VEDIC COSMOGRAPHY IN THE HAWAN

How the Universe is mapped in the Hawan

ṛg veda

tatsavitur vareṇyam
bhargo devasya
dhīmahi
dhiyo yo naḥ
pracodayāt

Om bhūr bhuvaḥ swaḥ

tatsavitur vareṇyam

bhargo devasya dhīmahi

dhiyo yo naḥ d āt

yajur-veda

bhūr bhuvah

WORLDS OF THE VEDIC COSMOS

Bhūh/Prthvi (earth)

Bhuvah/Antariksa (atmosphere)

Svah/Dyauh (heaven)

3 SETS OF TRIADS (VYAHRTIS)

world

element

air

bhuh

bhuvah

svah

agni

vayu

surya

prana

apana

vyana

PRATAH SAYANKALA MANTRA

  1. bhūr-agnaye prānāya swaha. idam-agnaye
    prānāya idan-na mama
     
  2. bhuvar-vāyave apānāya swaha. idam vāyave’
    apānāya idan-na mama

  3. svar-ādityāya vyānāya swaha. idam-ādityāya
    vyānāya idan-na mama

  4. bhūr-bhuvah swar-agni vāyv-ādityebhyah prāņāpāna-
    vyānebhyah swaha
  1. 1 bhūr-agnaye prānāya swaha. idam-agnaye
    prānāya idan-na mama

  2. bhuvar-vāyave apānāya swaha. idam
    vāyave’ apānāya idan-na mama

  3. svar-ādityāya vyānāya swaha. idamādityāya
    vyānāya idan-na mama

  4. bhūr-bhuvah swar-agni vāyvādityebhyah
    prāņ-āpānavyānebhyah
    swaha

3 SETS OF TRIADS (VYAHRTIS)

world

element

air

bhūh

bhuvah

svah

agnih

vāyu

aditya

prāna

apāna

vyāna

3 world

3 element

3 air

bhūr-bhuvah swar-agni

vāyv-ādityebhyah prāņāpāna-

vyānebhyah

bhūr-bhuvah swar-agni

vāyv-āditye bhyah prāņāpāna-

vyānebhyah

bhūr-bhuvah swar-agni

vāyv-ādityebhyah prāņāpāna-

vyāne bhyah

bhūr-bhuvah swar-agni vāyv-ādityebhyah prāņāpāna- vyānebhyah

This knowledge (āpah) is the Light (jyoti) which is

the nectar (rasa) of immortality (amŗtam) which

as that Supreme Being (brahma) permeates the

earth (bhūh), atmosphere (bhuvah), and the

regions beyond (swah) as OM.