shrImadharikathAmR^itasAra - by Sri SGP CHAR - HKAS_04-22

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BHOJANA RASA VIBHAGA SANDHI

 

  ShaNNavatinAmakanu vasu mU

kkaNNa bhAskararoLage niMtu pra

panna ranudina niShkapaTa sadbhaktiyali mALpa

puNya kaRmava svIkarisi kA

ruNya sAgaranA pitR^igaLige

gaNya sukhavittavara porevanu ella kAladali .....HKAS_04-22

 

ShaNNavati nAmakanu = aniruddha ParamAtma having 96 names

vasu = in aShTavasu-s ahaMkaratraya as pradyumna with 24 rUpa-s

mUkkaNNa =  in EkAdashaR^idra-s ahaMkAratrya as saMkaruShaNa with 33 rUpa-s

bhAskarara = in dvAdashAditya-s ahaMkAratraya as vAsudEva with 36 rUpa-s

oLage = in the above dEvata-s

niMtu = existing in His aMtaryAmi rUpa

prapannaru = knowledgeable persons who understand so

anudina = everyday (one day for the pitR^i-s is equal to one year for living humans)

niShkapata = free from fraud or true hearted

sadbhaktiyali = with a strong sense of superior devotion

mALpa = one who does so

puNya kaRmava = pitR^i kaRma considered as puNya yaj~na

svIkarisi = accepted by aniruddha ParamAtma

kAruNya sAgaranu = His kindness as huge as the sea

A pitR^igaLige = to the pitR^i dEvata-s (pitR^i, pitAmaha & prapitAmaha)

agaNya sukhavittu = unlimited happiness

avara = those pitR^i-s and the adhikAri

ella kAladali = at all times

porevanu = protects them by providing them j~nAna, bhakti, aishvarya, putra, poutra etc..

 

shrI saMkaRShaNa oDeyar explains in his commentaries as to how

ShaNNavati nAmaka ParamAtma (having 96 names) accepts the anna offered

by performing pitR^i kaRma considered as puNya yaj~na via 96 different

types of shraddha-a indicated below:-

 

manvAdi-s                               14

yugAdi-s (starting of yuga-s)    4

mEShAdiparvakAla-s              12

amAvAsya-s                              12

mahAlaya (pitr^ipaxa)           15

vyatIpAta-s                             12

vaidhR^iti-s                    12

tisrAShTa-s                             15

TOTAL =                         96

 

1. 14 manvantara-s

2. kR^ita, trEta, dvApara and kaliyugAdi days

3. 12 saMkramaNa-s (mEshAdipaRvakAla-s)

4. 12 amAvAsya-s

5. 15 days in PitR^i paxa (bhAdrapAda kR^iShNa paxa)

6. vaidhR^iti and vyatIpAta yoga (2 in every month totals to 24)

7. pUrvedyu, ashTaka, anvashTaka (saptami, aShTami and navami) of bhAdrapada, mArgashira, puShya, mAgha and phAlguna kR^iShNa paxa-s, totals to 15)

 

As the Regulator of pitR^i-s in aShTavasu-s ahaMkaratraya as pradyumna with 24 rUpa-s, in EkAdashaR^idra-s ahaMkAratrya as saMkaruShaNa with 33 rUpa-s and in dvAdashAditya-s ahaMkAratraya as vAsudEva with 36 rUpa-s and above that via agni for pitR^i-s, via yama for pitAmaha and via chaMdra for prapitAmaha (total=96), is known as pradyumna in anna, divides the rasa-s as saMkaRShaNa and provides AnaMda as vAsudEva.

 

Thus those who perform the shrAddha with a true heart (niShkapaTa) and with a strong sense of superior devotion and offer it at the feet of ShaNNavati (aniruddha) ParamAtma, He would bestow them with unlimited happiness at all times and protect them by providing them j~nAna, bhakti, aishvarya, putra, poutra etc..

 

 

Verse 21 and 22 should be read together to get the whole picture.

The purport is that 93 forms of Bhagavan present in karta,

karma and kriya are worshipped especially on 96 days.

 

> 1. 14 manvantara-s

> 2. kR^ita, trEta, dvApara and kaliyugAdi days

> 3. 12 saMkramaNa-s (mEshAdipaRvakAla-s)

> 4. 12 amAvAsya-s

> 5. 15 days in PitR^i paxa (bhAdrapAda kR^iShNa paxa)

> 6. vaidhR^iti and vyatIpAta yoga (2 in every month totals to 24)

 

There are only 27 yoga-s and thus it cannot be two every month.

It is 26 in a year.

 

> 7. pUrvedyu, ashTaka, anvashTaka (saptami, aShTami and navami) of

> bhAdrapada, mArgashira, puShya, mAgha and phAlguna kR^iShNa paxa-s,

> totals to 15)

 

12 days --  you have already included bhAdrapada in PitR^i paxa.

Pls. refer to Sri Sankarshana Odeyaru's comm. on this.

 

Regards,

 

Meera Tadipatri

 

> Moudgalya

On Thursday, April 28, 2005 Sukumar S C " <sukumar at tataelxsi.co.in>

 

>>pitR^i-s are children of devata-s and they are of many kinds.

> 

> Is these pitris are different from what I have in my mind - i.e., a la my

> father, grand father etc.,

 

Yama, Chandra and Kavyava[Agni]present in the departed souls

are the pitrupathi-s whom we worship on all these days. Pitru

puje is done to these devata-s with the prayer to protect the

departed souls and bless our progeny.

 

> Why we reach pitru loka. Is it due to papa karma or due to punya karma or is

> it a normalcy.

 

Depends on the kind of punya karma.

 

> If it is due to punya karma then do we first go to naraka and then to pitru

> loka or vice versa.

 

I am not sure where we go first! -- have heard that we

first go to naraka.

 

There are broadly two mArga-s -- one for those who return

back to samsara and other for those who have no return.

This has been discussed in BSB 4.2. and the next pAda.

 

The soul departs along with a part of pancha bhUta-s and

tanmatra-s. Those who have done good deeds like community

work ityadi exit thr' the daxanAyana nADi.  There are 50

daxinAyaNa nADi-s and 50 uttarayaNa nADi in the deha.[ayaNa

here means rays of the [internal]sun which illuminates the

interior of the nADi-s and this has nothing to do with death

during daxiNayana parvakala]. They take the daxanAyana mArga

presided by Bharati [cf. shatprashna] and go to dhUma loka,

dina loka, Krishnapaxaloka etc., before reaching pitruloka,

and finally to Somaloka[Chan. 5.10.2ff]. This is the last

stop for these jIva-s who have to return back, and once they

exhaust these nashvara/anitya/temporary punya they are kicked

out of this place and descend either by the same route or

diferrent one depending on their pApa. There are sufferings/

dukha in these path as well.

 

The aparoxs j~nAni-s who have exhausted their prArabdha karma

and go to upper world beyond janaloka exit thr' the uttaryaNa

nADi presided by Mukhya vAyu. They take the suklapaxa route of

no return to samsara.

 

> Also there is svarga loka and how and why we reach there.

 

Due to the Acharane of 'good' karma-s[following vidhi and nisheda]

one goes to the svarga loka [bSB 3.1.10.9-12].

 

> Is there a division in punya that we gather here and based on the same we

> get to svarga / pitru loka.

 

Yes indeed! The good nitya punya stays always with the

jIva -- in general anything and everything that is done with

Bhagavan as the focus and that which helps to realize the

doership of Hari thr' sadagama-s is nitya punya. Every other

'good deed' is anitya and gets exhausted in all these Svarga,

Chandra, pitruloka-s, and the jIva returns back to the cycle

of birth and death agony.

 

> Pls correct my understanding.  Once we die, for gaining sthula deha we need

> anna which will be provided by our progenies in the form of pinda.

 

Not quite -- the anna is to pitR^i devata-s who protect these

departed souls. It doesn't directly help in getting the stUla

deha.

 

After exhausting the quota of pain/joy, the jIva descends back

within a year and enters rain, grain cycle till it gets the

right 'body'. The jIva that enters rain, grain doesn't suffer

till it enters the womb of its 'mother'.

 

> Thus with the help of pinda we reach pitruloka.

 

The departed ancestor can be in any loka -- pitru loka is not

a guaranteed place!

 

Note that the pitruloka is the loka of pitrugaNa devata-s.

Depending on the karma, our departed ancestors can be of any

'form' and 'stay' in any of the seven places and that is

one of the reasons why saptanna is kept[HKS 14.14]in pitR^i

kArya[?]

 

> What are the ill effects on a soul after death which has not given a birth

> for a son.

 

There is no ill effect at all!

 

'Putra' is someone who saves us from the naraka called 'puth'.

This term need not apply to one's son.

 

Acharya in his MBTN 12.18, points out even if one doesn't have

children he can still get sadgati like dharmabhUshana:

 

ato.anyathA sutAnR^ite vrajanti sadgatiM narAH |

yathaiva dharmabhUshhaNo jagAma sandhyakAsutaH || 12\.18||

 

[Often people misread the passage in Mbh re Rishhi-s telling

Panduraja that he can't join them to Brahma sabha etc. This

is not because he didn't have sons at that time -- the purpose

of his janma is to give pandava-s and neglecting that duty

and going to Brahma sabha won't give sadgati to Panduraja.]

 

Regards,

 

Meera Tadipatri

 

> sukumar

 

 

On Wednesday, April 27, 2005 9:29 PM " Meera Tadipatri " <m_tadipatri at adelphia.net> wrote:-

 

> 12 days --  you have already included bhAdrapada in PitR^i paxa.

> Pls. refer to Sri Sankarshana Odeyaru's comm. on this.

 

Thank you. I refered. The revised list is as under:-

 

manvAdi-s                             14

yugAdi-s (starting of yuga-s)     4

mEShAdiparvakAla-s             12

amAvAsya-s                           12

mahAlaya (pitr^ipaxa)             16

vyatIpAta-s                             13

vaidhR^iti-s                             13

tisrAShTa-s                             12

                              TOTAL = 96

 

Regards

 

Moudgalya

> Regards,

 

> Meera Tadipatri

 

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