The final anuvakam of Chamakaprashnam

The final anuvakam of Chamakaprashnam

एका॑ च मे ति॒स्रश्च॑ मे॒ पञ्च॑ च मे स॒प्त च॑ मे॒ नव॑ च म॒ एका॑दश च मे॒ त्रयो॒दश च मे॒ पञ्च॑दश च मे स॒प्तद॑श च मे॒ नव॑दश च म॒ एक॑विग्ंशतिश्च मे॒ त्रयो॑विग्ंशतिश्च मे॒ पञ्च॑विग्ंशतिश्च मे स॒प्त विग्ं॑शतिश्च मे॒ नव॑विग्ंशतिश्च म॒ एक॑त्रिग्ंशच्च मे॒ त्रय॑स्त्रिग्ंशच्च मे॒ चत॑स्-रश्च मे॒‌ऽष्टौ च॑ मे॒ द्वाद॑श च मे॒ षोड॑श च मे विग्ंश॒तिश्च॑ मे॒ चतु॑र्विग्ंशतिश्च मे॒‌ऽष्टाविग्ं॑शतिश्च मे॒ द्वात्रिग्ं॑शच्च मे॒ षट्-त्रिग्ं॑शच्च मे चत्वारि॒ग्॒ंशच्च॑ मे॒ चतु॑श्-चत्वारिग्ंशच्च मे‌ऽष्टाच॑त्वारिग्ंशच्च मे॒ वाज॑श्च प्रस॒वश्चा॑पि॒जश्च क्रतु॑श्च॒ सुव॑श्च मू॒र्धा च॒ व्यश्नि॑यश्-चान्त्याय॒नश्-चान्त्य॑श्च भौव॒नश्च॒ भुव॑न॒श्-चाधि॑पतिश्च ॥ 11 ॥

Eka cha me, thisra cha may, pancha cha may, saptha cha may,

Ekadasa cha may, tryodasa cha may, pancha dasa cha may, saptha dasa cha may,

Nava dasa cha may, eka trimsathis cha may, tryovimsathis cha may,

Pancha vimsathis cha may, saptha vimsathis cha may, nava vimsathis cha may,

Eka trimsathis cha may, tryatrimsathis cha may, pancha trimsathis cha may,

Chathasras cha may, ashtou cha may, dwadasa cha may, shodasa cha may,

Vimsathis cha may, chatur vimsathis cha may, ashtaa vimsathis cha may,

Dwathrimasthis cha may, shat trimsas cha may, chatvarimsa cha may,

Chathus chathvarimsa cha may, ashta chatvarimsa cha may,

Vaajas cha prasavas cha pijascha kradis cha suvas cha moordha cha

Vyasniyas cha anthyayanas cha anthyas cha

Bhouvans cha bhuvanas chadhipadhis cha. 11

The celebrated commentator Vishnu Suri gives the following interpretation..

The numbers mentioned upto 33 seek the grace of the devas numbering thirty three crores.

The numbers upto 48 seek the welfare, and benefits for the living beings on this earth.

The odd numbers represent the Divinity

The even numbers represent the earthly things.

( This is the view of the commentator.. But the even and odd numbers mix up divine and mundane.. But that is a matter of interpretation as to what is divine and what is mundane.)

1.Prakruti

3.. the three gunas sattva, rajas and tamas..

5 the panchabootas.. prithviee ap teja vayu akasha

7 the five jnanendriyas chakshu shrotra jihava grana sparsha and mind or mana and bhuddhi

9 the body created with the nine holes.. two eyes, two ears, two nostrils, mouth, the urinary outlet and the excretionary outlet

11 the ten Pranas and the suhumna

13 the major gods.

. 15 the nadis like shankini

17 the limbs of the linga shareera (endocrines?)

19 the herbs like sanjeevani

21 the 21 marma points

23 the deities presiding major diseases

25 the apsaras residing in the body as also in the heavens..

27 Gandharvas residing in the body as also in the heavens

29 vidyut devas

31 bhuvanams or planets

33 crores devas

4 purusharthas.. dharma artha kama moksham

8 vedas and upavedas four each

12 6 shastras and and six angas

16 The sixteen mahavidyas

20 Mahabhutas, vishayas like Shabdha, sthoolam and sookshmam

24 the letters of Gayatri

28 Ushnik Chandas

32 Anushtup Chandas

36 Brihatee chandas

40 Pankthee chandas

44 Thristup Chandas

48 Jagatee chandas.. belonging to the mundane world

Of course many of the numbers need more elaboration.. but such elaboration is not worthy for a Facebook post..

There are many other explanations too.

But I think this is good enough

This is not a complete interpretation..

I have not translated the final.parts of the mantra where the numerical.sequence is not considered

Regards

k v ananthanarayanan.