Pitr Tarpana

[Guest guest]

Dear Sri Vasu Mama!

 

Pranaams and Namaskarams to your feet.

 

Recently I came across some suggestions that doing Pitru

Tarpana will benefit anyone even if their parents/grandparents

are alive as it gives tarpana to ancestors. [i got

this from agasthiar.org]

 

Is this recommended and allowed even if one's parents are alive? That is, is

there a custom of giving tarpana to other ancestors?

 

thank you for your advice.

 

 

 

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Mostly all are fearing to do pitru kaaryam on these days. Trying to carry out

all pitru karma out of residence.

 

Nothing will happen if done for a jeeva pitru.

 

But it will be like sending a letter through courier service for the person with

whom you are talking at the time.

 

Worship your parents with deep reverence and respect their atma will give you

more phalan than doing tarpanam etc. which is not supported by shastras.

nvs

[Guest guest]

Dear Sri Suvarnatejas,

 

Amongst namboodiris, we still follow what is called shuddha vaidika sandhya

vandanam. in the poorva bhaga, we have to do tarpanam immediately after arghya.

the tarpanams followed by namboodiris are different than what is followed

amongst other brahmin communitities (LIKE keshavadi tarpanam). Amongst us, the

tarpanams are three

 

deva tarpanam (devam gu's tarpayami, devaganam gu's tarpayami - 3 each)

rishi tarpanam (risheems tarpayami, rishiganams tarpayami)

pitr tarpanam (pitrims tarpayami, pitr ganam's tarpayami, urjvam vahi grta payah

kilaam etc. once)

 

thus every day we do deva - rishi - pitri tarpanam (including those who have

father and mothers. my children do it. nothing " bad " has been suffered. other

namboodiris do/or did in the past without any bad consequences.

 

each brahmin is supposed perform every day 5 yajnas - i.e., deva yajna, rishi

yajna, pitri yajna, bhuta yajna, and manushya yajna. offering of a fistful of

water is considering equivalent to a sacrifice. thus, even if you offer one

glass of water to any human being, it is considered that you have done manushya

yajna for that day.

 

the above tarpanam is done thrice a day - i.e., in the morning, afternoon and

evening. during asaucham period or when you don't bath during even sickness or

in the evening, the tarpanam should be done only for devas, not for rishis and

pitris.

 

thus by doing tarpanams, you are sacrificing every day. such tarpanam (derived

from the word trpya - to satisfy.) satisfy all the beings of the word and you

discharg the obligations mandated by vedas in a simple and effective manner.