Pranam
Satyameva jayate, Na-anrtam
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1 As this world is not for those who are without wealth, so that world is
not for those who are without kindness.
aruLillaarkku avvulakam illai poruLillaarkku (satyam)
ivvulakam illaaki yaangu ( Tirukkural) (purushartaham)
2 A *Satyam eva jayate nānṛtam, satyena panthā vitato deva-yānaḥ,
yenākramanty ṛṣayo hy āpta-kāmā yatra tat satyasya paramaṁ nidhānam* (3.1.6).
(1) Truth alone triumphs, not *falsehood.* (2) Through truth *the divine
path is spread out,* (3) by which the sages whose desires have been
completely fulfilled reach to where that supreme treasure of Truth is.
Truth is more than truth-speaking. Truth is the symbol of perfection, a
representation of the Divine Being. Adherence to truth means embracing the
universal nature of Reality. Therefore, truth wins victory everywhere. (4)
Truth is the essence of the Universal movement consisting of evolution and
involution. Untruth is negative, whereas truth is positive. Through truth
the consciousness blossoms into more expanded experience, but untruth
attempts to stifle consciousness altogether and disallows the expansion of
consciousness causing, at the same time, the hardening of individuality.
(5) Truth is, in fact, the eye of the individual aspiring for the
realisation of its Absolute nature. (6) The sages got a vision of this
Truth because they were absolutely free from defects such as deceit,
delusion, fraud, pride, vanity and falsehood. They found the consummation
of their desires and aspirations in this Absolute Truth. (7) They became
first *desireless *{ SAMKALPA IN bg 6.2}, and then sought the Truth. *Desire
breeds falsehood*, and desire- lessness gives rise to Truth. Truth enables
one to attain the Supreme Treasure, which is the Absolute Truth.
3 The principal of Rta is eternal and omnipresent. It is immanent in all
the creations of Cosmos. Rta is the binding principle of this cosmos,
whether physical or moral. In the moral sphere, Rta is righteousness. It is
the measure of morality. Those who follow the path of Rta, follow the path
of Good. They are called Vratani. The path of Rta (Vrata) is consistent
with the natural cosmic order. The path of Rta leads a man to a harmonious,
prosperous, and contented life.* Anrta is the opposite of Rta.* Anrta
represents complete disorder and confusion. The path of Anrta goes against
natural laws. It leads a man towards disease and death.
4 Satyam and Rta are synonyms only; asatyam and anrta are synonyms; But
why the synonym was used in 2 places; Satya and rta? Satya is a positive
energy; Rta is positive; anrta is negative; and usage is striking; stated
as “na anrta”; not the disorderliness; na is negative and anrta is another
negative and use of double negative is asserting the positive outlook. ONLY
THE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH. Assimilations of the satya as well as
the anrta can occur; there can exist the assimilation of the SURA AND THE
ASURA. There could be on one side 11 akshouhini army and on the other side
7 akshouhini army and assimilation existed on both sides; the quality of
asura was quelled by the quality of the sura by satya and Rta which is the
Dharma.
5 *Rig Veda Book 10 Hymn 190*
रतं च सत्यं चाभीद्धात तपसो.अध्यजायत |
ततोरात्र्यजायत ततः समुद्रो अर्णवः ||
समुद्रादर्णवादधि संवत्सरो अजायत |
अहोरात्राणिविदधद विश्वस्य मिषतो वशी ||
सूर्याचन्द्रमसौ धाता यथापूर्वमकल्पयत |
दिवं चप्र्थिवीं चान्तरिक्षमथो सवः ||
*ṛtaṃ ca satyaṃ* cābhīddhāt tapaso.adhyajāyata |
tatorātryajāyata tataḥ samudro arṇavaḥ ||
samudrādarṇavādadhi saṃvatsaro ajāyata |
ahorātrāṇividadhad viśvasya miṣato vaśī ||
sūryācandramasau dhātā yathāpūrvamakalpayat |
divaṃ capṛthivīṃ cāntarikṣamatho svaḥ ||
Simple meaning: abidat tapaso viz from the desire of the brahmam, rtam and
satyam were adya jayata were born; It is the creative wexposition from
brahmam; then RATRA night was born; then the sea was born; samudro; from
these the samvastrao the calendar the years were born means TIME; the earth
with the day and night started; then the surya and Chandra; first kalpa,
light, divam; earth prthivim; anthariksha all kinds of elements were all
born one after the other; first is Rta and Satya.
6 What is “natural” is Ṛta. We receive it from what it reveals itself.
Sun rises, seasons change, beings live, rivers flow. That progression has a
natural flavour - the Ṛta. It is an intrinsic part of nature. Everything
has this inherent quality by which it progresses, lives. Not just having
the existential property (*satya*) does matter become perceived to exist.
It is through Ṛta that happens. In the moral background, satya is the
truth, Ṛta is expression. Satya is the Self, Ṛta is the* tanu *- the
perceived form. Satya is the objective. Ṛta is the perception.
7 You might relate it roughly with analogy of “particle”-“wave”, or
“matter”- “energy” - the former implying the analogous equivalent of
*satya *and the latter the *Ṛta*. Devas are themselves the embodiment of
*satya *and reveal themselves through the *Ṛta*.
8 Ṛta is best understood pairing with Satya.
9 The quality of satya is that it never wavers, it never changes. The
quality of Ṛta is that it never stops, it ought not stop. Satya symbolizes
specificity. Ṛta symbolizes continuity. Satya symbolizes the Devas, Ṛta
symbolizes the Yajñāgni.
10 Opposite to Ṛta is thus “unnatural”, something that is possible in a
moral or synthetic construct - to hamper the existence of society, to work
against the existence of nature, to go against the “revealed” flow. This is
what Vṛtra stands for - the “blocker” of Ṛta. Blocking Ṛta might always
create a bad future. This became dreaded in most of the Indian
philosophies, ranging from law systems (which warn against making dams in
rivers) to medicinal systems (Ayurveda does fear blocking of natural
expressions of living).
11 Without Satya there is ignorance. Without Ṛta there is arrogance.
Satya translates to love. Ṛta translates to wisdom.
Satya translates to vision. Ṛta to perception.
Satya translates to Sun, Ṛta translates to Sky and its state.
Satya is the year, Ṛta is the sequence of seasons.
Satya is the syllable, Ṛta is the sound.
Satya is the verse, Ṛta is the metre.
Satya is husband and the Rta is wife.
12 In hymn 1.4.14 of Brahadaranyaka Upanishad, *Satya* (truth) is equated
as, nothing is higher than the Law of Righteousness (*Dharma*). The weak
overcomes the stronger by the Law of Righteousness. Truly that Law is the
Truth (*Satya*); Therefore, when a man speaks the Truth, they say, "He
speaks Righteousness"; and if he speaks Righteousness, they say, "He speaks
the Truth!" For both are one.
13 Taitriya Upanishad 11.11 states, "Speak the Satya (truth), conduct
yourself according to the Dharma (morality, ethics, law)"
14 The Mundaka Upanishad, for example, states in Book 3, Chapter 1,
*सत्य*मेव जयते नानृतं[ <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satya#cite_note-21>
Translation 1: *Truth* alone triumphs, not falsehood.
Translation 2: *Truth* ultimately triumphs, not falsehood.
Translation 3: The *true* prevails, not the untrue.
— Mundaka Upanishad GOI emblem. * 3.1.6*
15 Sandilya Upanishad of Atharvanaveda, in Chapter 1, includes
ten forbearances as virtues, in its exposition of Yoga. It defines Satya as
"the speaking of the truth that conduces to the wellbeing of creatures,
through the actions of one's mind, speech or body.” (MANO, VAK Kaayam)
16* Satya* is described - one as empirical truth about reality, another
as abstract truth about universal principle, being and the unchanging.
"The righteous hold that forgiveness, truth, sincerity and compassion are
the foremost (of all virtues). Truth is the essence of the Vedas."
सत्यस्य वचनं साधु न सत्याद विद्यते परम
सत्येन विधृतं सर्वं सर्वं सत्ये परतिष्ठितम
अपि पापकृतॊ रौद्राः सत्यं कृत्वा पृथक पृथक
अद्रॊहम अविसंवादं परवर्तन्ते तदाश्रयाः
ते चेन मिथॊ ऽधृतिं कुर्युर विनश्येयुर असंशयम
17 To speak the truth is meritorious. There is nothing higher than truth.
Everything is upheld by truth, and everything rests upon truth. Even the
sinful and ferocious, swear to keep the truth amongst themselves, dismiss
all grounds of quarrel and uniting with one another set themselves to their
(sinful) tasks, depending upon truth. If they behaved falsely towards one
another, they would then be destroyed without doubt. — *The Mahabharata,
Chapter CCLIX*
*18 ADI SHANKARA SAID WHICH IS BEYOND ANY ONE’S INTERPRETATIONS *—Now
truth and the rest chiefly characterized by restraint are enjoined upon a
*bhikshu*, *i.e.*, mendicant, as auxiliary aids with sound knowledge; he
should be attained by truth, *i.e.*, by abstaining from falsehood; as also
by *tapas*, *i.e.*, by concentration of the senses and the mind, which is
declared to be the highest *tapas*; for, it is this which is of greatest
help, as it is turned towards beholding the *Atman*, not the other forms of
*tapas*, such as the performance of the *chandrayana* (a penance), etc.
“This *Atman* should he attained” should be read into every clause.
‘By good knowledge’, by beholding the *Atman* as it really is. ‘By
*Brahmacharya*,’ by abstinence from sexual pleasure. *Nityam*, always. The
word “always” should be read with every one of the words ‘truth,’ ‘*tapas*,’
etc. Just as a lamp within a building illumines every part of it, it will
be said, later on, that they seethe *Atman* in whom there is neither
deceit, nor falsehood, nor cunning. Who this *Atman* is that should be
attained by these aids is explained? ‘Within the body,’ in the midst of the
body, *i.e.,* in the *akas* of the lotus of the heart. ‘Resplendent’, of
golden hue. *Subhra*, pure. The *yatayah*, *i.e.*, those who are habitually
seeking, *i.e.*, the *Sanyasins*, ‘their faults removed,’ *i.e.*, devoid of
all taint of mind such as anger, etc., find this *atman*. The drift is that
the *atman* is attained, by *Sanyasins* with these aids as truth, etc.,
constantly practised and cannot be attained by them occasionally practised.
This text is a eulogy of such aids as truth, etc.
19
*yaṁ sannyāsam iti prāhur yogaṁ taṁ viddhi pāṇḍava na hyasannyasta-saṅkalpo
yogī bhavati kaśhchana*
*saṅkalpaḥ* <https://www.holy-bhagavad-gita.org/w/sankalpah>—desire; *yogī*
<https://www.holy-bhagavad-gita.org/w/yogi>—a yogi; *bhavati*
<https://www.holy-bhagavad-gita.org/w/bhavati>—becomes; *kaśhchana*
<https://www.holy-bhagavad-gita.org/w/kashchana>—anyone *BG 6.2: What is
known as sanyās is non-different from Yog, for none become yogis without
renouncing worldly desires.*
20 Sankalpa is desireless. Sankalpa is made to gain all the richness of
the earth out of desire and the “SANNYASTHA SANKALPA” IS THE RENOUNCING THE
DESIRE WHICH IS BECOMING THE DESIRELESS VIZ THE ULTIMATE SANYASA. The other
side of the krodham is delusion whereas the other side of the desire is
Anrtam. Truth is NEVER that of yours and mine but “only one” whereas facts
are so many. There can be “N” FACTS but the road to the truth is only one
may be through only one fact and corelated combined facts. Delusion is
something else. Krodhat bhavathi Sammoha: anger cause the delusion=Sammoha:
sankalpa is desireless.
21 Delusion is a THAMASO Guna and with the delusion one may view GOD as he
wishes which includes the atheism also that of Caravaka. The Cārvāka school
is one of the” heterodox" philosophies. It rejects supernaturalism,
emphasizes materialism and philosophical skepticism holding empiricism,
perception and conditional inference as the proper source of knowledge. It
holds that there is neither afterlife nor rebirth, all existence is mere
combination of atoms and substances, feelings and mind are an
epiphenomenon, and free will exists. (Buddhism took that) One of the widely
studied principles of Cārvāka philosophy was its rejection of inference as
a means to establish valid, universal knowledge, and metaphysical truths.
In other words, the Cārvāka epistemology states that whenever one infers a
truth from a set of observations or truths, one must acknowledge doubt;
inferred knowledge is conditional. The Vedic system did advice to question;
take good even from the rut; keno Upanishad is one such; Ramana said ask
yourself WHO AM I?’ Rama in Valmiki Ramayanam, accepted the Caravaka as
good as Vasishta as different lines of the thinking but not that of satyam
the act of Caravaka. Hinduism has no conditional way termed as a religion
at all, but showed the way to lead a life in good stead. Dharma is the way
of life and it permitted all the paths and had no retention or conversion
or redemptions etc. Many Upanishads, and gruhya sutrams prevailed but
there was one condition that nothing can override the vedas because it is
SATYAM. That is why the sanctum of the Veda is Satyam vada, satyam bruyat,
satyameva jayathe etc.
22 Idea cannot prove by itself but only through a tool it is done; and
that needs the karma or an action; Proof as u said is evidentiary direct
and evidentiary indirect beyond the comprehensions too. The knowledge is
required to prove the idea or under the idea as a self-proving to each.
Believing that the earth is flat as by the west for many years (not by
Indians sir as some induce such ideas) there was also an idea with proof
which they had the right to to hold until…. But that was not a relevant
proof as they thought so hence believing as proof is also an index of the
mind and the knowledge; hence though accepted by the society as Caravaka
ideals, were done at the time of Rama, so too, proof of the pudding may be
in the eating ,but not the proof of the rta or satyam which does arise only
when in line the thinker unites to gain. Because the thought of earth is
flat did not go against the society to get destroyed, it is not an
acceptable factor at all to concur with. However the satyam might arise
slowly which path of travel towards the right Rta is acceptable. Even
though the principle of nothing need be taken for granted and as “GIVE”,
the existentialism of the truth cannot be assigned as another breakable
factor; unawareness is us and not that of the satyam. In B G that is why it
is said that “*“Those whose minds are distorted by material desires
surrender unto demigods and follow the particular rules and regulations of
worship according to their own natures.”* (*Bhagavad-gita 7.20*
<http://www.asitis.com/7/20.html>)”; “
*Sreyan Svadharmo Vigunah para-dharmat Svanusthitat *
*Svadharme nidhanam sreyah para-dharmo bhayavahah1. *
It means, better is one’s own duty, though devoid of merit, than the duty
of another well discharged. Better is death in one’s own duty, the duty of
another is productive of danger. For, the duty of another leads to danger
such as hell (naraka). (B G 3.35).
23 objectivity is a term with the meaning GOAL as well as many indirect
meanings with the purpose. It means “*the **quality*
<https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/quality>* of being *
*able* <https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/able>* to make
a **decision* <https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/decision>
* or **judgment*
<https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/judgment>* in a **fair*
<https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/fair>* way that is
not **influenced*
<https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/influence>* by *
*personal* <https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/personal>
*feelings* <https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/feeling>
* or **beliefs* <https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/belief>
(*cambridge). *Without a subject an object does not arise; without a bad a
good does not arise; without negative a positive does not exist. Without
Karma yogi a karma sanyasi does not exist. So objectivity is a concept of
duality. It is equivalent to a fact of yours and mine in variation, but the
truth is advaitham. Hence statement “Objectivity is the basis of Vedanta.
It is derived from the fundamental axiom.” is erroneous; basis may be many
things both right and wrong or even mixed; Vedanta is a dharsan in sanskrit
; dharsana means SEEING AND BEHOLDING; perception is the word in the
vedantha and B G much explained; the perception exists because there is
something to be perceived, which means that there at least two objects;
where the mind acts as the perceiver to perceive an object through the
quality of the perception, then the status of the person is dwelling in
duality; duality is the mode of at least two subject and object and may be
more also; hence when the term objectivity is used, it is in the running in
MAYA; when the perceived and the perceiver are one and the same and there
is no perception at all then the realisation or moksha or Mukthi had
occurred. Where there is a goal I am progressing or started to progress;
there is no end to realise that the race is over as there are no knower and
there is nothing to be known at all.
24 Morality, Existential, existential Reality, existential truth,
existential crisis, existential bla-bla- there are many jargons in English-
after the Greek adopted west Philosophy of Engel, Kant, Friedrich
Nietzsche, Peter Paul Sartre etc. Sartre used these jargons in plenty,
which confused many in 1930-40s, where my father and and friends used to
discuss a lot about. EXISTENTIAL means that which is in existence (in
vedantha MAYA); SARTRE said that existentialism precedes the essence; ( in
Tamil “chattiyil irundal agappayil varum; meaning only if there in the pot
the spoon can take out something); Greek said the reverse and Sartre
defied the Greeks; Descartes is seen only under this light; I THINK
THEREFORE I EXIST; these Caravaka theories started only in late Ads in
Europe whereas , In India that was the tie of Treta yugam.
25 Mahabharatham is about Morality as well as the outcome of persons
who over cross the boundary of the Dharma. Morality is not about marrying 4
women or 4 men but how the life is lead according to the general dharma as
well as the local laws. Where women is not abused yagna Valkya can have 2
wives subject to that country laws. Morality is living without interfering
in another man’s rights with the vindictive purposes. Morality of the
society, about husbands and wives, parents and children and Guru and the
king which is more or less Manu sastra and ARTHA sastra. Tirukkural in
toto.
26 All religions are good as long as it serves their society; only
when intrusion into others’ privacy is perpetrated, the clash of titans
occur. It is not the folly of the religion but the folly of the Zakirs and
churches preceptors the earth feels nervous breakdowns. Evolution is
natural. There is no if and buts of only this way and that way; but
undoubtedly within the frame works of the constitution internal as well as
the external; where it is thwarted, the war is inevitable. Where the war or
defending the morale is involved, there the GUNA should change; this
equally applies to all the 4 varnas and 3 gunas; where there are no
labourers for the agriculture , the owners of the other varnas entrench
themselves where they turn into the other professions or Varna and not
JATI. Hence Drona acting as a Shatriyan is accepted in the gruhya sutras
and sastras.
27 Hinduism is a coined word after 1600 AD and thus made a religion
in par with others and we out of the herds’ instincts accepted it in toto.
We are basically made up of the sanathana dharma where the dharma was not
defined or regulated as formulae like other religions as codes; it was
given to the entire universe thus it proclaims. There are no words
indicating that the Bharatha VARSHAM is a conclave of narrow-mindedness;
there was absolute liberty to practice all ways of life subject to the
dharmic ways as uttered or even beyond to cross the boundary and return
back also, without any ceremonial functions; it is a mind culture as a
chess game.
28 Science is also a metaphysics argued as not as Sanathana dharma
stated to be a metaphysical, is also a science perfect. Such a perfect
thinking that existed 10000 years back expends one in awe. The Kanadha
Rishi is only identified by the west as science but right from Rig vedam
the science of Vedic fundamentals raised a smart nation or the nations
unrivalled to any other countries in the league till 1600 AD. Everything on
this universe was measured right on dot in a different tone and text.
Foreigners could easily grasp all of them but not the local who had no
inkling to progress but be a sprout leaning on another tree. Even after the
advent of the outsiders extolling our assets, we are wallowing our tails in
the mud like a pig farm. The days are changing. The blouse my mother was
wearing is back in 2020. So Utishta Jagratha. K R IRS 251220
On Thu, 24 Dec 2020 at 10:12, Sithamalli Balasubramanian <
[email protected]> wrote:
> 1. Narayan Murthy has written "Why should untoward incidents happen etc...
> Reply: I had not wanted to participate in the debate. But Murthy's
> assertion above forces me to comment on it.
> If you are performing homam in the US, Japan or Europe it would be good to
> remember that houses in those countries are built of wood. Even the walls
> are made of wood because they have to pack insulation with glass wool.
> A small spark would reduce your celebration to ashes. If you want to
> perform homam, come to India. Our Mangal Karyalayas or Kalyana Mandapams
> are solidly built.
> Caution is the essence of wisdom.
> Even as I say this I am a Hindu by convection. The underlying axiom of
> Hinduism is "satyameva jayate na-anrtam". It means reality alone prevails;
> never the delusions.
> I am attaching my article on the subject.
> Skb.
>
> On Thu, 24 Dec 2020 at 09:12, narayanmurthyii murthy <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Why should untoward incident should happen when you are performing a
>> ritual in your house, with your money.If somebody objecting politely ask
>> them to vacate.
>> Sincerely yours,
>> Narayan Murthy.
>>
>> Sent from ely Mtail on iAndroid
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>>
>> On Wed, Dec ee23, 2020 at 14:27, Narayanaswamy Subramanian
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Dear folks
>>
>> Normal custom is that for sathaabhishegam and for shashti-abda-poorthi
>> the elaborate rudra-ekaadashini homam is done. This involves 12
>> Veda-Braahmanas well-versed in mahaanyaasam, rudram, chamakam, with
>> vasodhaarai done at the end of the homam.
>>
>> When carried out properly the homam itself may take several hours and
>> require special preparations.
>>
>> Sometimes it is difficult if not impossible to get together the 12
>> ritviks. Sometimes the celebrant's family simply cannot afford the expense.
>>
>> An acceptable substitute is having the kooshmaanda homam performed. This
>> requires services of only a single duly qualified and willing performer.
>> It can be done at home.
>>
>> This option was resorted to during the shashti-abda-poorthi of my eldest
>> son some time ago. The function went off smoothly without any untoward
>> incident. All present were fully satisfied.
>>
>> S Narayanaswamy Iyer
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wednesday, December 23, 2020, 03:06:30 PM GMT+8, Aps Mani <
>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Very interesting. More than 30% of the population of Japan is above 80!
>> Considering the spread of Old Persons home in Coimbatore, Pollachi etc., I
>> feel our population of the aged is also increasing heavily. Good for me as
>> I am in the category of 80+ though my wife is not.
>>
>> Any data on 80+ will be helpful, KR Sir. When I go to Tokyo, I become
>> suddenly young as there are a good percentage of the population in the
>> category of 90+. The gym I am a member of (courtesy my son) there are
>> about 25 members of 90+ and they greet me warmly as I am very young - may
>> be compared to them!
>> Mani
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 23, 2020 at 9:49 AM Rajaram Krishnamurthy <
>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Pranam
>> https://slate.com/human-interest/2020/12/80-over-80-most-influential-top-20.html?utm_source=nextdraft&utm_medium=email
>> (TNCR)
>> My favorites are Clint Eastwood, Harry belafonte , and Nancy peloci
>> , Can any one forget the west films Django? So for the tamil film had 30
>> minutes punching fights and I don't know who can stand up for 30 min
>> punches and fight? but Clint will enter the pub; rowdys make a hue and cry
>> and jibe at him; one will provoke him to DRAW; and next second Clint will
>> draw and shoot and the fight is over. Bela song Banana boat what a voice
>> and rhythm? ( https://youtu.be/PMigXnXMhQ4 ). Pelosi as a senator
>> created a hue and she was so beautiful swinging the USA cannot forget.
>> The unforgettable Indians 80s: Status in India
>>
>> - According to the Population Census 2011 there are nearly 104
>> million elderly persons (aged 60 years or above) in India; 53 million
>> females and 51 million males. A report released by the United Nations
>> Population Fund and HelpAge India suggests that the number of elderly
>> persons is expected to grow to 173 million by 2026.
>> - Both the share and size of elderly population is increasing over
>> time. From 5.6% in 1961 the proportion has increased to 8.6% in 20 11 .
>> For
>> males it was marginally lower at 8.2%, while for females it was 9.0%.
>> - As regards rural and urban areas, 71% of elderly population resides
>> in rural areas while 29 % is in urban areas.
>> - The life expectancy at birth during 2009-13 was 69.3 for females as
>> against 65.8 years for males. At the age of 60 years average remaining
>> length of life was found to be about 18 years (16.9 for males and 19.0 for
>> females) and that at age 70 was less than 12 years (10.9 for males and
>> 12.3
>> for females). Kerala has got the highest life expectancy at birth,
>> followed
>> by Maharashtra and Punjab. The life expectancy at birth in Kerala is 71.8
>> years and 77.8 years for males and females respectively as per the SRS
>> Report 2009 - 13.
>> - For 2013, the age specific death rate per 1000 population for the
>> age group 60 - 64 years was 19.7 for rural areas and 15.0 for urban areas.
>> Altogether it was 18.4 for the age group 60 - 64 years. As regards, sex -
>> wise, it was 20.7 for males and 16.1 for females.
>> - The old - age dependency ratio climbed from 10.9% in 1961 to 14.2%
>> in 2011 for India as a whole. For females and males , the value of the
>> ratio was 14.9 % and 13.6% in 2011.
>> - In rural areas , 66% of elderly men and 28% of elderly women were
>> working, while in urban areas only 46% of elderly men and about 11% of
>> elderly women were working.
>> - The percent of literates among elderly persons increased from 27%
>> in 1991 to 44% in 2011.The literacy rates among elderly females (28%) is
>> less than half of the literacy rate among elderly males (59%).
>> - Prevalence of heart diseases among elderly population was much
>> higher in urban areas than in rural parts.
>> - Most common disability among the aged persons was locomotor
>> disability and visual disability as per Census 2011.
>> - In the age - group of 60 - 64 years, 76% persons were married while
>> 22% were widowed. Remaining 2% were either never married or divorced.
>> - State - wise data on elderly population divulge that Kerala has
>> maximum proportion of elderly people in its population (12.6 per cent)
>> followed by Goa (11.2 per cent) and Tamil Nadu (10.4 per cent) as per
>> Population Census 2011. the least proportion is in Dadra & Nagar Haveli
>> (4.0 per cent) followed by Arunachal Pradesh (4.6 per cent) and Daman &
>> Diu
>> and Meghalaya (both 4.7 per cent).
>>
>> 2 Lack of Infrastructure (research materials)
>> With increasing longevity and debilitating chronic diseases, many elder
>> citizens will need better access to physical infrastructure in the
>> coming years. Lack of physical infrastructure is a major deterrent to
>> providing
>> comfort to the aged. Many elder citizens need better access
>> to physical infrastructure, both in their own homes and in public spaces.
>> Unattended chronic disease, unaffordable medicines and
>> treatment and malnutrition are part of old age life in India as there is no
>> system of affordable health care. Emphasis on geriatrics in the
>> public health system is limited with few dedicated geriatric services. The
>> other issues of the public health system are lack of infrastructure,
>> limited manpower, poor quality of care and overcrowding of facilities due
>> to insufficient focus on elderly care [4].
>> Changing Family Structure
>> The traditional Indian society with an age-old joint family system has
>> been instrumental in safeguarding the social and economic
>> security of the elderly people. The traditional norms and values of Indian
>> society also laid stress on showing respect and providing care
>> for the elderly. However with the emerging prevalence of nuclear family
>> set-ups in recent years, the elderly are likely to be exposed to
>> emotional, physical and financial insecurity in the years to come. There is
>> an upward trend in the living arrangement pattern of elderly staying
>> alone or with spouse only from 9.0% in 1992 to 18.7% in 2006 [5]. Family
>> care of the elderly seems likely to decrease in the future with
>> the economic development of the nation and modernization.
>> Lack of Social Support
>> The elderly in India are much more vulnerable because of the less government
>> spending on social security system. The elderly in urban
>> area rely primarily on hired domestic help to meet their basic needs in an
>> increasingly-chaotic and crowded city. Social isolation and
>> loneliness has increased [6]. Insurance cover that is elderly sensitive is
>> virtually
>> non- existent in India. In addition, the preexisting illnesses
>> are usually not covered making insurance policies unviable for the elders.
>> Pension and social security is also restricted to those who have
>> worked in the public sector or the organized sector of industry. In a study
>> by Lena et al. [7], almost half of the respondents felt neglected
>> and sad and felt that people had an indifferent attitude towards the elderly.
>> It was also found that 47% felt unhappy in life and 36.2% felt
>> they were a burden to the family.
>> Social Inequality
>> Elderly are a heterogeneous section with an urban and rural divide. They
>> are less vulnerable in rural areas as compared to their urban
>> counterparts, due to the still holding values of the joint family system
>> All the elderly are not seen in the same view as the needs and problems
>> of elderly are rejected to a vast extent as the government classifies
>> these people based on caste and other socio cultural dimensions. In a
>> case
>> study, it was found that a major proportion of the elderly women were poorer;
>> received the lowest income per person; had the greatest
>> percentage of primary level education; recorded the highest negative
>> affective
>> psychological conditions; were the least likely to have health
>> insurance coverage and they recorded the lowest consumption expenditure
>> [8].
>> Availability, Accessibility and Affordability of Health Care
>> Due to the ever increasing trend of nuclear families, elder care management
>> is getting more difficult, especially for working adult children who
>> find themselves responsible for their parents’ well-being. Managing
>> home care for the elderly is a massive challenge as multiple
>> service providers – nursing agencies, physiotherapists and medical suppliers
>> – are small, unorganized players who extend sub-optimal
>> care. In India, health insurance coverage is essentially limited to
>> hospitalization.
>> The concept of geriatric care has remained a neglected
>> area of medicine in the country. Despite an aging population, geriatric care
>> is relatively new in many developing countries like India with
>> many practicing physicians having little knowledge of the clinical and
>> functional
>> implications of aging [9-11]. Not many institutes offer the
>> geriatrics course, and even takers are few. Most of the government facilities
>> such as day care centres, old age residential homes,
>> counselling and recreational facilities are urban based. The geriatric
>> outpatient
>> department services are mostly available at tertiary care
>> hospitals [12]. Reaching to 75% of the elderly that reside in rural areas
>> with
>> geriatric care will be challenging. Dhar [13] has pointed out the
>> relative neglect in provision of facilities for patient care as well as
>> training
>> and development in geriatrics in the Indian context. As
>> pointed by Dey et al. [14], the key challenges to access and affordability
>> for
>> elderly population include reduced mobility, social and structural
>> barriers, wage loss, familial dependencies, and declining social engagement.
>> The stigma of aging is another social barrier to access of
>> health in addition to the health and social conditions the elderly commonly
>> face such as dementia, depression, incontinence and
>> widowhood [15].
>> Economic Dependency
>> As per the 52nd round of National Sample Survey Organization, nearly
>> half of the elderly are fully dependent on others, while another
>> 20 percent are partially dependent for their economic needs [16]. About
>> 85% of the aged had to depend on others for their day to day
>> maintenance. The situation was even worse for elderly females [17]. The
>> elders living with their families are largely contingent on the
>> economic capacity of the family unit for their economic security and well
>> being. Elderly often do not have financial protection such as
>> sufficient pension and other forms of social security in India. The single
>> most
>> pressing challenge to the welfare of older people is poverty, which
>> is a multiplier of risk for abuse [18]. Also due to their financial
>> dependence,
>> elderly persons though are most vulnerable to infections
>> have low priority for their own health. Migration of younger generation, lack
>> of proper care in the family, insufficient housing, economic
>> hardship and break-up of joint family have made the old age homes seem
>> more relevant even in the Indian context [19].
>> It is important to understand the social aspects concerning ageing in the
>> country as they go through the process of ageing. Increased life
>> expectancy, rapid urbanization and lifestyle changes have led to an emergence
>> of varied problems for the elderly in India. It must be
>> remembered that comprehensive care to the elderly is possible only with
>> the involvement and collaboration of family, community and the
>> Government. India should prepare to meet the growing challenge of caring
>> for its elderly population. All social service institutions in the
>> countries need to address the social challenges to elderly care in order
>> to improve their quality of life. There is a need to initiate requisite
>> and
>> more appropriate social welfare programmes to ensure life with dignity for
>> the elderly. In addition, there is also a need to develop an integrated
>> and responsive system to meet the care needs and challenges of elderly in
>> India.
>> 3 In these groups: How many in 80+ andariki vandanamulu.
>> 4 Sathabishakam: ( one who had seen 1000 crescent moon): Sathabhishekam
>> is word for “sahastra chandrashanam”. It was being performed in brahmin
>> families usually all over India earlier. Let us calculate at what age a
>> person complete sahasra Chandra Darshanam in his life inclusive of “Adhik
>> Masa”. For every 3 years, one adhik masa comes for 30 years 10 adhik
>> masa. So the total Chandra darshan in 30 years becomes 30×12 + 10 = 370.
>> For 60 years Chandra darshan became 740 No's. For the next 21 years it
>> becomes 740 + 21× 12 + 7 = 740 + 252 + 7 = 740 + 259 = 999. So total years
>> come 81 years one month. But it is to be noted that the function is to
>> be performed in Uttarayana only.
>> 4A *” Nithyannadaatha, Tharunaagnihothree, Maasopavaasee cha
>> Pathivrathaa cha || Vedanthavith ChandraSahasrajeevi Shatjvandaneeyaa
>> Mamajeevaloke'” || *
>> While all in this universe worships Krishna Bhagawan, Bhagawan
>> himself worships the following six classes of individuals. They
>> are:1.One who does annadaanam daily 2.One who has performed Soma Yaagam at
>> a young age and continuing with Agnihothram daily ( Soma Yaagam should be
>> performed before the hair grays) 3.Maasopavaasam is a Prayaschitta Karma
>> and who has performed this ( Some opine that Maasopavasam means night
>> fasting on amavasya, Pournami and Sundays, day fasting on ashtami and
>> chaturdashi and full fasting on ekadasi throughout their life). 4 .A
>> woman selflessly serving her husband without minding the hardship. 5.One
>> who has studied Vedas and Upanishads with meaning and follows what is said
>> in that. And 6.One who has seen 1000 full moon. It is said that on this
>> occasion Devas,prabhus and Pithrus visit the performer’s house and rejoice.
>> In olden days the person on his sathabhishekam would have had great grand
>> –son through son ( son’s son’s son ). The person is able to see three
>> generation of his progeny and is relieved of all his sins. He is worshipped
>> by all and most important thing that we should do is that we should offer
>> namaskaram to such persons.It is explained that a person having completed
>> the age of 80 years, 10 months would have passed through 1000 moon (either
>> full moon can be reckoned or Modoroju/moondram pirai).(29 days has one full
>> moon and if one calculates by the number of days for the period given it
>> crosses 1000 full moons exactly.){ vide para 4} It is full moon days
>> which has to be counted to reckon the herb-collective energies of the full
>> moon and to signify the completion or poornatwam and not new moons as some
>> follow. This is a shanthi Karma to ward off the impediments of health and
>> other factors of ageing. In this function doing Poojas, and japa, homas to
>> following devathas are worshipped: 1) Brahma in his five appearances
>> -namely Prajapathi; Hiranyagarbha; Parameshtee; Chathurmukha and Brahma. He
>> is worshipped using Kumbha-brahman or 5 Kalashas.After Japa, thomas and
>> puja the holy water from the Kumbham is used for performing the abhishekam
>> of the individual .5 Kalashas are kept. Daanam, Nireekshitha Aajya danam
>> etc are part of the rituals. (Everyone irrespective of age does the
>> abhishekam as the couple are equivalent to Rudradevata and Brahmamaitreya
>> combined at that time!) 2) Shiva, (mruthyunjaya rudra) 3) Vishnu (lakshmi
>> narayana) 4) Navagraha (sun, moon, mars, mer, jup ,ven, sat, rahu, kethu)
>> 5) Seven ‘chiranjevies’ (immortal souls), namely… 1) aswathama 2) mahabala
>> 3) veda vyasa 4) hanuman 5) vibheshana 6) krupacharya and 7) parasurama 6)
>> Aayur devathas. Gods of the life 7) 8 dik palakas. Gods for directions.
>> These are: indra; agny; yama; niruruthy; varuna; vayu; kubera; esana, etc.
>> Ekadasa Rudra japam (Rudra Ekadasinee) with Mahanyasa
>> .Rudrabhishekam.kramarchana is also performed on the previous day of
>> Sathabhishekam. It is a maha prayaschitham to rid off all the sins and to
>> invoke the blessing of Shiva.This function is performed to father or
>> grand-father by son ,daughter, grandson, relations. It is one of the sacred
>> duties of the children to arrange this for the elders. Performing of
>> Rudra Ekadasi, Mangalya dharanam, Sumangali Prarthanai etc are performed
>> as per customs prevalent in the family. Since the couple for whom the
>> sathabhishekam is performed are great by all means as aforesaid, they are
>> taken in a procession on an elephant or horse drawn chariot or a decorated
>> car along the streets of the village or town with Veda Parayanam and after
>> visiting a temple they give charity. It is also a great moment of joy for
>> all relatives and a time for family reunion and forgetting past mistakes
>> and hurts! It is also said that after the sathabhishekam, whatever the
>> couple say will come out correct(at least for that day when the event is
>> done.). So we must take blessings for our spiritual and then material
>> benefits from them that day.
>> 4B The celebration procedure vary a little all over India
>> according to their dharma and also performed right on 80 to 80+ 10 m; the
>> age is calculated from one system right as baby in the womb after 3 months
>> so that at birth it is 7 months old and so 80th year is virtually 967
>> months; some do as in para 4A 970 months. There may be hot disputes in
>> these columns with the usual abuses, on this count. 960 months to 970
>> months is OK. The principle behind is even God respects them. At the same
>> time, this age which is only a number, denotes that they are fully matured
>> to be addressed as PERIYAVA" and those who do not it is their misfortunes
>> of Karma only. Thank you. KR IRS 231220
>>
>> On Wed, 23 Dec 2020 at 08:17, Rangarajan T.N.C. <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
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