒भूरसि॑। स इद् दे॒वेषु॑ गच्छति॥४॥
अ॒ग्निर्होता॑ क॒विक्र॑तुः स॒त्यश्चि॒त्रश्र॑वस्तमः। दे॒वो दे॒वेभि॒रा ग॑मत्॥५॥
यद॒ङ्ग दा॒शुषे॒ त्वमग्ने॑ भ॒द्रं क॑रि॒ष्यसि॑। तवेत् तत् स॒त्यम॑ङ्गिरः॥६॥
उप॑ त्वाग्ने दि॒वेदि॑वे॒ दोषा॑वस्तर्धि॒या व॒यम्। नमो॒ भर॑न्त॒ एम॑सि॥७॥
राज॑न्तमध्व॒राणां॑ गो॒पामृ॒तस्य॒ दीदि॑विम्। वर्ध॑मानं॒ स्वे दमे॑॥८॥
स न॑: पि॒तेव॑ सू॒नवे ऽग्ने॑ सूपाय॒नो भ॑व। सच॑स्वा नः स्व॒स्तये॑॥९॥
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WHAT ARE THE VARIOUS SAKHAS (RECENSIONS) OF ATHARVA VEDA?

The following are the nine Sakhas (recensions)  of Atharva Veda:-

Ø  Brahmavada

Ø  Caranavaidya

Ø  Devadarsa

Ø  Jajala

Ø  Jalada

Ø  Mauda

Ø  Paippalada

Ø  Saunaka

Ø  Tauda

Out of the above nine Sakhas, currently Paippalada and Saunaka Sakhas alone are available.

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WHAT ARE THE SEVEN VEDIC CHANDAS?

The following are the seven  Vedic Chandas :-

गायत्री   ---) 3 Lines  8 Syllables each = 24 Syllables 

उष्णिक् ---) 2 Lines  8 Syllables each   + 1 Line  12 Syllables  =  28 Syllables 

अनुष्टुप्  ---) 4 Lines  8 Syllables each = 32 Syllables 

बृहती ---) 2 Lines  8 Syllables each   + 1 Line  12 Syllables + 1 Line  8 Syllables = 36 Syllables 

पङ्क्ति ---) 5 Lines  8 Syllables each =  40 Syllables 

त्रिष्टुप् ---) 4 Lines  11 Syllables each = 44 Syllables 

जगती ---) 4 Lines  12 Syllables each = 48 Syllables 

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WHETHER PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS CAN BE PLAYED AS ACCOMPANIMENT TO VEDA CHANTING?

Vedic Chanting has to be done orally  only by competent persons. According to tradition, no percussion instrument or any other musical instrument is allowed as accompaniment to Vedic chanting.

गीती शीघ्री शिरःकम्पी तथा लिखित पाठकः।

अनर्थज्ञः अल्पकण्ठश्च षडेते पाठकाधमाः ॥

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WHAT ARE THE DIVISIONS OF KRISHNA YAJUR VEDA ACCORDING TO ARSHEYA SYSTEM?

The following are the five divisions of Krishna Yajur Veda according to Arsheya System:-

1. Prajapatya  Kandam
2. Saumya  Kandam
3. Agneya Kandam
4. Vaisvadeva Kandam
5. Svayambhuva Kandam 

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WHAT ARE THE FIVE DIVISIONS OF ATHARVA VEDA?

The following are the five divisions of Atharva Veda:-

(1) Nakshatrakalpa

(2) Vedakalpa

(3) Samhitakalpa

(4) Angirasakalpa

(5) Santikalpa

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WHETHER THE WORD "KARMA" IS MENTIONED IN THE VEDAS?

The word "karma" is mentioned in many places in the Vedas:
Rg Veda Samhita

1.101.4
यो अश्वा॑नां॒ यो गवां॒ गोप॑तिर्व॒शी य आ॑रि॒तः कर्म॑णिकर्मणि स्थि॒रः
वी॒ळोश्चि॒दिन्द्रो॒ यो असु॑न्वतो व॒धो म॒रुत्व॑न्तं स॒ख्याय॑ हवामहे
1.102.6
गो॒जिता॑ बा॒हू अमि॑तक्रतुः सि॒मः कर्म॑न्कर्मञ्छ॒तमू॑तिः खजंक॒रः
अ॒क॒ल्प इन्द्रः॑ प्रति॒मान॒मोज॒साथा॒ जना॒ वि ह्व॑यन्ते सिषा॒सवः॑
1.103.6
भूरि॑कर्मणे वृष॒भाय॒ वृष्णे॑ स॒त्यशु॑ष्माय सुनवाम॒ सोम॑म्
य आ॒दृत्या॑ परिप॒न्थीव॒ शूरोऽय॑ज्वनो वि॒भज॒न्नेति॒ वेदः॑
1.11.4
पु॒रां भि॒न्दुर्युवा॑ क॒विरमि॑तौजा अजायत
इन्द्रो॒ विश्व॑स्य॒ कर्म॑णो ध॒र्ता व॒ज्री पु॑रुष्टु॒तः
1.112.2
यु॒वोर्दा॒नाय॑ सु॒भरा॑ अस॒श्चतो॒ रथ॒मा त॑स्थुर्वच॒सं न मन्त॑वे
याभि॒र्धियोऽव॑थः॒ कर्म॑न्नि॒ष्टये॒ ताभि॑रू॒ षु ऊ॒तिभि॑रश्वि॒ना ग॑तम्
10.56.6
द्विधा॑ सू॒नवोऽसु॑रं स्व॒र्विद॒मास्था॑पयन्त तृ॒तीये॑न॒ कर्म॑णा
स्वां प्र॒जां पि॒तरः॒ पित्र्यं॒ सह॒ आव॑रेष्वदधु॒स्तन्तु॒मात॑तम्

WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THE TERM "SVADHYAYA " APPEARING IN TAITTIRIYOPANISHAD?

TaittirIya Upanishad declares "svAdhyAya pravacane ca" . This means that one should undertake both learning of Vedas (Veda adhyayanam) and teaching of Vedas (veda ahyApanam) besides doing brahma yajnam.

Thus "svAdhyAya" refers to learning of Vedas (Veda adhyayanam).

Meaning of the term "svAdhyAya pravacane ca" .
svAdhyayo adhyayanam !
pravacanam adhyApanam brahmayajno vA !