Mantropadesha

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Dear MadhvabAndhavas:

 

It is such a great pleasure to see so many people eager for

receiving the upadesha of the NArAyan.ASTAkSarI mantra.

 

As the ParAshara SmRti says:

 

tApaH pun.DarastathA nAma mantro yAgastathaivaca

amIhi pan~casamskAra vaiSn.avAnAm visheSataH

 

" The 5 heated seals of the symbols of ViSn.u, the 12 marks

of the gopIcandana paste on the body, the recitation of the

1000 names of ViSn.u, the repitition of the mantras of ViSn.u

and the saligrAma pUjA, these 5 sacraments indeed are the

speciality of the VaiSn.avas. "

 

Let us VaiSn.avas practice these 5 samskAras in addition to

the 16 samskAras we share in common with other Hindus to keep

the sanAtana dharma alive.

 

All of us must receive these 5 sacraments from our gurus.

There is only one family that I know who can administer

taptamudrA to themselves. They are the NUrittAyas of Yerki in

Puttur tAluk who were given a Keshava idol by ShrImadAcArya

for the special assistance they rendered him during his tour

in that area. They are one of the 6 families blessed by

ShrImadAcArya with an idol. In every one of these 6 families,

the pUjA to these idols is conducted with the same detail and

discipline as to the idols of the aSTamaThas of UDupi. In

fact, the aSThamaThAdhipatis who normally never worship any

other mUrtis other than those of the 8 maThas, conduct worship

to the idols of these 6 fortunate families whenever they visit

them as they are touched by shrImadAcArya himself. How blessed

indeed are they!

 

Hari-VAyu smaran.a

B.N. Hebbar