QUESTION ANSWER DIVINE 2022-10SANDHYA VANDANAM QUESTION ANSWER Dear friends,
These are informationposted by members compiled as QA by me in 1998’s-2004’s and stored in mycomputer. At this date I have no information of the members posted. This QAcomprises information about Sandhya vandanam. Corrections if any may besuggested so that the QA can be amended BEING COMPILATION THERE MAYBE ERRORS. Sincerely, R. Gopalakrishnan, 78, Former ITS( AGM Telecom Trivandrum) dated 09-01-2022 Q1.Whatis the proper age for the Upanayanam of a Brahmin boy? A1 Before eight years Q2 There is a verygood description of one Upanayanam inSrimad Bhagavatham. Name the Vadu anddetails of the Upanayanam A2 The Vaduis Vamana theincarnation. Description of the upanayana is asfollows: Soorya advised Gayathri to Vamana. Brahaspathi offered Upaveetham(poonal) .Kasyapar offered the Dsharbha kayir to tie in his middle region. Goddess Earth offered the Dear skin. Chandraoffered the Palasa dandu. Mother Aditi offered koupeenam. Devatas offered theumbrella. Brahma offered the kamandalu. Saptharshiesoffered the Darbha and Saraswathi offered the Japamalai. Kubera offered the Bhiksha vessal andUmadevi offered the first bhiksha. Q3 Name the most important elements ofSandhya Vandanam A3 They areArghya Pradhanam, Pranayamam and Gayathri Japam. Q4 WhichGod/Goddess we worship while performing Sandhya vandanam? A4 WeWorship the Goddess Parasakthi in theheart,in the sky and in the Sun Q5 Whether Sandhya vandanam can beperformed while having the theetu(Valaimai and Pulai)? A5 During these periods the actual performanceis not done. However it is suggested the Brahmin should necessarily spell themanthras in the mind during the morning and evening excluding Pranayama during Theettu Q6 What is the procedure to keep thewater in the hand while performing Achamanam? A6 ExceptThumb and index finger other fingers should be bend a little and the water maybe taken in the Palm and kept there and consumed after each manthra- Achuthayanama, Ananthaya Nama and Govindaya nama Q7 What is the colour of dress describedfor Vigneshwara in the GanapathiDhyana? A7 White –Re collect “ Suklambarathram---” Q8 How many times we have to make kuttuduring Ganapathi dhyana? A8 Five times only while doing “Suklambharatharum vishnum…..”which is called ganapathi dhyana. Q9 How many times Pranayama is performedduring Sandhya Vandanam?What are all the occasions? A9 Four times pranayam isperformed. The occasions are the following:- 1. Initiallyfollowing the Achamanam and Ganapathi Dyanam 2. Secondly before doingPrayachitharghyam.3. Thirdly beforeGayathri japa sankalpam and 4. final Fourth before Gayathri Avahanam Q10 A very interesting question- How manytimes Achamanam is done? What are the occasions? A10 Does it feel countless- sorry . Theanswer is five times only . The occasions are 1. first and formostachamanam is done 2. Before Punar marjanam 3. After Ikya Anusandhanam 4. AfterDeva Tharpanam 5. finally after samarpanam Q11 How many times the Abivadeya is doneduring Sandhyavandanam? A11 Only two times -One AfterSamashti Abhivadanam and second before samarpanam Q11 Why Prayachitharghyam is performed? A11 Prayachithargyamis done for not excecutingthe Arghyam in time . Q12 How many times Prokshanam is done? Bywhich name the Prokshanma is known? A12 Two times only . It is calledMarjanam first and second time it is called Punar marjanam Q13 How many times Gayathri is advised tobe chanted? A13 Onehundred and eight times. If not possible 54 times. Even that is not possible 28times. There is nofurther going down from 28 Q14 Do Gayathri is chanted as Japa only? A14 No Gayathri is chantedwhiled performing Arghyam also -3 times during Arghyam and once during Prayachitharghyam Q15 Do Rishi Tharpanam and PithruTharpanam are done daily during Sandhya vandanam? A15 No -Graha Tarpanam forPlanets and VishnuTharpanam uttering the paryayas known as Deva Tharpanam is done Q16 Which fingers are used to touch the nose and which fingersare bended while performing Pranayamam? A16 Thefingers used to touch the nose on either side are Thumb and Ring finger. Thefingers bend and kept are index finger and middle finger Q17 What we pray while performing samkalpam? A17 I ampraying to Sandhya devi so as theprayer will destroy all the sins committed by me and attain the pleasing of sriParmeswara/mahavishnu Q18 Marjanam is addressed to which Gods? A18 It isaddressed to Water Gods Q19 What is the substance of Prasanam-“sooryaccha, mamannaccha,manyupatheccha…. “ A19 The substance is to excuse him of the errings done due to anger or anysins committed during the night, by the Night God as well as by Soorya /Agni. Q20 What is the substance of punar Prasanam-“dadhikarvanakarisham,gishno rasvasya vajina…..” A20 Thepunar prasanam is requesting to keep the appearance and praying for longivity and the prayer is addressed to Parama purusha Q21 What do the thedeva tharpanam “ Adityam Tharpayami,somam tharpayami…. and followed by Kesavam Tharpayami, narayanma tharpayami…indicate? A21 it isaddressed to nine planetsindicative of time and Narayana in the name of Keasva to Damodara indicative of12 months frommargazi to karthigai indicative of Time (Devatha of the months) Q22 What is the substance of GayathriAvahanam? A22 As thevery term indicate It is addressed to Goddess Gayathri to approve the vedamanthrasaddressed in praise of her Q23 What is the substance of GayathriUpasthanam? A23 WhileGayathri was addressed topresent in the Avahana she is again requested to go backto her location after completion of the Upasana done to her. This type of Avahanam and Upasthanam are done in all religious functions to the Prime God by us Q24 What is the substance of SooryaUpasthanam? A24 As toldfor Gayathri the Sun Godis requested to go back to his location after completionof the Upasana IN THE MORNING. The same is requested to varuna in the evening Q25 What is the substance of samashtiabhivadanam? A25 It isaddressed to all Goddesses to excuse of all sins committed due to anger,ignorance and kama(Sandhyanama…) Q26 what is Digdevata vandanm? A26 It isaddressed to all the Digdevatas (Directional Gods) to excuse the erringscommitted (Praschai Disayenama…) Q27 What are the other Vandanams doneduring sandhya vandanam? A27Inaddition Yamaraja and Harihara Vandanams are done My note- It is for Yamaraja and Chitraguptha Q28 What is the substance of Samarpanam? A28 it ismeant to say whatever done by him by body, words, mind, organs and due tonatural instincts are put at the feet ofNarayana the supreme(Kayenavacha…) Q29 What is the substance of raksha manthra? A29 it isrequesting to give the higher blessings by savitr to him like goodchildren. All the bad effect of dreams should be made to vanish. Allsins should be removed. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. 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