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Why We Say “Swaha” in Havan or During Pooja
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All of us would have noticed that at the end of each mantra the priests say something known as Swaha. Whenever there is a Yagna done it believed to be uncomplete without pronouncing the word ‘Swaha’. In a Yagna, some Gods are named and called and pledged to the fire by offering foods and other necessary items. The fire consumes it and transfers to the specific Gods to the direction related with them. In the Hindu pantheon, Fire is recognised as the Godi of Agni. This deity is one of the Vedic deities and was among the Supreme deities worshiped at the time. He is called twin brother of Indra and the husband of goddess Swaha.
They felt that during the early periods of creation the Gods had some slight difficulties for there was no allowance made for them to eat. This was making them weak. This is when there was the penance of Brahma along Kagthaan gawdi of Goddess Adi Shakti. He asked her for a solution. The goddess exposed that all that will be offered to the holy fire during the Yagnas offerd by the people will turn to the feeds of the gods. But the cultural stereotypes of gender that Agni presented could not have been constructed singly. This is the point that was considered by the Goddess in the form of Swaha decided to become his consort. As Swaha stayed with Agni, he used to eat it and pass it onto the gods. Swaha became his energy and it also became compulsory to pay respect to Swaha towards the end of the worship. Thus, only when Swaha was called, could Agni consume all that had been offered to him. Well now let us go further into detail of their love life.
When Swaha got to know all this she decided to seductively trick Agni by disguising herself as the seven wives. One of the ways she revealed some intimacy with Agni was by changing her form. But she could not incarnate herself as Arundhati — wife of sage Vashistha, for Arundhati was completely chaste. This is when thought that was with him was not Saptarishi wives but Swaha.
He knew his mistake of being attracted to the married women. He then decides to get married to her and thus wife Swaha is what he had to choose. Swaha was made to live forever after she married him.
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