[Vaideekam] Bath and theetu.

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Dear NVS Swami,

It is a rare phenomenon that houses

lacked wells or bathrooms in the villages, that

everyone has to resort to the village tank or temple

tank for baths.

 

Even in village homes with wells, AdiyEn have heard

Bhahistas strictly told to stay off from bathing for 3

days, and on the 4th day they take two baths (latter

being Thaila Snanam) before entering the household and

partaking panchakavyam before entering Kitchen/PerumAl

Sannidhi. This is still practiced in many Dinacharya

homes.

 

In fact some of the houses have 3 wells (one for

washing hands/feet, one for kitchen and one for

washing clothes/toilet)...and simpler homes have one

well close to the kitchen, but they shift out water

into containers for front/rear entrance usage. It is

for this reason AdiyEn wanted to know the Shastric

injunction for Bhahishtas as well as other Asoucham.

 

AdiyEn am aware that Sandhis have to be performed

during Asoucham, and ThiruvAradham should be performed

with Brihaspathi or some other Swami who does not have

Asoucham.

 

AdiyEn Sri RAmAnuja DAsan,

 

Sudarsana DAsOsmi

--- " Sudarsan Parthasarathy.S. " <sudarsanp

wrote:

 

> Dear NVS Swami,

> Who is a bhoktha in a chradham

> (pardon

> my ignorance in Sanskrit). Otherwise AdiyEn am

> clear from Swami's posting that,

> a. Head-bath should be taken daily, other than one's

> extreme personal/physical discomfort (sickness,

> cold,

> fever etc)

> b. No restrictions on oil-bath, other than for a

> person performing tharpanam.

>

> It will be valuable if Swami can detail on SnAnam to

> include other scenarios (Eg. Bahishtai, Subha/Asubha

> Asaucham)

>

> DanyOsmi

>

> ***

> Bhoktha means the swami who takes the food of

> a chradham in the place of a " Visvedevar "

> or in the place of a " Pithru " .

>

> When our community people are in villages, in

> agraharams,

> there they had have bathing source only in a common

> pond (Kulam).

> So, the bahishtai sthree is adviced to not take bath

> for the

> four days. And the fourth day they will be poured

> water in a separate

> place and then they are allowed to take bath in the

> pond from the fifth day.

> Now we are in towns / cities with several bathing

> sources.

> So, they can do it as per their convenience.

>

> Regarding Vrudhdhi theetu (subha / janana theetu)

> and

> in a Kshaya (Asubha / Marana) theetu they can take

> bath

> daily, but they could not do the daily anushtanam

> like

> perumal thiruvaradhanam. In all theetu

> sandhyavandhanam

> should be performed but the count of Gayathri japam

> is

> restricted to 10 counts.

>

> Participating in any subhams / functions is

> restricted only

> for the days of theetu.

> nvs

>

>

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