Sage : Kapinjaya.
God: Eagle (Kite).
USE : Moving enemies' lips by the force of the Mantra.
PROCEDURE: While chanting the verses, clarified butter is to be dropped into the sacrificial fire. A frog is to be brought and its face is to be blown into (apanoodanam's approximate translation), with the butter while chanting the verse.
REMARKS: This is the second verse of a set of three verses which aims at annihilation of enemies.
KAAND`A 7, ANUVAAKAM 9, SUUKTAM 95 (2)
Ahameena ud atisht`hapam
gaavan s`raanta sadau iva
Kurkurau iva kuujantaa
vudavantau vrikaa viva.
GIST
I am raising the lips of the enemies. Just as I chase away the barking dogs, chase the howling wolves which take away the calves from their resting mothers in cowsheds, I raise the lips of the enemies. (Here the enemy is personified in the form of a frog and by moving its lips while chanting the mantra, the performer of the ritual believes he is moving the lips of the enemy. Moving enemies' lips may, in the belief of those days, harm harm them).
NOTE for the #MARK of STRESS IN ACCENT
Vedic mantras are sung with special musical stops of rhythm and tones of "top" and "low" called "Udaatta" and "Unudaatta" respectively. These are to be learnt from a competent experienced teacher.
Stress points: kurkuravi#va.
vudava#ntau
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