The ringing of the bell produces what is regarded as an auspicious sound. It produces the sound Om, the universal name of the Lord. There should be auspiciousness within and without, to gain the vision of the Lord who is all-auspiciousness. @OmTheReality@DharmoRakshathi@jkd18
Even while doing the ritualistic aarati, we ring the bell. It is sometimes accompanied by the auspicious sounds of the conch and other musical instruments. An added significance of ringing the bell, conch and other @harshasherni@vivekvardhan05@Hooda_Soniya@Sheshapatangi
As we start the daily ritualistic worship (pooja) we ring the bell, chanting:
Aagamaarthamtu devaanaam
gamanaarthamtu rakshasaam
Kurve ghantaaravam tatra
devataahvaahna lakshanam
I ring this bell indicating the invocation of divinity, So that virtuous and noble forces enter (my home and heart); and the demonic and evil forces from within and without, depart.
हे (वृषणा) बलिष्ठ वायु और अग्नि के समान वर्त्तमान विद्वानो ! तुम (सोमापूषणा) अग्नि और वायु (रजसः) लोकसमूह के (अविश्वमिन्वम्) जिससे अविद्यमान समस्त पदार्थों को अलग करते हैं जो (विषूवृतम्)
Bhavarth: This all-pervading air extending itself in the atmospheric region is the second associate or co-operant of the sun which is the source of evaporation and moistening and protection and to which our all .
Meaning: O learned person I ask you about the last boundary of the earth? I ask you about nature of the fecundating power of a virile person who is mighty like a horse.
I ask about the highest pitch of the Holy speech? @Aadishakti_101@harshasherni@tripathisam2020 @MYNKBHRDWJ
Summary: The limit of the earth is sky and sky is spherical so earth is round .
There is another Richa in Rig Veda 10/22/14
for all - people younger than us, of our own age, those older than friends, even strangers and us.
There are five forms of formal traditional greeting enjoined in the shaastras of which namaskaram is one. @iamvinitshinde@MYNKBHRDWJ@brahman_kanya@_Just_A_Soul__@JAIN_24T
This is understood as prostration but it actually refers to paying homage as we do today when we greet each other with a namaste.
Namaste could be just a casual or formal greeting, a cultural convention or an act of worship. @Gaandivdhaari@jamwal_rocky@Temple_Phantom
(one who moves with the husband on the path of dharma; righteousness and duty).
This is how ancient Vedic culture viewed the partnership of husband and wife.
In Rig Veda(10.85), the marriage hymn, states that the @hgoyal1@sinhapurna13@iamvinitshinde
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daughter-in-law should be treated as a queen, sāmrajni, by all the family members especially the mother-in-law, husband, father-in-law.
Woman is designated as:
Aditi, because she is not dependent (Nirukta, 4/22)
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SUN MOVES THE GREAT THINGS
याति॑ दे॒वः प्र॒वता॒ यात्यु॒द्वता॒ याति॑ शु॒भ्राभ्यां॑ यज॒तो हरि॑भ्याम् । आ दे॒वो या॑ति सवि॒ता प॑रा॒वतोऽप॒ विश्वा॑ दुरि॒ता बाध॑मानः॥ ऋग्वेद १.३५.३
English
The great (thing) moves; goes up; goes down; for purity; and to be availlable for the good. (Actually), the Sun brings these great distant objects to remove all dearths
हिंदी
जैसे (विश्वा) सब (दुरिता) दुष्ट दुःखों को
(अप) (बाधमानः) दूर करता हुआ (यजतः) संगम करने योग्य (देवः) श्रवण आदि ज्ञान का प्रकाशक वायु (प्रवता) नीचे मार्ग से (याति) जाता आता और (उद्वता) ऊर्ध्व मार्ग से (याति) जाता आता है और जैसे सब दुःख देनेवाले अंधकारादिकों को दूर करता हुआ (यजतः) संगत होने @MohanShobitha@saffornita