Ashaucham & Nitya karma
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• February 25, 1999
Srimathe Lakshmi Nrusimha Parabhrahmane Namaha Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha Srimathe Nigamantha MahaDesikaya Namaha Srimathe SrivaN Sadagopa Sri Vedanta Desika Yatindra MahaDesikaya Namaha Srimathe SrivaN Sadagopa Sri Narayana Yatindra MahaDesikaya Namaha ------------------------------ Sriman Narayana, Dear Bhagavadotthamas, adiyen in the month of Oct'98 had raised the following question (the entire question is reproduced for quick reference) : ----------------------------------- adiyen have a doubt on nitya karma (like sandhya vandanam, ijya etc.) that we are supposed to be performing daily. What should be the status when one is on vriddhi Ashaucham (the stage when one is unholy due to the birth of a child to him or to his near relatives) or kshaya Ashaucham (the stage when one is unholy due to the death of a near relative)? adiyen understand the sandya vandanam can never be ignored even under such circumstances though the karta (person) can only do the least japa (austerity) i.e. 10 times gAyatri. But the problem is on other mantrAs like rahasya trayam. Can this also be performed? Will it make any difference in the light of having different sampradyas having different ways. The Sri Sannidhi sishya (ahObila Mutt) are supposed to be doing ashtAkshara Japam before the gAyatri UpastAnam but immediately after the gAyatri Japam. This means is a part of sandhya vandanam whereas the rest are doing after the sandya vandanam. What is the view on Bhagavad Aradhanam on such a situation? adiyen recall in good old days one does not cook in that house but the relatives/friends (those are not under Ashaucham) bring the food and feed such people. What is the view expressed by sAstras with regards to the mUrthys (sAligramam) at home? How will the mUrthys at home be offered naivedyam? ---------------------------------- adiyen went to India on vacation and had a chance of viewing a book published by Sri Nrusimha Priya Trust on dharma sAstra - questions & answers by Sri U.Ve. MelpAkkam Narasimhachar swamy. adiyen also have consulted some elders on this. Though the above questions were not answered directly adiyen could arrive some possible solutions and would seek approval of these from the bhAgavatAs in this list. Also, there could be few bhAgavatAs who had these doubts like adiyen and would benefit from these discussions. 1. CAN THE RAHASYA TRAYA JAPAM BE PERFORMED? adiyen feel only gAyatri japam could be recited during this period as there cannot be discontinuity. However, Thiru AshtAkshara japam in case of ahObila mutt is part of sandhya vandanam (reasons can be cited in Ahnika commentary by present azhagia singhar in his pUrvAshramam) and hence must also be recited as many times as of gAyatri japam. With regards to other two rahasyams it cannot be recited as japam (i.e. with counting) in Ashaucham period, but could be recited normally any time. This adiyen could interpret from following slokAs: dEvatAntara nAmAni nAsuchi: parikIrtayEt nArayanasya nAmAni sadA sarvatra kIrtayEt apavitra: pavitrO vA sarvAvastAm gatOpi vA ya: smarEt pundarIkAksham sa bhAhyAbhyantara: suchi: 2. CAN BHAGAVAD ARADANAM BE PERFORMED? HOW WILL THE MURTYS AT HOME BE OFFERED NAIVEDYAM? No. Elders of the opinion that they will not even go near the kOilazhvar (room for the deity - where we think we have imprisoned the sarvEswaran). Then the question comes how would the sAlagrAmam at home be worshipped? For this we have two solutions. First, we could give the mUrtys to a person who does daily ArAdanam (and of course whom we have faith, this is because adiyen heard sometime back it will not be wrong even if one steals sAlagramam from other house and perform ArAdanam. May the other bhAgavatAs confirm this-nor that we are interested in stealing). Second solution is asking an outside person to place the kOilazhvar inside the rice tin [Elders derive this by quoting following]: gruham smasAnam tava bimbavarjitam sAlagrAmasilA yatra na tishtati mahIpatE tasyAnnam naiva BhOktavyam aBhakshyEna samam hi tat It is also said that even if ArAdanam is stopped for couple of days it is not a problem and the pramAnam could be sAlagrAmasilAyAstu pUjAlOpO na dhUshanam Request feedback on these interpretations from other bhAgavatAs on this list. dAsan Vijayaraman
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