Fw: [Vaideekam] about the Sankalpa saying Bhartha Varshe, BharathaKhande while outside India

July 10, 2006

Respected Sir:

A similar poser was also received from a devoutee whose posting was

somewhere beyond Ulan Bator (outer Mongolia). Another devoutee working for

National Geographic globe-trotting frequently had landed up somewhere in

the interiors of Africa and was not sure about this sanklpam.

Maybe in such cases where there could be problems in clarity of correct

description of the place in Sankrit and with Vedic references, one may

simply resort to the mental 'bhavana' whereby one sees oneself in this

country itself i.e. Bharata Varsha. Most of us are certainly more likely to

remember our respective hometown here in India and to some extent can

easily bring up the mental picture of their home. The 'bhavana' can be

retained as long as one is involved with the relevant ritual for which the

Sankalpa is taken and then come out of the 'bhavana' once the ritual

concludes. There seems to be another advantage in adopting this 'bhavana'

, viz.more focussed concentration is indirectly obtained as one remains

physically present in whatever town or city, but mentally the heart and the

spirit is in this country. One is sure that our beloved Lord knows all and

thus would not perhaps mind this apparent mismatch in the Sankalpa

utterances and the location of the physical/external body.

This writer may be forgiven for his views are erroneous.

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Fw: [Vaideekam] about the Sankalpa saying "Bhartha Varshe, Bharatha Khande"

07/10/06 07:06 while outside India

AM

Please respond

to "Dr.

Sadagopan"

SrI:

Dear AasthikAs :

The question on Sankalpam for Vaidhika Karmaas by

overseas residents comes up quite often .

Sri Vaasu VaadhyAr's suggestions will be useful to you in this context.

V.Sadagopan

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Maha Devan

Vasu Vadhyar

Saturday, July 08, 2006 9:40 PM

[Vaideekam] about the Sankalpa saying "Bhartha Varshe, Bharatha

Khande" while outside India

Respected Vasu Vadhyar,

Pranams !

While saying 'Sankalpa' normally we say "Bharatha Varshe, Bhartha Khande,"

etc. While we are outside India - does this make sense ?

With Respects

Maha

Sankalpam Changes for USA:

Hariromthathu ..... prathame pathe asmathu Bharadhasya

Paschimasthe krouncha dweepe uththara Kande Asmin

vardhamane ....

So, you should change accordingly to all other places.

Also you can fill the unknown data with "Vishnu" as 'Vishnu Varshe',

'Vishnu Kande' etc. or you can just leave all the detail after "Prathame

pathe to dhakshine paarsve" and continue from 'Asmin Varthamane

vyavaharike' etc.

nvs

July 10, 2006

SrI:

Dear Sri Ramachandran :

I agree with you .

Without Bhaavam and sraddhaa ,

all of these karmAnushtAnams

are not worth the effort .

V.Sadagopan

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Dr. Sadagopan

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