Purifying Nature Of Fire

Agnihotra was performed to transmute one form of energy to another for cleansing, writes Yogi Ashwini

Rig Veda talks about techniques to gain knowledge from subtle forces of creation through havan or homa which is transmutation of energy from one form to another using the medium of agni, fire. Agni is the first word in the Rig Veda. Agnihotra havan is mentioned in the Yajur Veda more often than in the Rig Veda.

The sun is a significant source of prana or life. In 12 hours the sun changes colours from light pink to dark pink, saffron, golden and bright golden. The final shade changes from saffron to violet. Each colour has its own energy pattern; each of these energies relate to an aspect of the physical and subtler worlds. We are blessed with everything we desire in colour codes. Colours are also used in healing sciences, nutrition and creation maintenance.

Agnihotra is performed at sunrise and sunset. The prime chant is “Idam na mam” – “All this is not mine,” indicating detachment. To perform this you need to be detached from aspects of maya that intoxicate the five senses. One who performs the havan has to be in vairagya, the samidha and samagri, ingredients should be of pure quality and all participants ought to have purity in their achar, practice and vichar, outlook.
Precisely at sunset and sunrise a specific shade of the sun’s prana is awaited and as it appears the havan begins; it is all over in a in a minute or two.

Rishis who mastered natural powers were not rulers or leaders; they would simply do what was necessary and then return to their hermitage. They were not allowed collection, though pleasures were not forbidden. Rishis are known to have spoused and family; they ate and lived well. Despite being masters in the art of war and politics they never indulged in war or politics, for service was their mainstay

Two families who lived close to the leaking Union Carbide plant at Bhopal at the time of the Bhopal gas tragedy were regular performers of the agnihotra. The tragic incident occurred on the night of December 3, 1984, when the poisonous MIC gas leaked from the Union Carbide factory at Bhopal. Hundreds of people died and thousands took ill. However, members of two families – of Sohan Lal S Khushwaha and M L Rathore, living about one mile away from the plant, remained unscathed. No one in these families died; no one was ill enough to be hospitalized despite being present in the worst affected area.

This was perhaps due to the fact that performance of agnihotra proved effective in serving as an antidote to pollution. Media reports wrote of this unusual phenomenon, calling it the `Vedic Way to Beat Pollution’.The air quality was different in these two homes and the poisonous gases were simply transformed into harmless matter akin.

When ecologically clean fuel is burnt during agnihotra, it does not produce carbon monoxide. Only oxygen is released since the homa acts as natural biosanitiser provided the ingredients used are non-toxic or clean. The toxins could be organic, inorganic and salts.

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