Study Guide: Consecration of Cosmic Realms

🙏 Ṛṣi (Seer): Maharshi Prajapati🔥 Devatā (Deity): Yajna and Agni🎵 Chandas (Meter): Gayatri📜 2 Verses

Act 1

Act I: Invocation of the Cosmic Dimensions

Verses 1, 2

Verse 1

इयते त्वा स्वाहा महते त्वा स्वाहा दिव्यै त्वा स्वाहा

iyate tvā svāhā mahate tvā svāhā divyai tvā svāhā

Verse 2

अन्तरिक्षाय त्वा स्वाहा पृथिव्यै त्वा स्वाहा

antarikṣāya tvā svāhā pṛthivyai tvā svāhā

📖 Immersive narrative, word breakdowns, and spiritual context

These verses serve as the foundational declarations for dedicating ritual substances to the cosmic expanses. The seeker aligns their inner awareness with the macrocosm, recognizing that every realm—from the earthly plane to the celestial vault—is interwoven through sacred action (Yajna). By offering oblations with the sacred exclamation 'Svāhā', the practitioner dissolves egoistic possessiveness and surrenders material energy back to the divine source, thereby purifying both the outer altar and the inner consciousness.

💭 Flowing Translation

Verse 1: Dedication of offerings to the expansive, great, and divine principles.

Verse 2: Consecration spanning the atmospheric space and the physical earth.

📝 Scholar's Reading Note

Sāyaṇa interprets these terms through ritual symbolism, whereas Sri Aurobindo views them as psychological states of ascending consciousness.

📚 Word-by-Word Breakdown

Verse 1

Devanāgarī	IAST	Translation
स्वाहा	svāhā	auspicious oblation/surrender
दिव्यै	divyai	to the celestial/divine

Verse 2

Devanāgarī	IAST	Translation
अन्तरिक्षाय	antarikṣāya	to the mid-space
पृथिव्यै	pṛthivyai	to the earth

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Memory Hook

Remember the sequence: Expansive, Great, Divine, Mid-space, Earth — connecting all levels of creation through Svāhā.