Guest guest Posted August 21, 2008 Report Share Posted August 21, 2008 Respected Sirs, Kinly clarify the sitting position when performing the tharpanam, Whether, we should sit facing East or South. In the recent Nrusimmapriya edition it is noted that we should be facing south, whereas, according to the printouts taken from ahobilam.com, we should sit facing east. which is correct? s.balaji *** Refer : Vaidyanathadeekshiteeya smrutimuktaphalam - page no: 186 Devanagari: & Diacritic version of sloga is uploaded in the files section as jpg. You can access the file at the URL: vaideekamreference.jpg Phonetic English: smRuityantare --- tarpaNaM tilamishraM pitRuunuddishy vaagyata: Aasiina: praa~Nmukha: kuryaaddakshiNaabhimukho a~njaliM iti.. atra praa~NmukhatvadakshiNaamukhatvayorvikalpa:. sarvametanniruupitamadhastaat.. Meaning: The tharpaNam can be done either facing East or South, both are the same, where they are all proved. Practically most of the gruhastaas are doing facing East, in the same posture from the beginning, but I myself just turning towards south and kneeling with my left leg till the end of the tharpanam and again sitting in the normal pose after final aachamanam( in kukudasanam) to recite the 'Satvika tyagam'. All these type of discussions will be useful only to confuse and threaten the normal gruhastas of larger percentage. But it will be useful for narrow minded persons to exhibit their sastric knowledge. nvs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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