The Holy Grass known as Dharbham or Dharbai
This article is on one of the practices widely used byIndian Brahmins all over using a Holy Grass named
Dharbham or Dharbai. In all functions, auspicious or
In auspicious, 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.
When A Doctor took out a bunch of the Dharbham
And took 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 versus, one needs to wear a ring
made of Dharbham on his right hand ring finger.
The count of leaves depends upon the function that is held
viz.: for some functions related to death only Single leafed
Dharbham is used; for Auspicious and daily routine a ring
made of two leaves is used; for inauspicious but not death
related functions, (i.e. Amavasya Tharppanam,Pithru Pooja
etc) a three leaf Dharbham ring is used. 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 “Sudhhi Punyaahavachanam”.
While reciting the selective versus, 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 function is held. A Dharbham
without the tip is considered of no value, as the
conductor-type value is lost in it.
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!
Basically all our Vedas and Upanishads are written
in Sanskrit, Which basically is a phonetic based
language. So I have a feeling that it is not just the
mantras being powerful but mainly due to the effects
"Sound" has over a humans body. I feel that our ancestors
had mastered the art of sound; phonetics and
acoustics as such. So when the Vedas was written
and the tone set for its deliverance that had no effect
whatsoever on a "Man's" body but it should have
definitely had a profound effect on a "Woman's" body
that would have been the reason why ladies are not
allowed to chant mantra or the Vedas or Upanishads
or for that matter any of the slokas that a man recites.
When we do Paaraayanam, I feel that the reason why
girls are not allowed to do that is basically their physique
cannot take the tremendous changes effected due to
sustained practice of known as Recital.
This is something that my grandpa's younger brother
told me about, when we perform the Kumbabhishekam
in a temple, At least 20 learned Vedic scholars
would stand near the "kumba jalam"
( holy water kept in the copper or brass vessel)
and holding a "Dharbam",one end in their hand
and other end in the water would recite all the
slokas need or rather do the "Japam" - I think
this is because "Dharbham" is a very good conductor
of acoustic vibrations - When this happens you can
surely find the difference in the water's state
before and after such a Japam. The reason why
I am saying this has reference to my stating that
Sanskrit is a phonetic based language and "Sound and
Acoustics" does really change things.
Our ancestors would have done lot of research into
acoustics management resulting in they mastering
the art of sound and acoustics and using them
to both, their constructive and destructive benefits.
Again this is purely my and only my own opinion.
Keep up the good work
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 or
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".
Courtesy: SrirangaSri Yahoo Groups
posted by Unknown @ 5:09 PM
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