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"Avani Avittam" or the "Upakarma festival" immediately brings to our minds the usual scene of chasing behind of VadyArs (Prohits or pundits well versed in vEdAs and its procedures) for getting their sacred threads changed before a stipulated time which is fixed nowadays definetly by the doer's Official work schedules and not Vedas/Upanishad prescribed time periods. Also the above brings to our minds the aroma of special eatables like "appam" and "Iddly" which are done for a specific purpose which is also now obviously tweaked.

Reason for this Iddly and Appam

On the UpAkarma day, strictly speaking, the rule is to eat only after bhagavad-ArAdhana and the homam. If done properly this lasts well into the afternoon. Because of the length of the procedure, young brahmacharis and those others who are absolutely unable to bear their hunger are permitted to eat before the homam itself. The typical meal consists of idli and appam, but usually excludes rice. Complete fasting is observed after this through the night, in preparation for the next day's gAyatrI japam. In some traditions one meal is eaten during the day and phalAhAram is observed at night.

Let us try to contemplate on the actual reasons for doing this upakarma. As mentioned above, it is nowadays erroneously thought that upAkarma or AvaNi aviTTam is primarily the changing the yajnopavItam or the sacred thread (poonool). This is nearly a mile away from the actual reason. Changing the poonool happens very often, whenever a significant vedic karma is performed.

kAmOkArishIt japam

We begin the above ritual with a kAmOkArishIt japam. kAmo'kArshIt japam is done as an atonement, a prAyaScittam for not having done the traditional utsarjana

sankalpa earlier in the year. The sankalpa for the japam says this explicitly ('adhyAya-utsarjana-akaraNa'). Just as upAkarma is the formal recommencement of Vedic studies, the utsarjana is a sankalpa done to formally halt study of the Vedas and commence study of grammar, prosody, pronounciation, astronomy, etymology, etc., as well as other shastras, all of which are helpful in understanding the Vedas. The year was therefore divided into two, one half for studying the Vedas, the other half for studying the VedAngas or Vedic accessories. The utsarjana has unfortunately fallen into disuse for quite a while, so what remains is the meagre prAyaScittam for not having done it. Therefore, the important yajnopavItam changing is for the upAkarma.

kAmOkArishIt japam is actually an act of apology to the lord that all the wrong deeds in the year that has passed by were done as a result of avarice (kAma) and anger (krOda).

kAndarishi tharpana

The next important step in upakarma is doing the kAndarishi Tarpana (the offerings of black seasame seeds and raw rice with water) to our ancestors, the great Rishis then the creator Brahma and the various devatas who are delegated for executing various activities by our lord Sriman Narayana. Please note (We did not come from apes or monkeys. We came from Rishis).

Adiyen is sure that this is going to be one another article in the forum which is going to be passed on like passing clouds and we are going to attend our daily chores as usual forgetting our glorious culture from the great sages, rishis and the acharyas and run behind the culture from the West. If this is going to stop you from your thought process for a moment as an act of comtemplation, then adiyen will feel this has done enough justice.

Adiyen ramanuja dasan,

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The tree which was a sibling of crescentmoon and kousthubha seemed to be smiling with the dew drops like theteeth, shining on the red lip-like sprouts.Here Desika implies that Krishna has already willed to take the tree toDvaraka, may be, to show the power of His maya which made Indra forgetthe great help rendered by Krishna and fight with him over the tree.Krishna said as he had to rush to Dvaraka as all are expecting himthere, his eyes were taking in the beauty of the tree as though it wasthe breakfast before journey, meaning that the full beauty will beenjoyed later as he intended to take it with him. He put words in themouth of Sathyabhama to achieve this end by saying that she looked asthough she wanted to take the tree and plant it in her garden. 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Sri: Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha It is also called as adyena Prarambha. That one has to start reading veda aaranbha. Adiyen Sampath Kumar s.varadarajan wrote: srimathe ramanujaya namaha "Avani Avittam" or the "Upakarma festival" immediately brings to our minds the scene of chasing behind of VadyArs (Prohits or pundits well versed in vEdAs and its procedures) for getting the sacred threads changed before a stipulated time which is fixed nowadays definetly by the doer's respective Official work schedules and not by Vedas/Upanishad prescribed time periods. Also the above brings to our minds the aroma of special eatables like "appam" and "Iddly" which are done for a specific purpose which is also now obviously tweaked. Reason for this Iddly and Appam On the UpAkarma day, strictly speaking, the rule is to eat only after bhagavad-ArAdhana and the homam. If done properly this lasts well into the afternoon. Because of the length of the procedure, young brahmacharis and those

others who are absolutely unable to bear their hunger are permitted to eat before the homam itself. The typical meal consists of idli and appam, but usually excludes rice. Complete fasting is observed after this through the night, in preparation for the next day's gAyatrI japam. In some traditions one meal is eaten during the day and phalAhAram is observed at night. Let us try to contemplate on the actual reasons for doing this upakarma. As mentioned above, it is nowadays erroneously thought that upAkarma or AvaNi aviTTam is primarily the changing the yajnopavItam or the sacred thread (poonool). This is nearly a mile away from the actual reason. Changing the poonool happens very often, whenever a significant vedic karma is performed. kAmOkArishIt japam We begin the above ritual with a kAmOkArishIt japam. kAmo'kArshIt japam is done as an atonement, a prAyaScittam for

not having done the traditional utsarjana sankalpa earlier in the year. The sankalpa for the japam says this explicitly ('adhyAya-utsarjana-akaraNa'). Just as upAkarma is the formal recommencement of Vedic studies, the utsarjana is a sankalpa done to formally halt study of the Vedas and commence study of grammar, prosody, pronounciation, astronomy, etymology, etc., as well as other shastras, all of which are helpful in understanding the Vedas. The year was therefore divided into two, one half for studying the Vedas, the other half for studying the VedAngas or Vedic accessories. The utsarjana has unfortunately fallen into disuse for quite a while, so what remains is the meagre prAyaScittam for not having done it. Therefore, the important yajnopavItam changing is for the upAkarma. kAmOkArishIt japam is actually an act of apology to the lord that all the wrong deeds in the year that has passed by were done as a result of avarice (kAma) and anger (krOda). kAndarishi tharpana The next important step in upakarma is doing the kAndarishi Tarpana (the offerings of black seasame seeds and raw rice with water) to our ancestors, the great Rishis then the creator Brahma and the various devatas who are delegated for executing various activities by our lord Sriman Narayana. Please note (We did not come from apes or monkeys. We came from Rishis). Adiyen is sure that this is going to be one another article in the forum which is going to be passed on like passing clouds and we are going to attend our daily chores as usual forgetting our glorious culture from the great sages, rishis and the acharyas and run behind the culture from the West. If this is going to stop

you from your thought process for a moment as an act of comtemplation, then adiyen will feel this has done enough justice. Adiyen ramanuja dasan, VaradarajanS. VaradarajanTata Consultancy ServicesMailto: s.varadarajan (AT) tcs (DOT) comWebsite: http://www.tcs.com__________Experience certainty. IT ServicesBusiness SolutionsOutsourcing__________=====-----=====-----===== Notice: The information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, use, review, distribution, printing or copying of the information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it are strictly prohibited. If you have received this

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Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama: Dear Sriman Varadarajan Swamin, Namaskaram! Adien used to feel, and also tell often, that we need to be reminded once in a while of the real purpose of our birth however much we internally feel that we have that Smaranai. Dhevareer's article does a lot in this direction. Thank you and Lord Lakshminarayanan's blessings be with you and your family. Adien Ramanujaya Dasan Vinjamoor S. Vijaya Raghavan.s.varadarajan wrote: srimathe ramanujaya namaha "Avani Avittam" or the "Upakarma festival" immediately brings to our minds the scene of chasing behind of VadyArs (Prohits or pundits well versed in vEdAs and its procedures) for getting the sacred threads changed before a stipulated time which is fixed nowadays definetly by the doer's respective Official work schedules and not by Vedas/Upanishad prescribed time periods. Also the above brings to our minds the aroma of special eatables like "appam" and "Iddly" which are done for a specific purpose which is also now obviously tweaked. Reason for this Iddly and Appam On the UpAkarma day, strictly speaking, the rule is to eat

only after bhagavad-ArAdhana and the homam. If done properly this lasts well into the afternoon. Because of the length of the procedure, young brahmacharis and those others who are absolutely unable to bear their hunger are permitted to eat before the homam itself. The typical meal consists of idli and appam, but usually excludes rice. Complete fasting is observed after this through the night, in preparation for the next day's gAyatrI japam. In some traditions one meal is eaten during the day and phalAhAram is observed at night. Let us try to contemplate on the actual reasons for doing this upakarma. As mentioned above, it is nowadays erroneously thought that upAkarma or AvaNi aviTTam is primarily the changing the yajnopavItam or the sacred thread (poonool). This is nearly a mile away from the actual reason. Changing the poonool happens very often, whenever a significant vedic karma is performed.

kAmOkArishIt japam We begin the above ritual with a kAmOkArishIt japam. kAmo'kArshIt japam is done as an atonement, a prAyaScittam for not having done the traditional utsarjana sankalpa earlier in the year. The sankalpa for the japam says this explicitly ('adhyAya-utsarjana-akaraNa'). Just as upAkarma is the formal recommencement of Vedic studies, the utsarjana is a sankalpa done to formally halt study of the Vedas and commence study of grammar, prosody, pronounciation, astronomy, etymology, etc., as well as other shastras, all of which are helpful in understanding the Vedas. The year was therefore divided into two, one half for studying the Vedas, the other half for studying the VedAngas or Vedic accessories. The utsarjana has unfortunately fallen into disuse for quite a while, so what remains is the meagre prAyaScittam for not having done it. Therefore, the important yajnopavItam changing is

for the upAkarma. kAmOkArishIt japam is actually an act of apology to the lord that all the wrong deeds in the year that has passed by were done as a result of avarice (kAma) and anger (krOda). kAndarishi tharpana The next important step in upakarma is doing the kAndarishi Tarpana (the offerings of black seasame seeds and raw rice with water) to our ancestors, the great Rishis then the creator Brahma and the various devatas who are delegated for executing various activities by our lord Sriman Narayana. Please note (We did not come from apes or monkeys. We came from Rishis). Adiyen is sure that this is going to be one another article in the forum which is going to be passed on like passing clouds and we are going to attend our

daily chores as usual forgetting our glorious culture from the great sages, rishis and the acharyas and run behind the culture from the West. If this is going to stop you from your thought process for a moment as an act of comtemplation, then adiyen will feel this has done enough justice. Adiyen ramanuja dasan, VaradarajanS. VaradarajanTata Consultancy ServicesMailto: s.varadarajan (AT) tcs (DOT) comWebsite: http://www.tcs.com__________Experience certainty. IT ServicesBusiness SolutionsOutsourcing__________=====-----=====-----===== Notice: The information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, use, review,

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