Mahāvaiśvānara Sāma
Mahāvaiśvānara Sāma · mahā-vaiśvānara sāma, “the great sāman of Vaiśvānara”
The Mahāvaiśvānara Sāma is a chant of the Sāma Veda, the great sāman of Vaiśvānara (Agni), sung at the Vasordhārā of the Lakshahoma together with the Jyeshṭha Sāma. The Bhavishya Purāṇa names it and its place in the rite.
Its place in the rite
In the Uttara Parva of the Bhavishya Purāṇa, Śrī Kṛshṇa teaches Yudhishṭhira the Lakshahoma, the homa of a hundred thousand offerings, which fulfils all desires. After the offerings, the Vasordhārā is let fall: a stream of ghee is poured over the fire from a kumbha through a long sruvā of udumbara wood resting on two pillars. At that time the Agni-sūkta, the Vishṇu-sūkta, the Rudra-sūkta and the Indu (Soma) sūkta are recited, and the Mahāvaiśvānara Sāma and the Jyeshṭha Sāma are sung.
Then the yajamāna bathes, has svastivācana performed, and with a calm mind gives dakshiṇā to each ṛtvij.
The phala
One who performs the Lakshahoma by rule gains all desires, is honoured in Śivaloka by the Vasus, Ādityas and Maruts for eight hundred kalpas, and at the end attains moksha; one who performs it without desire attains Parabrahma.
Source: Bhavishya Purāṇa, Uttara Parva, Chapter 141
Sources
- Bhavishya Purāṇa, Uttara Parva, Chapter 141