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वाच: देवता वह्नि: हस्तयो: इन्द्र: पादयो: विष्णु: उपस्थस्य प्रजापति: पायो: मृत्यु:|TB-52|

Now the guru gives the presiding deity for each one of the organs of action..

वाच: देवता वह्नि: vAcha: dEvatA vahni: = Agni dEvatA is the shakti behind our organ of speech. If a person is a great orator, you can almost be certain that in his speech organ, agni has blessed his in abundance.. It is also common expression to say that "when a guy speaks with passion on a topic, sparks were flying out of his mouth.."



हस्तयो: इन्द्र: hastayo: indra: The deity giving our hands the grabbing power is none other than indra.. Even scriptures talk about indra as "vajra hastha". This awareness on our part makes us humble not become proud that "I LIFTED that 500 pound weight MYSELF..!"

पादयो: विष्णु: pAdayo: vishNu: For the feet to be able to walk, we need the blessing of the presiding deity viShNu. Who remembers when we learnt to walk? No one.. yet that is one of the most wonderful miracles I ever have witnessed.. and am witnessing all the time.. Somehow in our growing years, we just started balancing ourselves.. This means that we have the blessings of lord viShNu..

उपस्थस्य प्रजापति: upasthasya prajApati: Correctly bramhAji is the presiding deity of our organs of procreation. That is why in vedic culture, we do not have xex, it is the nurturing of another jeeva through the womb of the woman so that another sould may be givent he opportunity to gain liberation.. Remember, liberation is possible only when a jeeva is blessed witha human physical body. This is a very elaborate vedic ritual, where we invoke the blessings of many devatAs to bless the united couple with a child.. then the physical sexual act itself becomes a yagnya.. and nothing happens unless prajApati apporves.. (all excpet charam janmam, which I will explain later)

पायो: मृत्यु: pAyo: mRtyu: Lord yama is the presiding deity for the organs of evacuation.. This disposal is as important as life giving nutrients. And hence the appreciation..

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