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‘Upa’ means near and ‘nayan’ means to take towards or the eye or the Inner vision. A brahmanan who wears Poonal and doing Sandhyavandhanam promptly will get the inner vision to see god. In the poonal there will be Bramma Mudichchu (Knot) Mahalakshmi is residing in the knot. The poonal or the three sacred threads signify the three Goddesses- Parvati (strength), Lakshmi (wealth) and Saraswati (knowledge).

The sacred thread or the Poonal have nine fibers. The nine fibers are: –
1. Omkar,
2. Agni (deity of fire),
3. Nag (serpent),
4. Som (moon),
5. Pitar (ancestors),
6. Prajapati (deity of procreation),
7. Vayu (air),
8. Yama (deity of death) and
9. Vishvadevata (deity of the universe).

That’s why brahmanan wearing poonal and doing all karmanushatanam perfectly is called most powerful. Vaak Palitham (whatever says will happen) will be more. Saraswathi will sit in the tongue of Brahman.

Three strands are the three Vedas – Rig-Veda, Yajurveda and Samaveda on each of these strands. This knot is called the Brahmagatha (gatha means a knot) or the Brahmagranthi (granthi means a gland). [The knot of sacred grass (darbha) tied to a gold ring (pavitrak) is Atharvana Veda.

96 the length of the Poonal or the sacred thread is said in the Vedas as –