Collective service to Lord Purushottam on adhik masa poornima

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Collective service to Lord Purushottam on adhik masa poornima at

Satyadhyan Vidyapeetha

 

On 31-05-2007, the Satyadhyan Vidyapeetha observed the poornima,

considered to be the most auspicious day of the on-going adhik

jyeshtha masa as the day of collective offerings to Lord Purushottam,

the deity for the month, for protection of all from the dangers facing

the world.

 

Kulpati Pandit Vidyasimhacharya, who has been blessed with a wider

perception of the world has, often expressed his concern about the

emerging dangers like depleting ozone layer, global warming, green

house effect and the gradually collapsing delicately balanced and

inter dependent eco-systems, not to mention the terrorist activities.

These dangers which were in a nascent stage till some years ago, have

assumed alarming proportion and would, if not checked, unleash such

calamities as have not been dreamt of. While environmentalists have

been trying to create awareness of the impending dangers all over the

world, their hands are needed to be strengthened by all, including us,

he said in one of the discourses.

 

Kulapati who is a profound scholar of ancient works that deal not only

with philosophy but other worldly subjects as well, is said to be in

possession of knowledge to invoke the very forces that govern the

elements of nature that would dissipate the negative energies that

contribute to the emergence of such danger. Therefore, he decided to

different homas, poojas and sevas involving a large number of devotees

and create a very powerful positive current that would affect the very

thought potential of humans.

 

Accordingly, he decided to perform 33 numbers of Pavaman homas and an

equal number of archanas. He also arranged for bhajan, nrutya, palki

seva and tottila seva on poornima on a large scale so that a very

large number of devotees could take part in them and he appealed to

all the Hari bhaktas to participate in the sevsa that suited them

most. The appeal received an overwhelming response and as many as 68

devotees enrolled themselves for pavaman homa.

 

Kulapati insists on performance of every pooja and seva according to

shashtras. The students, therefore, paid attention to every detail.

They drew sarvato bhadra mandala and graha mandala on either side of

the platform that forms the extension sanctum sanctorum and placed

homa kalashas in between. The sarvato bhadra mandala was a large

square while graha mandala a large circle. While the former contained

small squares within it filled with white, red, and black rice

representing satva guma, rajo guna and tamo guna respectively, the

latter contained different shapes made of different food grains and

cereals all coloured to represent the shapes, food grain and colour of

each planet.

 

The devotees who had enrolled for pavaman homa arrived at the

Vidyapeetha early in the morning and after punya vachan, they were led

to the terrace where homa kundas were kept ready. The trained students

at each homa kunda started homa at 7 am under the supervision of

Kulapati himself. The homas lasted for more than 2 hours. More than 60

pavaman homas being performed by the devotees to the chanting of

pavaman sookta was a sight almost ethereal. Explaining the

significance of the pavaman sookta, Kulapati said that the pavaman

sukta was an exceptionally powerful sookta. Quoting from the sookta

itself, he said, it destroys the negativities that are near and also

that are far away: negativities within and negativities without.

 

All the devotees then came to the main hall on the ground floor, where

arrangements for archana had been made. There were more 50 archaks and

each one had been allotted a separate seat. They sat in 3s like

soldiers covering almost half of the portion of the hall form

vrundavan to the entrance. They offered flowers to the deity in front

of each of them as instructed by Kulapati, who was at the mike giving

directions. The other portion was crowded with other devotees.

 

The archana that lasted for more than an hour was indeed a spectacle.

Archaks, most of whom were clad in colourful madi or kad as it is

called in Marathi. The spectators in traditional attire with a large

number of women wearing rich silk saris in traditional manner and

above all the resounding voice of the Kulapati made it a very

captivating experience. The scene seemed to have emerged straight from

a religious book. The floral fragrance that pervaded the hall, the

perfectly drawn geometrical figures on the platform and the flower

arrangement that decorated the background of the vrundavan, the idol

of Lord Krishna and of other deities lent the scene an ethereal

dimension, which was beyond description. After the archana devotees

offered 33 namaskaras to the Lord. Every one had prasad thereafter.

 

Various Ladies Bhajan Mandals that had come form far off places

devoted the post-lunch session to the rendering of bhajans. The bhajan

session lasted till evening. Some ladies performed classical dances to

the delight of everyone.

 

Kulapati gave usual discourse on suladis by Saint Vijaya Das after

which, palki seva was offered in which a very large number of devotees

took part. The last seva was tottila seva.

 

What was observed at the end of the day when devotees started homeward

was a feeling of fullness writ large on their faces.

 

Ramchandra Tammannacharya Gutti.

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