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the eye. Our body is put into flowers used in the decoration samhitha gives the same meaning
service of God through various of altars—all these are obtained in a different manner.
va:hanas - the vehicles bearing from nature, thereby promoting
“attha vakshya:mi vipre:mdra
the Lord and also by offering a sense of sacredness towards pamchara:thra:rttha
different services to Him. The nature. muththamam|
nose which is always eager for prutthivya:di:ni bhu:tha:ni
In fact, these ideas are also
good fragrance is engaged in guna:ha pamcha maha:mathe: !
expressed and taught in several
the worship of the Lord by using || 31
ways by the ve:da and the
various flowers, sandal paste and ra:thrayo: jamthavaha
ve:da:ntha. However, once
fragrant incense sticks. By means pro:ktha:ha sarvasa:sthre:shu
we enter into those sacred nischitha:ha|
of various chants, eulogies,
texts, the intellect runs hither
bhajans, also by offering various, thadbho:ga:dvinivruththisthu
and thither, various heated
tasty, consecrated foods, the pa:mchara:thra mithi smrutham||
arguments are raised, leading
tongue is used in the service of 32”
to egoistic tendencies and even
Lord.
stubbornness. In the end we tend Here the word ‘ra:thri’-night-
Thus does the scripture provide to forget what we have begun comes to mean the entire ‘ji:vas’
us the techniques in which the and where we are moving to! or beings like us. The meaning
objects are purified, rendered is that these beings are bound
While pursuing the scripture of
harmless and placed before or enveloped in the darkness of
Sri: pa:mchara:thra, such pitfalls
the sense organs or the body ignorance. The implication is that
are avoided. With the quality of
both of which are habituated to the pa:mchra:thra brings freedom
putting essential things in a neat
enjoy, and ever eager to express to the beings who are bound by
way, being revealed by the Lord
themselves. Sri: pa:mchara:thra the experiences of the five kinds
Himself, this scripture places the
ensures that our hearts soar into of sense objects in the world
ideas unambiguously in front of
the realms of the divine even as consisting of five elements.
the ‘pamcharas’ or those who
our senses are interacting with nd
seek to grow spiritually. Thus it In the 2 patalam of vishnu
their respective objects.
protects them specifically with samhitha, the very meaning is
Also, the Sri: pa:mchara:thra great ease thereby transforming expressed differently.
paves way to adore the nature them into beings with proper “ra:thrayo: go:chara:ha
around us by utilizing trees, behaviour. Hence it ‘thra:yathe:’ pamchasabda:di
vishaya:tmika:ha |
plants, shrubs and creepers in the ‘pamchara:s’. i.e. ’protects’
the worship of God! How does it those who desire to grow. maha:bhu:tha:thmaka:
do so? The leaves of the thulasi Such is the meaning contained va:2thra pamchara:thra midam
thathaha||49
(the holy basil), various flowers, by the definition given by the
mango leaves, sticks used for Visva:mithra samhitha
sacred fire, trees, leaves and Continued on Pg 32...
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