தர்பை : அதன் மதிப்பு
An article by TRS Iyengar
This article is on one of the practices widely used by Indian Brahmins all over using a Holy Grass named Dharbham or Dharbai. In all functions, auspicious or inauspicious, a performing person needs to wear a ring made of this Dharbham. But many have lost the reason of why it is to be used in the first place. What I learnt from my father is proved to be accurately correct by a Medicine Practitioner.
A Doctor named Sadhashiv Rao, once visited my home. When the
topic turned to many subjects, I needed to tell him about the Holy Grass named
Dharbham. When I told him about the usage and the values, he could
not just believe my words. So,
he took out a bunch of the Dharbham from me, went straight to the clinic to take an x-ray of his palm, by
covering his hand with the Dharbham.
To his utter surprise, he found that the grass absorbed
about 60% of the radiation! When the so
powerful X-ray radiation can be absorbed
by the Holy Grass, why can it not absorb the ill radiations
spread over the atmosphere?
While chanting and reciting some Vedic phrases and verses,
one needs to wear a ring made of
dharbham on his right hand ring
finger. The count of leaves depends upon
the ceremony that is held viz.:
1. for some
ceremonies related to death only Single
leafed Dharbham is used;
2. for
Auspicious and daily routine a ring made of two leaves is used;
3. for
inauspicious but not death related functions, (i.e. Amavasya Tharppanam, Pithru Pooja etc ) a three leaf
Dharbham ring is used.
4. And for
the Temple Prayer and Pooja, a
Four-leaf Dharbham ring is used.
Also, when a fire ritual known as Agni Santana is performed,
these Dharbham are spread all the four
sides of the Agni Kundam. Also, during the Eclipse time, these Dharbham are used to cover all food
items to protect them from the harmful ultra violet radiation.
Whenever any function is held, firstly they perform a site-cleansing
act known as “Sudhh Punyaahavachanam”. While reciting the selective verses, they hold the Dharbham bunch in their hand
and placing the tip point of it over the
vessel containing water. Thus the
recited vibration values are absorbed by
water in the vessel through the
Dharbham.
They found that the Holy Grass known as Dharbham has the
highest value in conducting the phonetic
vibrations through its tip. Later, they sprinkle the Holy water at every nook
and corner of the place where the
ceremony or function is held. A
Dharbham without the tip is considered of no value, as the conductor-type value is lost in it.
My father, Late Shri Ramabathrachariar of Mukkur, fondly called by everyone as Sriraman, has
given me the immense values of Dharbham and its usage. With Sanskrit phonetic sound and vibration, using the Dharbham increases its value.
The usage varies
according to the functions. It is really a marvel, that in those days of Vedic Era, the Sages &
Saints of Hindu land used to control the
Magnetic path disturbances, just by
simply using this Dharbham!
Apart from the above, Dharbham cannot be planted and grown
everywhere.
It only grows naturally at selective places and available
almost in every
state in India. Some learned
scholars name it after Saint Vishwaamitra - hence Dharbham is known and called as
Vishwaamitra. If it is kept for a
longer time, say for more than six months, then it loses it value and the power of absorbing
the radiation of magnetic path control
values Dharbham cannot just be plucked straight
or cut on any day; There is a specific
Slokha that is to be recited before cutting it;
That too it can be cut only on the day next to Full Moon - known as Krishna Paksha Pradamai.
A Dharbham without its tip portion is not to be used for
making a Ring like item known as
"Pavithram".
Sourse
:: S.R.Ramkrushna Sastri
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