quotes on tilaka/urdhva-pundra

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Here are quotes on tilaka/urdhva-pundra from Madhva's

kR^ishhNAmR^ita-mahArNava from the Dvaita list archives.

-GS

 

tiryakpuNDraM na kurvIta saMprApte maraNe.api vA |

na chAnyanAma vibrUyAdR^ite nArAyaNAtparam.h || 198 ||

 

Do not apply the [shaivaite] cross-wise mark on your forehead, even

if death

is threatened; do not also take the name of another as being

superior to Narayana.

 

UrdhvapuNDramR^ijaM saumyaM lalATe yasya dR^ishyate |

sa chaNDAlo.api shuddhAtmA pUjya eva na saMshayaH || 200 ||

 

On whose forehead may be sighted the pure and pious `Urdhva-puNDra';

even such a `chaNDAla' is a pure soul and fit for praise, without a

doubt.

 

ashuchirvA.apyanAchAro manasA pApamAcharet.h |

shuchireva bhaven.h nityamUrdhvapuNDrAN^kito naraH || 201 ||

 

Unclean, or not abiding in rules of conduct, or one who sins in his

mind; even such a man becomes pure by wearing the Urdhva-puNDra

daily.

 

UrdhvapuNDravihInasya shmashAnasadR^ishaM mukham.h |

avalokya mukhaM teshhAM Adityamavalokayet.h || 202 ||

 

The face of one who has given up the Urdhva-puNDra is akin to a

crematorium; having seen the face of such a one, look at the sun.

 

yaj~no dAnaM tapo homaH svAdhyAyaH pitR^itarpaNam.h |

vyarthaM bhavati tat.h sarvaM UrdhvapuNDraM vinA kR^itam.h || 203 ||

 

Sacrifices, donations, fire-rituals, self-study, and oblation to

ancestors; they all become useless, if done without [wearing the]

Urdhva-puNDra.

 

gopIchandanaliptAN^go yaM yaM pashyati chaxushhA |

taM taM shuddhaM vijAnIyAnnAtra kAryA vichAraNA || 204 ||

 

Whomever the eyes can see to be wearing the gopI-chandana on their

bodies; know them all to be pure, and that in this there is no doubt.

 

yo dadAti dvijAtibhyashchandanaM gopimarditam.h |

api sarshhapamAtreNa punAtyAsaptakaM kulam.h || 208 ||

 

One who gives to brAhmaNa-s the gift of gopI-chandana;

even in as small an amount as the size of a seed of mustard;

benefits seven generations of his lineage.