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Re: vishhNu suuktam (was Re: Rig Veda)
In article <4qf0mg$560@babbage.ece.uc.edu>,
Ramakrishnan Balasubramanian <rbalasub@ecn.purdue.edu> wrote:
>This is traditionally recited during the abhishekam during the pajnchaayatana
>puuja of smaartas. The mantras recited during the abhishekam are rudram,
>chamakam, purushha suuktam, naarayaNa suuktam, vishhNu suuktam, durgaa suuktam,
>shrii suuktam, bhuu suuktam, niiLaa suuktam and the shaanti pajnchakam, usually
>in that order.
Actually, I wonder if a Shrii Vaishnava can say something here -- I believe
their chanting program is puruSha, naaraayaNa, viShNu, shrii, bhuu, niiLaa --
yet this is called pan~ca suuktam?
>I also read the posts of Anand and Vijay. The last line quoted by Vijay is not
>read by us. The vishhNu suuktam told by us is also not "complex" and is also
>quite short. (atleast the one I was taught :-))
Actually, thinking about it again, it's only the first mantra that I
think is metrically complex -- it's the same as the one you said (the
other mantras in it are short, and on the whole, it's definitely
shorter than say the Purusha or Naaraayana suuktas, but longer than
the NiiLaa suukta). But then again, this only applies to KYV ViShNu suukta;
I don't know anything about the RV version (or even if it's different)
-- vp
