DM -- paaraayaNa kramam (Part 1)

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A humble request, if Ganapathiji and Athreyaji can

compile their respective series into a document and

attach it to the .groups doc section it will be

of tremendous value.

 

Thanks

Vishwanathan

 

--- Srinath Ram <srinath_atreya wrote:

> || Jai Sadguru Dutta ||

>

>

>

> RShyashrnga purADhiisham, thungA thiira nivAsinam |

> BhakthAmOdhapradham vandhE, BhArathii thiirTha

> sadgurum ||

>

> AshESha vAk jAdya malApahanthri,

> navam navam spaShta suvAk pradhAyini |

> mamEha jihvAgra suranga narthaki,

> vAgdhEvathA me nayanE prasannA ||

> >

> > Query :

> >

> > I understand from the learned that the purpose of

> using Vyasa

> Peetam is that book should not be >touched while

> chanting as one is

> supposed to know any Mantra or Shlokas within 1000

> verses . ( >As it

> should be memorised ) . Pl clarify this opinion with

> the rule

> aforesaid.

> >

>

> Samaadhaanam:

>

> An important reason for using the vyaasa piitam is

> that the paarayana book

> should neither be placedon the ground not held with

> both hands. Almost all

> classical works on mantar shastra and Durgaa sadhana

> hold the same view.

> There may be various reasons for such a rule. Many a

> time, the shastras

> wontexplain the reasons. Shastras are like our

> Mother. Just as every mother always wishes

> the well being of her children, whatever the

> shastras advocate too are for our well-being only

> Sometimes due to our limitations, we misinterpret

> even very simple and straight forward

> rules of the shastras. Not dwelling much on such

> aberrations, I wish to mention a couple of

> referneces w.r.t to the paaraayana krama.

>

> || aaDhArE sThApayithwA thu pusthakam vaachayEth ||

>

> [the book should always be placed on a support,

> above the ground]

>

>

> || hasthE sansThaapanAth dhEvii hanyarDhEhi Phalam

> yathah ||

>

> [holding the (sapthashathii) book in hand during

> paaraayana destroys

> the benefits of the ritual]

>

>

> --- vArAhii thanthram

>

> It is true that before formally taking up the

> paaraayanam, the

> saadhak should have learnt the correct

> pronounciation of the shloka-

> manthras from an adept guru. Due to repeated

> chanting and listening

> to the verses (during learning), one would

> automatically memorize all

> of them. But the rule is that the paaraayana book

> should necessarily

> be used:

>

> || na mAnasam paTeth sthOthram vAchikam thu

> prashasyathE ||

>

> [the sapthashathii should never be chanted mentally]

>

>

> || pusthakE vAchanam shastham sahasrAdhaDhikam

> yadhi ||

> || thathO nyUnyasya thu BhavEdh vAcham pusthakam

> vinA ||

>

> [chanting the sapthashathii shlokas while reading

> from the book is

> always highly beneficial. Failure in doing so makes

> the ritual

> futile.]

>

> --- prayOga chandrika

>

> Lalithaikya bramha Shrii Shankara Shaasthrigal

> (Bangalore) used to

> advice all devi upasaks to personally write down the

> shlokas in a

> book and use the same for paaraayanam.

>

>

> These rules are very strictly advocated and followed

> by the ShrngErii

> ShaaradhA piiTam.

>

> >

> > On Next Rule :

> >

> >

> > THE WORD ?gITHI?h SHOULD NOT BE UTTERED WHILE

> CONCLUDING A

> CHAPTER.

> INSTEAD ?gSWASTHI?h SHOULD BE USED.

> >

> > For example: ?g swasthi shree mArkanDEya purANE

> soorya

> sAvarNikE

> manvantharE, dhEvee mAhAthmyE,

> jagadhambaarpaNamasthu || ?g.

>

>

> > ( maDhu-kaiTabha vaDhO nAma praThamODhyAyah |

> shree

> jagadhambaarpaNamasthu || ?g. )

> >

> > Observation :

> >

> > Some books published by GITA PRESS states that

> Adhyah or Chapter

> Number and its contents should >not be Chanted and I

> am not sure why

> it has said So. as per the book I have revised the

> Chant >for getting

> my point clear. what is not required is put in

> bracket.

> >

> > pl clarify why it is so.

> >

>

>

> Samaadhaanam:

>

> With my limited knowledge, I can only say that such

> a rule is not

> in vogue with those who follow the Shringeri

> sampradaaya. In many

> classical texts like "Vaaraahii Thantram", "Prayoga

> Chandrika",

> "Durgaa Thanthram", Hara-Gowri Thanthram",

> "Atharvana-Agama

> Sanhitha" and the Naagoji Bhatta tiikaa", it is

> clearly laid out that 13 seperate vessels containing

> milk should be used for tarpana at the end of each

> chapter, 13 seperate "Adhyaaya Thaamboolam" &

> "Adhyaaya poornahuthi" should be

> offered in the name of the Adhyaaya-Devatha":

>

>

> ||.....tat tat aDhyaaya devathaayei namah ithi

> pUjanE ithyAhuh ||

>

>

> please see my article titled "dhurgA sapthashathi

> paaraayaNa kramam -

> part 2" for specific manthras at the end of each

> chapter. This also

> lets u know the 13 different goddesses associated

> with each chapter.

>

>

> The usage of "swasthi" instead of "ithi" while

> concluding each

> chapter involves the secrets of manthra shasthra and

> I don't wish to

> discuss it further here .

>

> "yaa dhEvii sarva BhUthEShu vidhyA rUpENa sansThithA

> |

> namasthasyei namasthasyei namasthasyei namO namah

> || "

>

>

>

>

> , ganapathy == ==

> vijaya

> <srividya101> wrote:

> >

> >

> >

> > Query :

> >

> > I understand from the learned that the purpose of

> using Vyasa

> Peetam is that book should not be touched while

> chanting as one is

> supposed to know any Mantra or Shlokas within 1000

> verses . ( As it

> should be memorised ) . Pl clarify this opinion with

> the rule

> aforesaid.

> >

>

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