Since time immemorial, there has been a belief that sacred
words and their combinations called Mantras have beneficial effects on human
beings, animals and even plant kingdom. This belief has been so widespread that
practically every scripture refers to it in same way or other.
Recently, some investigations have been carried out on the
effect of chanting of Agnihotra Mantra at sunrise and sunset, accompanied by
sacrificial fire, on the germination of rice seeds.
It is known from scriptures that Mantras like OM, Agnihotra
Mantra, Gayatri Mantra have benefited humanity to large extent. However, it is
very difficult to pinpoint what precisely there is in these Mantras which make
them so effective.
OM doesn’t have a translation. Therefore, the Hindus
consider it as the very name of the Absolute, it is body of sound. In the
scriptures of ancient India, the OM is considered the powerful of all the
Mantras.
Vedic Mythology of Solar Eclipse and its Scientific
Validation
Rig Veda, the oldest one among the four Vedas, pronounces
the phenomenon of solar eclipse in a mythical language. During the eclipse, the
eclipse induced gravity waves causes a reduction in ozone layer concentration
in stratosphere which allows more cosmic radiations of different wavelengths,
to the surface of the earth. The research carried out about the radiations
received during the past eclipses and its influence on seawater reveal the
scientific knowledge behind Rishi Atri’s dispelling of darkness by the Four
Rigs, given in Pancavisma Brahmana. Hence, for the first time, the eclipse
event is differentiated into a four stage process, as per out recent findings
on the change in Oceanic PH. The influence of solar eclipse on living
organisms, especially, the erratic of solar eclipse on living organisms,
especially, the erratic behavior of animals, birds and marine organisms to
eclipse is addressed. This new scientific findings supports strongly the Vedic
predictions of eclipse and the traditional practices of Hindus, which differ from
region to region.
