QUES ANSW DIVINE 04-2022-22 Dear friends,
These are information compiledas QA by me in 1998’s-2014’s and stored in my computer. They are posted by very learnt members. BEING COMPILATION THERE MAY BE ERRORS. Sincerely, R. Gopalakrishnan, 78, dated 22-04-2022 Q1What is the age for upanayanam? A1 Sage Apastamba has saidthe Upanayanam to be performedat age of 8 including Garba- about 7 after birth. Manu has said that the aboveis important period, but with kaalatheetha prayaschita, it can be done upto16. If the child is bright or ifthe father wants to start vedic education early for the child then theUpanayanam can be doneat the age of 5. (Manu) Q2 Have we got a description ofworld in Bhagavata Purana ? A2 Bhagavata Purana dealswith thegeography of the world in a great detail. It divides the world intoseven dweepas. AND India is in Jambu dweepa ,and America in Krauncha dweepa. Q3 We listen to our sasthrikal’s guidance and recitesamkalpam for all rituals and samskaras What is the actual Sankalpa mantra andits meaning “ A3 Sasthrikal recites".... DVITEEYA PARARDHE “ and we repeat carefully this and continuing manthras - in the 2nd halfof Brhama's life “SVETAVARAHA KALPE” - in thekalpa of Sveta-Varaha “VAIVASWATHA MANVANTARE” -in the reining period of the current manuVaivaswatha “ASHTA VIMSATI TAME” - inthe 28th mahayuga of the current manavantara “KALIYUGE” - in this kaliyuga “PRATHAME PADHE” - in thefirst quarter of this yuga “JAMBOODVEEPE” - thisdenotes the place where the ritual is performed. India was known as Jambudveepa “BHARATA VARSHE, BHARATAKANDE” - in the land of Bharat “SAKHABDE MERO, DAKSHINEPARSVE “- to the South of the Meru mountain “ASMIN VARTHAMANE VYAVAHARike”- in the current period now reigning “PRABHAVADI SHASTISAMVATSARANAM MADYA” - among the cycle of 60 years starting from Prabhava “……..NAMA SAMVATSARE” - thename of the year in the 60 year Hindu calendar “....AYANE” – DAKSHINAYANE”(Aadi to Marghazi) or Uttarayane (Thai to Aani) ....RITOU” - denotes the 6seasons or Ritus - Vasantha, Greeshma, Varsha,Sharadh, Hemantha and Shishira “....MASAE” - one of the 12tamil months ....PAKSHE” - either ShuklaPaksham (day after Amavasya till and including Pournami) or Krishna Paksham(day after Pournami till and including Amavasya) ....SUBHA THITHOU” - one ofthe 15 days between Pournami and Amavasya (Prathama, Dvithiya,Trithiya, Chaturthi, Panchami, Shasti, Saptami, Ashtami, Navami, Dasami,Ekadasi, Dwadashi, Trayodasi, Chaturdasi,Pournami or Amavasya “....VASARA YUKTAYAM “- oneof the days of the week (Bhanu, Soma, Bhowma, Soumya, Guru, Brugu and Sthira) ....NAKSHATRA YUKTAYAM” -the day's star or Nakshatram. After saying the above thename of the ritual is said. The Paramacharya says theSankalpam is a kind of record of what you performed with finer details goingdown to the day and location of the ritual. It seems to me theforerunner for a kind of bookkeeping or a system of maintaining minutes of ameeting. Samkalpam has special importancewhile performing pithru karmas at Rameswaram and Gaya since the sraadhasperformed are for a phase. My note- I have added this QAbecause a number of youngsters may get some information of what they recite inhurry as the sasthrikal recite so. Q4 Do each son has to performsraadha independetly? A4 This question of whichson will do shradda has been asked and answered in many forums. The sastraposition is: If the sons are living in a jointfamily with single kitchen and undivided ancestoral property, then theeldest son does the shradda. In his absence any other son can do it. If all sons diethen there is no need to do shradda for their father. If the sons are living separatelyor if the property of the family is already divided among the family members,then all the sons should perform the shradda every year separately in their ownplace or evenif they are doing together, by having separate homas and separately cooked riceand payasam. It is not enough if one son does the shraddaand other sons keep idle during that time. The papa of notdoing shradda will catch the sons who do not do it. Shradda can not besubstituted by donations to orphanages etc. It makes no difference ifone son dies. Other sons are already doing it. If all sons or the only son die,then there is no need to continue the shradda for the father. The order movesone notch down. From a posting by SriV.Muralidharan. The rules are taken fromSamkshepa Dharma Sastram, Heritage India Publications, Mylapore- an adaptationof vaidhyanatha Deekshadeeyam- page 35,36. Vaidhyanatha Deekshadeeyam isthe authority on Sastras as per sankaracharyas of Kanchi and other maths. My note- If at all sons living separately oursasthrikals involve all in samkalpa, and then onwards the edest perform theritual. I am not sure it is in Vaidhyanatha Deekshadeeyam or Samkshepa Dharma Sastram. There should be aprovision for it Q5 Do reciting some veda mantrashas good effect ? A 5Yes Thefollowing veda mantras give wonderful effects for positive purposes 1. sam gacchadvam samvadadhvam sam vo manaamsi jaanataam devaa bhaagam yathaa purvesanjaanaanaa upaasate 2. samaano mantrah samitisamaani samaanam manah saha chittameshaam samaanam mantramabhimantraye vah samnena vo havisha juhomi. These occur in the lastchapter of Rigveda. Of course, usual care has to be taken while chanting thesemantras like having total concentration of the mind and cleanliness of thebody. We need not be afraid of nothaving learnt these with swaras peculiar to veda mantras and chant them likeany other mantra. 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