tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442555339667770589.post7111215223359108387..comments2024-03-18T22:56:06.696+05:30Comments on Jayasree Saranathan: Vaishwadevam - article by Guest writer R. RamanathanJayasree Saranathan http://www.blogger.com/profile/01048252011566427834noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442555339667770589.post-23750994660236398542023-10-19T15:07:37.278+05:302023-10-19T15:07:37.278+05:30Jai Shrimannarayan Sir,
Can you provide the detail...Jai Shrimannarayan Sir,<br />Can you provide the details about how to perform this Vaishwadeva yajna along with mantras??<br />Thank YouSugar Dsquarehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15338916132390277155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442555339667770589.post-89370165817590344192020-06-08T10:12:50.267+05:302020-06-08T10:12:50.267+05:30@Unknown It is pleasant to see a person from my v...@Unknown It is pleasant to see a person from my veda sakha and sutra :) Can you please share your contact number so that vedic related info can be sharedVedula Jnana Karthikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09158448970223758724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442555339667770589.post-43732586893561825672020-06-07T22:08:55.657+05:302020-06-07T22:08:55.657+05:30Can I get the procedure for vaishdevam.Can I get the procedure for vaishdevam.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09396650991243490907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442555339667770589.post-43105577220041644012020-05-07T17:42:38.937+05:302020-05-07T17:42:38.937+05:30Please share a vedic hymn or mantra to sing while...Please share a vedic hymn or mantra to sing while giving harathi to my child on his birthdayVedula Jnana Karthikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09158448970223758724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442555339667770589.post-53848910645243968922020-05-07T17:41:25.833+05:302020-05-07T17:41:25.833+05:30Thanks for the details Ramanathan garu! Do you a c...Thanks for the details Ramanathan garu! Do you a copy of taittiriya brahmana 1st and 2nd prashnas.If so,please share the sameVedula Jnana Karthikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09158448970223758724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442555339667770589.post-28987940446510312612020-05-04T22:03:09.538+05:302020-05-04T22:03:09.538+05:30Not sure what do you mean when you say you do Agni...Not sure what do you mean when you say you do Agnihotra? If you mean what is commonly known as Agnihotra, i.e using a copper vessel and giving unbroken hand pounded rice as offering, that is not Agnihotra vedically speaking.<br /><br />It's only after agnyaadhana that 3 fires as kindled. The details of agnyaadhana performance is described in taittiriya brahmana 1st and 2nd prashnas. It gives the order of kindling the 3 agnis etc. It is after this the real Agnihotra, offering of milk in the ahavaniya, is performed. R.Ramanathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01842378468616200619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442555339667770589.post-14781712212137618512020-05-04T04:00:31.733+05:302020-05-04T04:00:31.733+05:30Namo Namaha Ramanathan Garu,
I perform agnihotra d...Namo Namaha Ramanathan Garu,<br />I perform agnihotra daily( Pratah Sandhya and Sayam Sandhya) based on Akkalkot "Agnihotra Book" and a guruji from akkalkot sriji parampara taught me the same . Can you please help me understand how to separate tretagnis (I.E Garhapatynagni,Dakshinagni and ahavaneeyagni)Vedula Jnana Karthikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09158448970223758724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442555339667770589.post-31548191061809603382020-05-02T11:40:45.060+05:302020-05-02T11:40:45.060+05:30Namaskaram,
As a sama Vedi completing your shaka a...Namaskaram,<br />As a sama Vedi completing your shaka alone will not be enough to perform shrauta karmans as a good knowledge of the yajur veda is needed for the performance of atleast the basic shrauta karmans like Agni aadana, Agnihotra, Darshapurnamaasi, chaaturmaasya. In all these havir yajnas there are only four ritwiks Brahma, Adhvaryu, hota, agnith. There are no samans sung in these yajanas so the entie udgatr gana of ritwiks are not there.<br /><br />To perform all this requires a good knowledge of the yajus veda to understand the praishyas used, when to chant the vashat, vaushat, yaajya purnuvaakya etc. It is only in the pashubandha if i remember correctly, the first yajna involving the formal chanting of the sama veda by the udgata is the niruda pashubandha(Independent pashubandha, i.e. it is performed independently and not part of any other yajna).<br /><br />It is only in the soma sacrifices that you will see the sama veda being used to the fullest extent. These soma sacrifices are very expensive and cannot be performed frequently. So on a regular basis you will be performing the havir yajnas alone which do not involve the samans. So adhyayana of your shaaka is not enough. In addition you need to know the yajus, the shrauta sutras of your shaka and those of the yajur veda if you intend to be a yajamana.<br /><br />This is needed because the shrauta sutras of your shaka only will talk of the role of the udgata alone. Also last but not least, you need to have a wife who is willing and cooperating if you are married and if not make sure you get such a wife. Because these days i have seen divorces happening on the basis of performance of sandhyavandanam even. What to say of these things?<br />Regards<br />Ramanathan<br /> Ramahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03384303927154027685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442555339667770589.post-19348253896754694822020-05-01T19:27:26.828+05:302020-05-01T19:27:26.828+05:30Namaskaram
I am a samavedin belonging to drahyayan...Namaskaram<br />I am a samavedin belonging to drahyayana sutra.i am going under veda adhyayanam.is veda adhyayanam enough to do srauta karmas?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14621833994005786076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442555339667770589.post-76617464089081335162019-11-30T11:57:27.906+05:302019-11-30T11:57:27.906+05:30Sir namakaram.
Thanks for your question. I am not ...Sir namakaram.<br />Thanks for your question. I am not a guru and am an ordinary 9-5 day job person like the majority, so no need to address with so much reverence.<br /><br />As to your question, it can be considered in 2 headings<br /><br />1. Karmas under the grihya sutras<br /> a. First karma after marriage during which the first grihya fire is kindled, is aupasana. This is the basic rite one which all other karmas including the shrauta karmans are based on. Aupasana is a cycle and it involves the 2 times per daya aupasana, darsha/purna maasa staali paakas, agarayana stali paaka, sarpa bali , isana bali, pinda pitru yajnas and so on in the appropriate times.<br />b. The daily vaishwadeva,<br />c. Any other pooja or japa one might take up like the panchayatana etc.<br />d. I assume that daily 3 times sandhyavandana brahma yajna is already known and need to be listed<br />Shrauta<br />This starts from the agni aadhana karma where the 3 shrauta agnis garhapatya, aahavaniya and dakshina agni are divided from the aupasana fire. Using these one must perform the darsha purnamaasa sacrifices at full and new moon, chaturmaasya, pashubandha and the chaturmaasya as a cycle as mentioned in the earlier grihya karmans. This is to be done till death. Then you have the soma yajnas like agnihstoma, atyagnishtoma, ukta, sodashi, atiraatra till the vajapeya to perform if you can afford this.<br /><br />Also you have the regular annual shraddha and tarpanas during ammavasya. Also not to mention the shannavati shradda or 96 shraddhas to be performed in a year, which has been abridged as 96 tarpanas. <br /><br />The list is an exhaustive ideal list and cannot be followed by everybody even in the past not all could. So there is not question now. Adapt and do what you can. The ideal vedic grihasta ashrama is such a tough life, that the present day Brahmin marriages seem to be a farce with no real samskara being generated and is just an instagram event/R.Ramanathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01842378468616200619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442555339667770589.post-89058291627166727162019-11-28T19:05:53.310+05:302019-11-28T19:05:53.310+05:30Namo Namaha Ramanathan Garu ! I am a Samavedin bel...Namo Namaha Ramanathan Garu ! I am a Samavedin belonging to Ranayaneeya Shakha and Drahyayana sutra. Can you please help me learn all the rituals that a Gruhastha should performVedula Jnana Karthikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09158448970223758724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442555339667770589.post-46669518071904944262013-10-01T11:01:52.333+05:302013-10-01T11:01:52.333+05:30Great to know this sir. Very few people are availa...Great to know this sir. Very few people are available like you who are interested in pursuing this Shrauta tradition further. In pursuit of this conversation i have created the email-id agnishtoma@gmail.com. We will keep madam in the loop too for all conversations on this email-id. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16390117805631157576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442555339667770589.post-28079019834302218262013-09-30T12:32:41.070+05:302013-09-30T12:32:41.070+05:30By the way "Unknown" is "Ramanathan...By the way "Unknown" is "Ramanathan". Just to clarify have edited my profil in google++R.Ramanathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01842378468616200619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442555339667770589.post-7273421335377492502013-09-30T11:35:08.716+05:302013-09-30T11:35:08.716+05:30Namaste Mr Abhinand,
Firstly thanks for your in in...Namaste Mr Abhinand,<br />Firstly thanks for your in interest in the article and glad to know you are interested in Shrauta/Smarta karmas. I have some questions for you to just understand you more.<br /><br />1. You say you are a Rig Vedic Brahmin. Have you completed Adhyayana of your shaaka?. Just as a curiosity, what shaaka of the Rig Veda do you belong and the sutra you follow for Grihya/Shrauta karmas?.<br /><br />2. If you have completed it have you read some of the shadangas, atleast the minimum necessary for your shaaka(For example the shiksha, Praatishaakya of your shaaka)?.<br /><br />3. If you are married, have you performed aupasana/ stalipaaka etc anytime?.<br /><br />There is a reason i ask these questions. Without completing adhyayanam of your shaaka no Shrauta vidwan would teach you Shrauta. With Rig veda it is most complicated since the Hota, who is the Rig vedic chief priest, needs to chant thousands and thousands of Riks in these rituals. As for why you need to know the Angas, when you chant these Riks in these yajnas, you must pause the chanting and adapt it to the karmas being done. When you pause and resume, and thus split mantras across Paadas/Vaakyas it can result in Word sandhis getting reversed and thus svara changes can happen. Plus also the additional knowledge of some basic Samans are needed to adapt the Riks for the stotras sung in Soma rituals.<br /><br />I personally know many people in remote villages in Tamil-Nadu but the thing is they are too shy to let outsiders inside until they are convinced that you are knowledgeable and genuinely interested. Plus we have the problems of western scholars mis-using their knowledge to suit their own ends, after they learn from them slyly. They have become more closed now and suspicious. So we need to go slow there.<br /><br />Not last but least, and please do not mistake me, they are very fussy about their "achaara" to the point of irritation. So any outsider would be viewed with suspicion. I am just being frank and i do not intend to be fussy or to hurt you. Expecting your answers eagerly.R.Ramanathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01842378468616200619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442555339667770589.post-24032766618025905212013-09-19T12:17:41.940+05:302013-09-19T12:17:41.940+05:30Namaste Mr Abhinand.
Mr Ramanathan, the author of...Namaste Mr Abhinand.<br /><br />Mr Ramanathan, the author of this article is well versed in Vedic homas. He would answer here if you post your questions here. No personal communication is entertained. Jayasree Saranathan https://www.blogger.com/profile/01048252011566427834noreply@blogger.com