Uma Sutam

GajAnanam BhUta GaNAdi SEvitam

Kapithhajam bUphala sAra bhakshitam

UmAsutam Soka VinASakAraNam

NamAmi VighnESwara Pada pankjam

Actually, there is no need to explain like this.... Those who learned, on the topic, only an indication are enough to understand but for others this will be more useful...

The normal meaning of this Sloka, no need to explain, but let us see this in another context...and firstly, let me unfold the meaning of every Sanskrit word of this Sloka.....

GajAnanam means very big, very much, very high, plenty, sufficient. BhUta means having bitter taste (example, the taste of bitter gourd) GaNAdi means in total, or in totality, from top to bottom, from bottom to top etc. SEvitam means if consumed, if drunk, or if eaten Kapithha means the stem of Lotus (lotus flower) JambhU phala means fruit of JAmbun or JAmun

(One kind of fruit, very famous and having medicinal values) SAra means every, all, juice. BhAkshitam means if consumed, if eaten, if drunk etc

Uma means sweet,

Sutam means that takes birth, taken birth from, taken birth of

SOka means dukh (sorrow), disease, illness....

VinASa KAraNam means becomes the destroying factor, becomes the destroying element.

Now let us see how it is to be combined and studied...

Syzygium Cumini, is an evergreen tropical tree in the flowering plant familyMyrtaceae. Syzygium cumini has been spread overseas from India by Indian emigrants and at present is common in former tropical British colonies.

This is also known as jambul/ jambhul/ jambula/ jamboola,  Java plum,  jamun,  jaam/ kalojaam,  jamblang,jambolan, black plum, Damson plum, Duhat plum, Jambolan plum or Portuguese plum'''. Malabar plum may also refer to other species of Syzygium. This fruit is called Jamun in [Konkani], Hindi, Urdu and Punjabi, Jambhul in Marathi, NaavalPazham in Tamil, NaavalPazham in Malayalam, '''Nerale Hannu in Kannada,Neredu Pandu[నెరేడు పండు] in Telugu,Kalojam or Jam in Bengali, Jamukoli in Oriya and Jambu''' in Gujarat. In the Philippines, common names include duhat in the Tagalog-speaking regions, lomboy in the Cebuano-speaking areas, lumboy  in Northern Luzon and inobog in Maguindanao''' It is called Dhanbu  in Maldives  and Dhuwet/ Juwet in Javanese. Among its names in Portuguese are jamelão, jambo, jambolão, jalão, joão-bolão, manjelão, azeitona-preta, baga-de-freira, brinco-de-viúva and guapê, always with lower case, the early four derived from the Konkani name jambulan. They are called rotra in the Malagasy language (Madagascar). It is called reyang dut or krian dot in Malay especially in the northern part of Malay Peninsula.

A slow growing species, it can reach heights of up to 30 m and can live more than 100 years. Its dense foliage provides shade and is grown just for its ornamental value. At the base of the tree, the bark is rough and dark grey, becoming lighter grey and smoother higher up. The wood is water resistant. Because of this, it is used in railway sleepers and to install motors in wells.

The leaves that are an aroma similar to turpentine, are pinkish when young, changing to a leathery, glossy dark green with a yellow midrib as they mature. The leaves are used as food for livestock, as they have good nutritional value.

The seed is also used in various alternative healing systems like Ayurveda (to control diabetes, for example Unani and Chinese medicine for digestive ailments.

The pulp of the fruit, extracts from the bark and seeds is of great benefit when it comes to lowering of blood glucose level. Taking dried extract of the seeds orally greatly reduces the blood sugar and glucosuria.

The leaves and bark are used for controlling blood pressure and gingivitis. Wine and vinegar are also made from the fruit. It has a high source in vitamin A and vitamin C

Limonia acidissima (syn. Feronia elephantum, Feronia limonia, Hesperethusa crenulata,undefinedSchinus limonia) is the only species within the monotypic genus Limonia''. It is native in'' the Indomalaya ecozone to Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and in Indochinese ecoregion east to Java and the Malesia ecoregion. Vernacular names in English include: wood-apple, elephant-apple, monkey fruit, and curd fruit; and listed below are the variety of common names in the languages of its native habitat regions.

The common names of Limonia acidissima include English: Wood Apple, Elephant Apple, Monkey Fruit or Curd Fruit; Assamese: Bal, Bael (বেল); Bengali: Koth Bael (কদবেল); Gujarati: Kothu; Hindi: Kaitha (कैथा), Kath Bel or Kabeet; Javanese: Kawis or Kawista; Khmer: Kvet; Kannada: Belada Hannu / Byalada Hannu (ಬೇಲದ ಹಣ್ಣು), balulada hannu (ಬಳೂಲದ ಹಣ್ಣು/ಬಳೂಲಕಾಯಿ/ಬಳೂಲ); Malaysia : Belingai; Malayalam: Vilam Kai (വിളാങ്കായ്); Marathi: KavaTH  (कवठ); Oriya: Kaitha or Kaintha; Sanskrit: Billa, Kapittha (कपित्थ), Dadhistha, Surabhicchada, Kapipriya, Dadhi, Puṣpapahala, Dantasātha, Phalasugandhika, Cirapākī, Karabhithū, Kanṭī, Gandhapatra, Grāhiphala, Kaṣāyāmlaphala; Sinhalese: Divul; Tamil: Vilam Palam (விளாம் பழம்);Telugu: Vellaga Pandu (వెలగ పండు) and Vietnamese: Quách

This is a large tree growing to 9 metres (30 ft) tall, with rough, spiny bark. The leaves are pinnate, with 5-7 leaflets, each leaflet 25–35 mm long and 10–20 mm broad, with a citrus-scent when crushed. The fruit is a berry 5–9 cm diameter, and may be sweet or sour. It has a very hard rind that can be difficult to crack open, and contains sticky brown pulp and small white seeds. The fruit looks similar in appearance to fruit of Bael.

The rind of the fruit is so thick and hard it can be carved and used as a utensil such as a bowl or ashtray. The bark also produces an edible gum. The tree has hard wood that can be used for woodworking.

Bael fruit pulp has a soap-like action that made it a household cleaner for hundreds of years. The sticky layer around the unripe seeds is household glue that also finds use in jewellery making. The glue, mixed with lime, waterproofs wells and cements walls. The glue also protects oil paintings when added as a coat on the canvas.

Ground Limonia bark is also used as a cosmetic called thanakha in Myanmar, a practice that has spread to other parts of Southeast Asia. The fruit rind yields oil that is popular as a fragrance for hair; it also produces a dye used to colour silks and calico.

It is a hedge plant favoured for its rapid growth; especially when cuttings from a faster-growing individual are grafted to a hardily rooted plant, fruit, foliage and shade can quickly be obtained.

In Tamil Nadu leaves and fruit traditionally have been used for elephant food, while the branches were used as brooms for rough work in connection with animal care.

Nutrition

A hundred grams of fruit pulp contains 31 grams of carbohydrate and two grams of protein, equivalent to nearly 140 calories. The ripe fruit is rich in beta-carotene, a precursor of Vitamin A; it also contains significant quantities of the B vitamins thiamine and riboflavin, and small amounts of vitamin C.

Let us also know a bit about Momordica charantia

This is known as  bitter melon, bitter gourd, bitter squash or balsam pear... and it is a tropical and subtropical vine of the family Cucurbitaceous, widely grown in Asia, Africa, and the Caribbean for its edible fruit, which is extremely bitter. Its many varieties differ substantially in the shape and bitterness of the fruit. This herbaceous, tendril-bearing vine grows to 5 m. It bears simple, alternate leaves 4–12 cm across, with three to seven deeply separated lobes. Each plant bears separate yellow male and female flowers.

In the Northern Hemisphere, flowering occurs during June to July and fruiting during September to November. The fruit has a distinct warty exterior and an oblong shape. It is hollow in cross-section, with a relatively thin layer of flesh surrounding a central seed cavity filled with large, flat seeds and pith. The fruit is most often eaten green, or as it is beginning to turn yellow. At this stage, the fruit's flesh is crunchy and watery in texture, similar to cucumber, chayote or green bell pepper, but bitter. The skin is tender and edible. Seeds and pith appear white in unripe fruits; they are not intensely bitter and can be removed before cooking. As the fruit ripens, the flesh (rind) becomes tougher, bitterer, and too distasteful to eat. On the other hand, the pith becomes sweet and intensely red; it can be eaten uncooked in this state, and is a popular ingredient in some Southeast Asian salads. When the fruit is fully ripe, it turns orange and mushy, and splits into segments that curl back dramatically to expose seeds covered in bright red pulp.

Varieties
Bitter melon comes in a variety of shapes and sizes. The cultivar common to China is 20–30 cm long, oblong with bluntly tapering ends and pale green in color, with a gently undulating, warty surface. The bitter melon more typical of India has a narrower shape with pointed ends, and a surface covered with jagged, triangular "teeth" and ridges. It is green to white in color. Between these two extremes is any number of intermediate forms. Some bear miniature fruit of only 6–10 cm in length, which may be served individually as stuffed vegetables. These miniature fruit are popular in Bangladesh, India (common name 'Karela'), Pakistan, Nepal and other countries in South Asia. The sub-continent variety is most popular in Bangladesh and India.

Take the complete plant of bitter gourded (including roots, stems, flowers, and bitter gourd), take the stem of lotus flower, take the jAmun fruit, all these things in equal quantity, make the juice of it and consume it. The word gaNAdi gives us the meaning for taking these items in ‘equal quantity’.

[GaNa + aAdi] GaNa means Number, aAdi means total] means, all these items should in equal.

Then what happens...?

UmAsutam SOka vinaSam means the illness, the disease, the sickness that takes birth from umA, that is, from sweet, will be vinASa kAraNam, means it will vanish. Now, which is SOka, which is the Roga, which is the disease we get from sweet...? No doubt, it is Diabetics. Then, those who are having Diabetic, they are to be very seriously careful to protect their legs, keep it very neat, clean and without dust, mud etc.  (Remember, the doctor’s advice the Diabetic patients to be careful towards their legs, keep it neat and clear etc) Chanting of this mantra keeping the divine spirit of Lord GaNeSa in mind, no doubt, it will do away all hurdles in life. But if one chants this mantra with the thinking explained above, it will result into destroying the Diabetic problems. Thus, the DhyAAna Sloka is not only to praise Lord "Sri Ganesha" but if one is chanting this mantra the Diabetic disease will also get vanished.

References:

"Syzygium cumini - fruits" by Ton Rulkens - Flickr: Syzygium cumini - fruits. Licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Syzygium_cumini_-_fruits.jpg#mediaviewer/File:Syzygium_cumini_-_fruits.jpg

Momordica charantia 007" by H. Zell - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Momordica_charantia_007.JPG#mediaviewer/File:Momordica_charantia_007.JPG

Momordica charantia Blanco2.357" by Francisco Manuel Blanco (O.S.A.) - Flora de Filipinas [...] Gran edicion [...] [Atlas II].[1]. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Momordica_charantia_Blanco2.357.png#mediaviewer/File:Momordica_charantia_Blanco2.357.png

Now let us see how they studied clinically for Anti-diabetic effects of Kapithha and JambhU phala

or Syzygium Cumini http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3609276/.....'' Syzygium cumini'' (L.) Skeels: A review of its photochemical constituents and traditional uses
 * 1) Jamun

Anti-diabetic activity of Syzygium cumini and its isolated compound against streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats...

 file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/kishen1/My%20Documents/Downloads/Anti-diabetic.pdf Pandu or''' Limonia acidissima http://www.academia.edu/5606002/PHYTOCHEMICAL_SCREENING_ANTIBACTERIAL_AND_ANTIOXIDANT_ACTIVITY_OF_LIMONIA_ACIDISSIMA_L_
 * 1) '''Vellaga

Gourd or Momordica charantia Anti-diabetic effects of Momordica charantia (bitter melon) and its medicinal potency
 * 1) Bitter

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4027280/

Sivkishen, Author, Kingdom of Shiva

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