The botanical name is Eragrostis Cynosuroides and in Hindi, they call this Kus or Kusha. Brahmins use this in all functions, auspicious or inauspicious. A performing person needs to wear a ring made of this Darbha but many have lost the reason of why it's to be used in the first place.
What I learnt from my father was proved to be accurate by a Medical Practitioner. A medical practitioner once visited my home. When the topic turned to many subjects, I told him about the Holy Grass, named Darbha. When I told him about the usage and the values, he could not just believe my words. So, he took out a bunch of the Darbha from me, went straight to the clinic to take an X-Ray of his palm, covering his hand with the Darbha.
To his utter surprise, he found that the grass absorbed about 60% of the X-Ray radiation!
When the powerful X-Ray radiation could be absorbed by the Holy Grass, why can it not absorb the ill-radiations spread in the atmosphere?
At the time of Solar/Lunar eclipses our elders used to keep Darbha in all the food containers in the house to protect from the radiations emanating during the eclipses.
While chanting and reciting some Vedic phrases and verses, one needs to wear a ring made of Darbha on his right hand ring finger. This is most essential while performing all the rituals such as Agni santhanam, Thiru-aaraadhanam and all sorts of havans known as 'homam'.
The count of leaves depends upon the function that is held viz.:-
* For functions related to death only a single leaf Darbha is used.
* For auspicious and daily routine, a ring made of two leaves is used.
* For inauspicious but not death related functions - for eg. Amavasya tharpanam, Pithru pooja etc - a three-leaf Darbha ring is used.
* And for the temple prayers and puja, a four-leaf Darbha ring is used.
Also, when a fire ritual known as Agni santham is performed, the Darbha are spread on all the four sides of the Agni Kundam. Also, during the eclipse time, the Darbha is used to cover all food items to keep off the ultra violet radiations.
Whenever any function is held firstly they perform a site-cleansing act known as "Sudhi punyavachanam". While reciting the selective verses, they hold the Darbha bunch in their hand and place the free tip over the vessel containing water. Thus the recited vibration values are absorbed by the water in the vessel through the Darbha.
The Hoy Grass also has the highest value in conducting the phonetic vibrations through its tip. Later, they sprinkle the holy water at every nook and corner of the place where the function is held. A Darbha without the tip is considered to be of no value as the conductor-type value is lost in it.
Today's science is struggling to understand the inventions and practices of the great rishis!
My take
The knowledge of the ancient practices will give answers to many of the things that we find quaint and mysterious.
Tailpiece.
Got up at 6, the chores and was ready by 10.
Lekha had gone to the Guruvayur temple to have the darshan of the good Lord. I, too, had gone to town to get a few things done and had a darshan of the good Lord. Today is the 8th day of the 'ulsavam'.
Helped Lekha to water the plants in the evening.
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