Sandhyavandanam a valid ticket for smooth travel on this earth

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Dear all:

Dr. Ramakrishna's analogy given below is simple yet so apt in bringing out in a

telling manner the necesity of doing SV .

I am sure you will enjoy it.

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Priya Bhagawathas,

Jaisrimannarayana

My layman analogy of performing Trikala Sandhyavandanam by a

human being is like travelling with three valid tickets

necessary for the days journey.

The procedure part of it may depend on one's chaathurvarnam

that is a Brahmin should do with full mantras while others in

decreasing order of rituals probably like offering water only

in time or showing their gratitude in one way or the other

etc.

Not doing Sandhyavandanam is like ticketless travel on this

journey of life

Just as travelling with ticket will avoid the embarrassment

of abusal, fining, penalty, jailing etc and at the same time

travelling with ticket will not bestow any special

prizes/awards/profits/gains; similarly performing Sandhyavandanam

will only prevent us from situations similar to getting fined,

penalized or jailed and doing it may not bestow extra favours

by right but not getting the situations like fining/penalty/jail

may themselves appear big fortunes.

Applying the analogy further - a non-upanayanee's responsibility

lies with his/her parents. So if the parents do not perform

the Upanayanam of their offspring then the burden of

sandhyavandanam (ticketing) shall be borne by them. But once a

person undergoes upanayanam it is his reponsibility. Similarly

girls are probably exempted from Sandhyavandanam in full

ritualistic way and that is taken care by the father and later

on by her husband. (but may be still offering them as

gratitude directly/indirectly to the Lord or through doing

service in running the household)

All the doubts regards timing etc can also be compared with

travelling like buying ticket before travelling and not whenever

one likes

Just as tickets are purchased while travelling what ever one's

condition is like not well or suffering similarly

Sandhyavandanam should be performed at all times and no

exemption in general.

This is only a lay man analogy

Jaisrimannarayana

Dr.Kilambi Ramakrishna Ramanuja Dasan