For the past ten years, a small group of dedicated people from various countries has held the vision of Shree Vasant Paranjpe of completing a series of seven Maha Somayags on the banks of the Narmada River in Maheshwar, Madhya Pradesh, India, for the healing of our planet. 

The Somayag releases powerful healing energies into the Earth’s atmosphere and beyond, the effects of which last for up to 100 years. All these Yajnyas are totally non-violent (Ahimsak).

Vedas are the source of all knowledge. Vedas gift us the science of Yajnya (bio-energy) which has the power to heal much of the horrific effects of man’s inhumanity towards his fellow man and towards Nature, which is now reeling from poisons, pollution, violence, and violation of every kind.

What is Somayag?

The ancient science of bio-energy given through Vedas describes certain energy processes which have the power to effect a change in the functioning of PRANA (life force that pulsates through us and connects us with the cosmos.) These energy processes come under the category of YAJNYA. Somayag is one such Yajnya.

AGNIHOTRA, tuned to the biorhythm of sunrise/sunset, is the basic YAJNYA that any person can perform with only a little effort. Agnihotra is to be performed DAILY at sunrise and sunset to keep Nature’s cycles in harmony

There are some special Yajnyas (HOMAS) like SOMAYAG, AGNISHTOMA, JYOTISHTOMA which are to be performed based on astronomic conditions. They are performed for the purification of the environment, reducing the burden on the mind, and making the mind full of LOVE. In such Yajnyas chanting of Mantras and offerings to fire goes on for several days.

At the junction of two seasons, there is the likelihood of an epidemic. Hence, several medicinal HOMAS are prescribed with different sets of Mantras. Then there are special HOMAS for bringing rain, for producing a male child or a female child. This forms part of the science of Biogenetics.

Somayag is one such special Yajnya. This normally lasts for six days. An intelligent young person would take about twelve years to learn this technique with proper Mantra chanting. The person has to follow strict discipline. This Yajnya is called Somayag because the juice from the herb Somavalli is used as the main oblation. Soma is known as the king of medicinal herbs. This special Yajnya provides an extra powerful boost of healing energy for the whole world. Countless positive benefits to a person, family, and society are mentioned as an outcome of participating in, conducting, and supporting Somayag.

The primary seven Somayags are:

– AGNISHTOMA for the atmosphere
– ATYAGNISHTOMA for water
– JYOTIRUKTHA for food
– SHODASHI for health
– ATIRATRA for the longevity of life
– APTORYAM for the well-being and prosperity of the whole society
– VAJAPEYA for peace of mind

There are many other Somayags, lasting from 6 days up to 12 years and more.

The beneficial effect of each of these HOMAS lasts for several decades. The atmosphere becomes medicinal, nutritious, and disease-free. Somayags yield a qualitative and quantitative improvement in the psyche. By using this super technology we can eradicate pollution factors on a large scale.

The fumes emitted from the burning oblations in Yajnya serve as the nucleus of clouds and rains. Smoke from the burning medicinal plants helps in the purification of the atmosphere and many disease-bearing germs are neutralized. Thus, a healthy ecosystem is created through the Yajnya process.

The Process of Somayag

The basic procedures of the Maheshwar Somayags are as follows:

1. Bringing the fire from Tretagni Agnihotra.

2. Ishti fire. Ishti means whatever is inside us we offer to God. It is a basic requirement for the other steps of the Somayag.

3. Pravargya for three days. This is preparation for the Soma offering.

4. Soma offering.

5. Wrapping up–final offerings and prayers.

6. Bath in the Narmada River.

The Yajaman

The Yajaman for this Aptoryam Somayag was Dikshit Achal Apte. His father, Haribau Apte, was Yajaman for the first four Somayags held in this series of seven at the Homa Therapy Goshala. His grandfather, Sakha Hari Apte was Yajaman for the unparalleled Somayag which took place in Shivapuri, Akkalkot in 1969 under the auspices of Parama Sadguru Shree Gajanan Maharaj for ushering in of the New Age.

The Yajaman represents the element of fire during a Somayag. Only someone who performs Tretagni Agnihotra regularly can become a Yajaman. He carries this Tretagni fire to the place where Somayag is to be performed and from this Tretagni fire the Somayag is started.

The Patni (wife of the Yajaman) is vital to the Somayag. The Yajaman must have a wife, and she is called upon at various points in the Somayag to be present for certain activities and often to touch and bless utensils that are used. The Patni is the only person who is given her own quarters in the Somayag shala.

The Rutvijas (priests)

For every Somayag, four groups of rutvijas are necessary, each well-trained in one of the four Vedas. The training takes at least ten years and must begin at a young age for the person to be able to master all the mantras. They work as a precision-trained team, chanting for many hours daily and carrying out varied procedures, using an array of special Yajnya implements. They also perform a number of other tasks necessary to the Somayag, such as moving equipment, carrying wood, cleaning implements, and helping to build some places needed during the Somayag.

The sixteen consist of four chief priests and their assistants.
–The hotri is the reciter of invocations and litanies drawn from the Rigveda. As each phase of the ritual required an invocation, the hotri had a leading or presiding role.
–The adhvaryu is in charge of the physical details of Somayag The adhvaryu has to measure the ground, to build the altar, to prepare the sacrificial vessels, to fetch wood and water, to light the fire, among other duties. Each action is accompanied by mantras, drawn from the Yajurveda.
–The udgatri is a chanter of hymns set to melodies (saman) drawn from the Samaveda. This is a specialized role in the Somayag.
–The brahma is the reciter of hymns from the Atharvaveda and is largely silent, only observing the procedures. His role is to use mantras to ‘heal’ if and when mistakes are made.

Creating Pure Fire Energy

Vedas state that Agni-Tatva (source of fire) is present in Ashwatth (peepal) tree (Ficus religiosa) and Agni is created from two pieces of Ashwatth tree by friction. For Somayag we need pure fire energy, which is created through a special process. The Yajaman brings one block of this special wood which carries the energy of the Tretagni Agnihotra which he performs at home. A wooden stick is pressed into a notch in the block of wood and rotated backward and forwards by means of a rope wrapped around the stick until friction creates fire. This is quite hard work. One person stands, pressing this stick on the block of wood while the second person turns it rapidly, in a pulley-type fashion, creating friction. This important procedure of creating “fresh” fire is performed at several points during the Somayag in order to add new energy.

Pravargya in Somayag

The Pravargya ritual is an integral component of the Somayag and takes place several times during the six days. While performing the Pravargya ritual, the vessel used is called Mahavir, a three-partitioned earthen pot that is used to boil the cow’s ghee. In Vedas, the procedure for creating and curing the Mahavir earthen pot is prescribed in great detail. Once constructed, the Mahavir is extremely strong–strong enough to sustain the extremely high temperature and pressure of the boiling cow’s ghee. In the process of Pravargya, fresh cow’s ghee is poured into the Mahavir pot and boiled on fire. Simultaneously, Rigveda, Samveda, and Yajurveda mantras are chanted in a deep solemn voice till the cow’s ghee reaches its boiling point. Boiling time is observed through the timely chanting of Mantras. All aspects of the Mantras are very strictly observed, including the lengthened syllable ‘Om’ at the end of every mantra. When the cow’s ghee has reached its boiling point, fresh milk is taken from a cow and a goat at the Yajnya place, and an oblation of cow’s milk/goat milk is given to the boiling cow’s ghee. Instantly, with very great intensity, the flame shoots up into the atmosphere about 10 meters.

Study on Pravargya: A Vedic Process to Destroy Viruses and Boost Immunity by Producing Rapid Sun Surface Temperatures

Pravargya is a Vedic scientific process in Soma Yaga. Dr. Venkata Chaganti and Murali Cheruvu studied the results of the Pravargya during a Soma Yaga conducted in Hyderabad from the 14th to the 25th of December 2020. During the Pravargya Process, it was observed that Sun Surface temperatures (> 5000K) were produced for a short time (in seconds) along with possible Ultraviolet A (UVA). Our research shows how Pravargya potentially can destroy the viruses like COVID-19 and harmful bacteria and improve immunity in living beings through the excitation of organic compounds from Cow Ghee, Cow Milk, and Goat Milk by offering them in the yaga. 

The process of Yajna involves a fire that releases heat, and light along with gaseous products. In the Yajna process, the most important ingredients are wood sticks, ghee, herbs, grains, and food prepared from grains, jaggery, saffron, dry fruit nuts, etc. All these materials are organic compounds that are vaporized at low temperatures between 2000 C to 6000 C. Wood cellulose [1] decomposes at 3500 C and most sugars at 1600 C to 1800 C. The products of combustion are generally organic compounds [2] along with CO2, H2O, and others. Some of these organic compounds like camphor that are volatile may ignite and burn causing flame that produces colors. During the flaming phase, the fuel undergoes a chemical change along with the release of heat and other gases. Benjamin et al [3] used muffle and flame burning to combust herbaceous biomass and found that high concentrations of P (Phosphorous) remained in the ash and most Carbon (C) and Nitrogen (N) were volatilized (> 99%). Mike et al [4] measured temperature profiles of bushfire flames and noted that the maximum temperature (11000 C) was near the base of the flame.

Soma Yaga⁵ is a type of Yajna that is done for about several days continuously between Sunrise and Sunset for about 8 hours or more. During this Yaga, a special process called “Pravargya” [6] is conducted in which cow ghee, cow milk, and goat milk are utilized

During the Pravargya process, a special clay pot (called Mahavira) is prepared with mud collected from special places in the area near the Yajna Shala (a place where the Yaga is conducted). This pot is first heated for a good amount of time and then cow ghee is poured in the pot to fill it. Then the heating is continued till the cow ghee has arrived at boiling point. At this juncture, cow milk and goat milk are freshly milked and taken in a long spoon. This mixture of milk is offered carefully on the boiling (about 2500 C) ghee pot (Mahavira) and spontaneously a big fireball is produced that rises to a height of about 12 ft or so.

When cow milk and goat milk combination is offered on top of the boiling ghee pot, the water part (about 87%) vaporizes instantly due to the high heat quantity. The change from liquid to vapor expands water several hundred times and pushes the fire above it upwards which produces the fireball. The main ingredient that is used in Yajna apart from wood is cow ghee which contains many organic compounds. Table-1 gives the details of the ingredients of pure cow ghee [7] for each 100 ml. Table-2 gives the ingredients of grass-fed cow milk that contains majorly organic compounds [8]. The table gives the ingredients that are present for each 100 ml of grass-fed milk. Table-3 gives the ingredients of whole goat milk that contain majorly organic compounds [9]. The table gives the ingredients that are present for each 100 ml of whole goat milk. From the tables, it is evident that the majority of ingredients in cow ghee, cow milk, and goat milk are found to be organic compounds, and other elements are found to be in mg.

During the Vajepeya Soma Yaga, Pravargya was conducted five times in a day. We collected five videos of these conductions and divided each video into chronological time intervals and placed the screenshots of each video in Tables 4 to Table 8. The first column of each table gives the complete fireball which is produced during the process. The second column gives the fireball picture in the chronological division of that process. The third column gives the maximum temperature in the fireball during that interval. The temperature of the fireball is calculated based on the RGB values during that interval using a Python program. These temperatures are obtained using a Python program by calculating color temperature from CIE 1931xy coordinates of the images taken chronologically from the video of the fireball. Figure -1 gives the Color Temperature chart for comparison with the fireball colors and temperatures that were produced during Pravargya.

Results and Analysis

Dimitrova et al¹⁰ experimentally found that fat content in cow milk influenced the scattering and fluorescence spectra in between 200 nm and 1100 nm when excited absorption spectra peaked at about 328 nm and scattering spectra peaked at about 500 nm. This indicates that the fireball produced during the Pravargya process will show similar results due to the cow milk absorption and scattering peak at about 328nm and 500 nm. Vanya et al¹¹ set excitation spectra at 255 nm for a mixture of goat and cow milk and found emission wavelengths to be around 350 nm. There is no absorption or emission spectra between 328 nm and 500 nm. This indicates the fireball produced in the Pravargya process must have an emission wavelength of 350 nm due to the fireball. Ultraviolet A (UVA) is in the range of 320 nm to 400 nm and many researchers have shown that these UVA rays are useful for treating skin problems in humans. In their research work, Krutmann et al¹² found that UVA and UVB phototherapy involves immunomodulatory consequences apart from antiproliferative effects. Edward et al¹³ Research indicate that UVB initiates Melanoma and UVA does not. Anuradha et al¹⁴ concluded that the popular skin therapy is by using sesame oil that contains psoralen and UV ray exposure.

Tables 4 to 8 give details of the temperatures produced in the fireball in chronological order in the five attempts done to produce the fireball. The highest temperature that is produced in the fireball is found to be 5446 K from Table-6 and it is equal to the surface temperature of the Sun. Even though the time period of such high temperatures is small, the beneficial effects are many. By using Wein’s displacement law for blackbody radiation, we can find the corresponding light wavelengths for these temperatures. For the temperature 5446 K the corresponding wavelength would be 532 nm which should be expected as given by the research works¹¹.

Since goat and cow milk were used along with cow ghee, and a wavelength of 532 nm is obtained, there must have been radiation emitted in the UVA region that could not be obtained in the images taken.

Naveed et al [15] worked on heated ghee and non-heated ghee Fluorescence emission spectra using excitation wavelengths 280 nm, and 410 nm. It was observed that the non-heated ghee peaked at 375 nm, 390 nm, 440-460 nm, 490 nm, and 620 – 700 nm and for heated ghee, the Fluorescence peaked at 552nm. In Pravargya ghee is heated to a very high temperature before the combination of cow and goat milk is offered. From our calculations, we show that 5446 K temperature was produced which aligns with the research works mentioned above. Therefore, the possibility of UVA (320 nm to 400 nm) being produced during this process must be understood. We can see that there are no radiations in the visible spectrum between 532 nm and 400 nm that generally correspond to harmful chemicals used in fireworks. Therefore, the Pravargya process utilizes organic compounds that are normally vaporized below 1,000 K but produce temperatures above 5,000 K and health-beneficial radiation from IR to UV though for a short time.

John et al [16] concluded in their study that at around 70°C (158°F) viruses, specifically, SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), the new coronaviruses get destroyed. However, the time it takes to erase the virus completely would depend on how much virus is present on what type of surface. They did observe that at 75°C (167°F) temperature for a duration of 15 minutes 7 log reduction of the COVID-19 virus. During Pravargya, we observed that Sun Surface temperatures were produced rapidly which would help in destroying the viruses present in the ambient air.

Pravargya, a great scientific process, generates an enormous amount of temperatures closer to the temperatures that are present on the surface of the Sun for a shorter period (in seconds). In the Pravargya Process, due to high temperatures, the organic compounds in Cow Ghee, Cow Milk, and Goat Milk are likely to be excited to higher states and quickly drop to lower states by releasing Ultraviolet A (UVA) radiation with a wavelength in the range of 320 to 400 nm (nanometers). These UVA rays destroy COVID-19-like viruses and other harmful bacteria covering larger areas surrounding the Pravargya location and hence provide immunity.

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Authors

First Author – Dr. Venkata R Chaganti, Ph.D. in Condensed Matter Physics, Vedas World Inc., GA, USA
Second Author – Murali K Cheruvu, MS Data Science, Vedas World Inc., GA, USA.