Lay man's analogy on sandhyavandanm/upanayanam vs ticketless travel

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Priya Bhaagawathas,

Jaisrimannarayana

A lay man's analogy on sandhyavandanm/upanayanam vs ticketless travel follows,

with reference to the following email and subsequent clarification email

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Respected Bhagavatas:

I'd. like to find out if there's an appropriate age

for performing Upanayanam & Brahmopadesam, for

brahmachari's. Kindly advise. I have

heard the term "ottrai padai" (meaning only during

'odd' years) mention by some friends and I wanted to

clarify if that's applicable for devotees also.

Thank you.

Dasan,

Vijayaraghavan.

::Unquote

 

1. Performing Upanayanam is like making one's child eligible to travel

on his own, on this Earth

 

2. Trikaala sandhyavandanam is similar to booking three tickets per day

for travelling/living on this Earth consuming various types of its

resources like air, water, food, clothing etc

 

3. Just as during infant stage there is exemption from buying ticket

while travelling on public transport (but probably when only accompanied

by his parent) so too infants are exempted from Sandhyavandanam.

 

4. But once eligibility/ability to travel on his own comes to the child,

he is supposed to buy the ticket or else pay the fine when caught in the

act and that is any how borne by his parents. So too consequences of

eligible/able children not performing sandhyavandanam shall be borne by

the parents whose liability continues till they first perform the

Upanayanam.

 

5. But once upanayanam is performed, the consequences of non performance

of trikala sandhyavandanam and subsequent dharmic acts, shall be borne by

the children themselves.

 

6. Thus it is the parent's responsibility to perform upanayanam of their

children at the earliest once he is able to listen and speak well; and

thereby avoid cumulatively increasing their liabilities/consequences of

their wards misdeeds.

 

 

Jai Srimannarayana

sarvaaparaadham kshantavya.....

Dr.Kilambi Ramakrishna Ramanuja Dasan