Upapada !

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Dear Sh. Sanjay Rath,

I had sent my humble queries to you on 11-03-2005, which perhaps remained

un-noticed by your goodself. I am repeating the same mail again to learn

from your wisdom on the subject matter. Kindly oblige.

Some discussion keep going on the list regarding fasting on the day lorded by

Upapada which has your approval as well as a remedial measure to save the

marital tensions etc.

I have some clarification on this issue as follows.

Upapada is the pada of 12H. It can be viewed in 2 ways.

12H falls as the 6H from 7H, as such it indicates the sufferings of the spouse.

The pada of 12H finds expression of the sufferings of the spouse. This is

perhaps the reason that the disease profile of spouse is studied by Upapada,

which seems logical.

If that is so, how the fasting by the native helps ? Infact, the spouse should

fast on this day to discharge the debts of karmas and not the native.

In the second perspective, 12H indicates the non-physical being of the native

which may be said as the sub-concious state. This house makes the native away

from his material self, and to a good extent, the 12H gets involved for

Vairagya yogas etc. Here, again, the pada of 12H would find expression of the

sub-normal of the native.

If that is so, the fasting on the Upapada day should help the native to meet the

needs of material detatchment. I do not apprehend how would it help the native

to save tensions in maritl life, leaving one possibility that it may strengthen

the morale of ignoring sufferings.

I need a crystal clarity on this fasting issue. Please feel free to correct me

for any error in my understanding.

Other scholars like Mr. Narsimha, Vishti, Ms. Kanupriys etc may also offer their

valuable interpretations on this issue.  

Thanks and Regards,

Vijay Kumar

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