Mundakopanishad : ( 12/12/2012. )

22/04/2019 Mundaka Upanishad : Chapter 1: Section 2.4  Chapter 1: Section 2.4 "Kali karali ca mano-java ca sulohita ya ca sudhumra-varna, sphulingini visva-rupi ca devi lelaya-mana iti sapta-jihvah." (1.2.4). In a properly performed sacrifice, seven flames of the fire are supposed to shoot up, not just one or two. The hungry fire will lap up in seven tongues. The seven tongues have their own names : — kali: the black one; karali: the blacker one; mano-java: rapid like the movement of the mind; sulohita: reddish in colour; sudhumra-varna: brownish in colour; sphulingini: sparking forth; visva-rupi: radiant. Devi: divine are the flames. The god Agni himself rises up to receive our offering and take us to the gods so that, in their satisfaction, they lift us up to the abode of the gods. Lelayamana iti sapta-jihvah : Oscillating flames of the agni, to which we offer the oblations, are designated in this manner. These names are to be remembered. ...

05/04/2019 Chapter 1: Section 2.3. . Esa vah panthah sukrtasya loke : (1.2.1) This is the blessedness for you. Here the Mimamsa speaks to you: It is the path of blessedness open to you. All people come. If you recite the Veda mantras properly, perform yajna and offer oblations to the gods, the flames of the sacrifice uniting themselves with the rays of the Sun will take you, by your subtle body, to the glorious realm of Indra’s heaven. So here is an invitation to the heaven of Indra. Yada lelayate hy arcis samiddhe havya-vahane, tad ajya- bhavav antaren ahutih pratipadayet ( chraddhaya-hutam ) (1.2.2). When we perform a havanam, a yajnam, the flames should shoot forth. The fire should not be smouldering, and it should not be smoking. If that is the case, then the yajna is not done properly. Savita is the flaming forth of the heated fire. When the flames move like tongues of fire, lapping hither and thither with a roaring sound, into those tongues of fire coming up from t...