Thank you sir for all your answers to the queries raised by Mr Sarma. I am
keeping these answers in a folder"Narayanaswamy"Thank you sir
On Monday, 8 January, 2024 at 05:20:46 pm IST, Narayanaswamy Iyer
<[email protected]> wrote:
Dear Sri Laxminarayan Sarma
You asked:-
5) some say that in olden days, a poonool must be changed after every act of
intimacy
My comments -- I believe that the proper practice should be that the
upaveetham should be removed before sex. There should be bathing afterwards,
but no need to change the upaveetham after that (unless, perhaps, the
"intimacy" is not with your lawfully wedded spouse, and which should be
prohibited altogether and avoided, for obvious reasons, including risk of
contracting venereal disease).
6) it is also said that in olden times women too wore a poonool. Is that
correct?
My comments -- No. Women are not entitled to be initiated into veda
adhyayanam. So long as their fathers (before their vivaaham), and their
husbands (after their vivaaham), are initiated and are performing their
allotted vedic duties, the benefits accrue also to the women.
7) Parsis follow the Zoroastrian faith, believed to be vedic in origin. Parsi
men as well bas women have an elaborate upanayanam ceremony, known as Navajyot.
At this ceremony, both boys as girls are endowed with a poonool called kusti.
My comments -- The Zoroastrians of Iran have Zarathusthra (also called
Zoroaster) as their founding prophet. They follow his teachings, which are
contained in their scripture Zend Avesta. Their god is Ahura Mazda. Their
faith was born around the sixth century before Christ. Their creed is not of
Vedic origin. Jews, Christians, and Muslims consider Zoroastrians to be
blasphemers and outcasts.
8) Why is it that a poonool has to be lifted and encircled around the ear while
evacuting the bladder and bowel
My comments -- Excretory functions are considered unclean and pollutive. They
are termed "a-shoucham". If the upaveetham is not to be polluted, it must be
taken off the body entirely. When this is not possible, a lesser choice is to
twirl it around the ear.
9) is it true that a certain mantram is recited while (or after) urinating
My comment -- No.
10) why do women have to wear silver toe rings on the toe next to the big toe?
What is the religious/ physicsl logic behind thus? My comments -- When
married women sleep next to their husbands, they might accidentally or in their
sleep place their feet on their husbands' body or kick him unknowingly, thus
committing a grave sin. To obviate this, a silver ring with three turns is
placed on the toes of the feet next to the big toe. This acts as a barrier
protecting the woman's feet as if the feet were encased in some non-conducting
material. Gold and copper are considered unsuitable for this purpose.
11) what is the logic and purpose behind ear-lobe piercing and wearing gold
studs.
My comments -- Brahmins, kshathriyans, and vaishyans (known as dvi-janams) have
to observe certain sacred ceremonies, such as jaatha-karmam, naama-karanam,
anna-praashanam, chaulam, upanayanam and vivaaham. One of these prescribed
ceremonies -- all known as samskaarams -- is karna-bedam, or ear-piercing. It
applies to both boys and girls. It is said to avoid the "evil eye" and to
protect the individual from being bothered by illnesses caused by evil spirits.
The studs (or rings) are mere ornaments, but usually worn as beautifying and
enhancing the attractiveness of the individual.
S Narayanaswamy Iyer
On Mon, Jan 8, 2024 at 1:41 PM Narayanaswamy Iyer <[email protected]> wrote:
Dear Sri Laxminarayan Sarma
Thanks for your queries. Let me try to answer your first four questions
initially:-
(1) The significance of wearing a poonool.
My comment. -- Just as you wear a mortar-board and an appropriate gown to
signify that you are a graduate of a prestigious university, you are entitled
to wear a yajnyopaveetham (poonool) upon having been formally initiated into
the study of vedam at a proper upanayanam ceremony.
(2) Is it just a symbol of the varna that one belongs to? Or does it have a
higher connotation, both in physical and spiritual terms.
My comment -- You belong to your parents' "varna" the moment you are born.
The poonool (correctly the yajnyopaveetham) identifies you as entitled to chant
the veda manthrams in which you have already been formally initiated, and are
also entitled to further your study and practice of the vedams. It entitles to
perform sandhyaa-vandanam, samidaadaanam) if a brahmachaarin) and aupaasanam
(if a gruhasthan), Plus the pooja, archana, abhishegam, homam and other rites,
rituals and ceremonies. And to assist the vaadhyaars and other seniors in
these.
(3) it is said that a new poonal has to be wirn before every ritual?
My comment -- No; not necessarily. You have to change your yajnyopaveetham
before you do your pithru kriyas such as shraaddham. During your veda
upaakarmam, after mahaa-sankalppam, you take a gangaa-snaanam, and change your
yajnopaveetham before you do kaanda-rishi tharppanam and proceed to
veda-patanam. You change it when performing your annual pithru-kriyas for your
departed ancestors.
(4) Why has it to be changed after visiting the crematorium?
My comment -- Not only after visiting the crematorium, but after paying a
visit to the deceased's residence or place where the body is laid, and even
after paying a condolence visit to the house later, you should bathe and change
upaveetham. Strictly speaking, even if during work you have shaken hands or
otherwise touched or even was touched by a shoodran, a mlechchan such as a
Christian, Muslim, Buddhist, Sikh, Jain, Jew, or a person who does not appear
to be a braahmana, a kshathriya, or a vaishya, you should bathe and change your
upaveetham.
S Narayanaswamy Iyer
On Sun, Jan 7, 2024 at 7:14 PM Laxminarayan Sarma
<[email protected]> wrote:
Respected Narayanaswamy Anna
Apt narration
Meantime, please permit me to , for the benefit of your followers, inform us,
1) The significance of wearing a poonool
2) Is it just a symbol of the varna that one belongs to? Or does it have a
higher connotation, both in physical and spiritual terms.
3) it is said that a new poonal has to be wirn before every ritual?
4) Why has it to be changed after visiting the crematorium?
5) some say that in olden days, a poonool must be changed after every act of
intimacy
6) it is also said that in olden times women too wore a poonool. Is that
correct?
7) Parsis follow the Zoroastrian faith, believed to be vedic in origin. Parsi
men as well bas women have an elaborate upanayanam ceremony, known as Navajyot.
At this ceremony, both boys as girls are endowed with a poonool called kusti.
8) Why is it that a poonool has to be lifted and encircled around the ear while
evacuting the bladder and bowel
9) is it true that a certain mantram is recited while (or after) urinating
10) why do women have to wear silver toe rings on the toe next to the big toe?
What is the religious/ physicsl logic behind thus?
11) what is the logic and purpose behind ear-lobe piercing and wearing gold
studs.
Would be grateful if you would kindly write about all these
With Respectil Namaskarams
Humbly yours
Laxminarayanan
On Sat, 6 Jan, 2024, 3:15 pm Narayanaswamy Iyer, <[email protected]> wrote:
Dear folks
The late Kaanchi Kaamakoti Peetaathipathi Mahaa-Periyavaal said in "Deivaththin
Kural" Vol. II:-
"piraammanan eppothu paarththaalum, thinamum irandu, moondru vealai snaanam
cheyya vendum. snaanam panniye anthantha velaikkaana santhiyaa vanthanam panna
vendum."
This does not necessarily mean that anyone who works in an office, a factory, a
field, a farm, at sea, or underground should interrupt his work, rush home,
bathe, and do his maadhyaanikam.
What I do is get up an hour and a half before sunrise, attend to toilet, bathe,
put on prescribed Vedic attire, put on forehead marks, and perform praatha
sandhyaa and maadhyaanikam, one after the other (including requisite
gaayathree-japams).
On returning home from work, I bathe, do my saayam sandhyaa, have some warm
milk, and chant 1,000 gaayathrees.
I have carefully timed myself. The 1,000 gaayathrees take less than an hour.
So, if you can delay your dinner by an hour, you can easily chant the 1,000
gaayathrees, and avoid the curses.
S Narayanaswamy Iyer
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