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mamaSri:

 

Dear All :

 

It seems that I had sent in a e-mail ( Aug 14, 1997) on the subject of

what to eat and when to eat on Upaakarmaa Day.

 

A dear friend sent it to me .

I am sharing it with you .

V.Sadagopan

 

 

The tarpaNam done on UpAkarmA day is Rishi TarpaNam and

not pithru tarpaNam . Hence no fasting is needed on that day . The one meal and

the raathri palAhAram on UpAkarmA day is in preparation for the next day's

Gayathri japam . mantra Japam is performed after snAnam, pratha: SandhyA and

SamithAdhAnam ( if a bachelor ) .New YajnOpaveetham has been recommended either

before the start of Japam , if the YajnOpaveetham is not in good shape.Manthra

Japam is followed by UpAkarmA that Sri Vijay Srinivasanis going to write about .

it is common practise to eat Idly and Appam after manthra Japam . Our achAryAs

do not recommend wearing newpUNal and tarpaNam and Adhyayana Homam after such

heavy eating . They recommend that the sequence is (1) sananam (2)prAtha:

SandhyA (3) YajnOpaveetha DharaNam , if needed (4) KamOkArsheethJapam by 1008

times . All of these to be done before six naazhikais after sunrise like all

other prAyascchittha karmA . This japam isdone as indicated by Sri Vijay

Srinivasan for not performing the VedOthsarjanam in Thisha PowrNami ( Thai month

Full moon day ) . The day ( 30 Naazhikais from sun ise to sunset ) is split in

to two parts ( purvAhNam and AparAhNam) for us .KaamOkArsheeth Japam is to be

done in the PurvAhNam and the UpAkarmA is to be done in AparAhNam after

MaadhyAhnikam , bhagavadhArAdhanam , vaisvadEvam .Then one retires in the

villages to the bank of a river or Swami PushkaraNI and jointly undertake the

sankalpam with adhyAya upAkarma KarishyE ; as a part of that w esay, " Tadhangam

Yajnopaveetha DharaNam karishyE and follow it with Tadhangam SnAnam karishyE and

after snAnam ,make the next sankalpam , " KhAnDa rishi tarpaNam karishyE .with

wet cloth , Achamanam is performed , face north ,wear the pUNal as maalai , hold

it with both thumbs and perorm tarpaNam with water containing rice(tandulam )

and Sesame seed in the standard manner . After that change into dry clothes and

initate Adhyayana Homam prior to VedhArambham ( UpaakarmA ) . Adhyayana Homam is

vital for the observance of UpAkarma , since the VedhArambham done at homa

kaalam is why this ceremonyis called UpAkarmA . Sri Vijay Srinivasan will be

covering thisaspect of the observance . Even in India , many do not

performadhyayana homam , which removes the significance of UpAkarmA . Here , the

best approach may be to join in a homamat the local temple . Now is the time to

be rewarded with the feast of Idly and appam et al .