SrI:
Dear Swamy Desika BhakthAs
:
Today is the sacred Gayathri
Japam day .
adiyEn has produced and
released with the help of
AchAryAs and Vedic experts
the Rg, Yajur and Saama
SandhyAs in the DVD Format
last year . Please follow
the instrcutions captured in
the DVD format there
to perform
SandhyA Vandhanam
as per traditional manner .
Let us focus now on the the
Swami Desika Sahasra
NaamAs relating to the
Gaayathri japam and SandhyA
Vandhanams . These Eleven
Sahasra NaamAs are:
587. Gaayathri sTAna
saaravidhE nama:
(Meaning): Salutations to the AchAryan ,
who was knowledgable about
the details on the places, where
Gayathri Japam has to be performed
and their significance
.
Smruthi RathnAkaram and other Ahnika
granthams talk about the merits and
demerits of the different places ,
where this manthra japam can be performed .
Performing the Japam at one's house has one
unit of Phalan;performing it on
the banks of rivers has twice that
Phalan ; ten units of phalan arise from
performing mantra japam in cow sheds ;
performance in Agni Saalais
( where VaidhikAgni is maintained for
Yagams) yields 100 times the phalan of
doing it at home setting ; performing
Gayathri japam at siddhi kshEthrams ,
banks of PuNya theerthams and at the
sannidhis of devathais associated with
the Lord (VishvaksEnar , Garudan et
al) yields 100,000 crores
of units of Phalan
compared to japam done at one's home
. To cap it all , Gaayathri japam done at
VishNu Sannidhi (Sanctums) yields phalans
that are immeasurable . So says Smruthi;
the same Smruthi points out that performing
Gayathri japam in special aasanams
(Yogic postures such as standing on one
foot with total concentration) enhances
the phalans of Gaayathri japam .
588. Gaayathri japa sankhyAna
saadhanOthkarsha saaravidhE nama:
(Meaning): There are many ways to keep
count on the Gaayathri manthram
recited . Salutations to Swamy Desikan ,
who knew about the most preferred
way of counting .
It is better to perform Gaayathri Japam
1008 times rather than multioples of
it without count. The most sacred is the
recitation by 1008 times followed by
108 , 28 and the least 10 times during the
three sandhyA kalaams .Uttthamam
is the recitation with 1008 counts .
In the morning sandhyA
upAsanam ,
recitation of a minimum of 108 is to be
done.In times of danger and
asoucham
(theettu) , fewer than that count (Minimum
of ten) is permitted .
Japam can be done with Aksha Maalai or with
one's fingers (Digital count).
Aksha Maalai is the chain of
beads made of sphatikam ; Lotus seed bead
aksha maalai is one of the superior ones
for use in Japam . These have to be
consecrated prior to uselike the bell used
in AarAdhanam . One can also perform
Japam with the count on
the fingers , which have Padhma
and Sanka rEkhais .
One starts with the foot of the
little finger and goes clockwise
until the bottom of
the ring finger for a
count of ten
.
589. SandhyA kaaleena niyama
vEthrE nama:
(Meaning) : Salutations to the AchAryan ,
who was knowledgable about
the ways of conducting oneself during Gaayathri and other Japams
linked to it
like the AshtAkshara Japam following the
Gaayathri Japam .
One should not speak during the Japam . one
can not move forward
and backward; one can not laugh; one can
not look sidewards and get
distracted ;one can not rub their feet or
hands together . If one's AchAryan
or a VaishNavan appears before them during
japa kaalam , one should perform
salutations (MaryAdhais) to them and then
continue with the Japam . Bodhaayaneeyam
points out that the BhaagavathAs are
Masters for us all and therefore any kriyA
done with them in the front is
fruitful.
590. upasthAna kaalavidhE
nama:
(Meaning): Salutations to the AchAryan ,
who was knowledgable about
the times to perform UpasTAnam during the
three SandhyA kaalams .
After the Gaayathri Japam , SandhyA
UpasTAnam has to be done.
For Praatha: sandhyA , the UpasTAnam time
is the time of Sunrise.
One must do Japam until Sunrise. After that
PrANAyAmam and
UpasTAna sankalpam ( UtthamE SikharE
DEvi---) for bidding farewell
to Gaayathri DEvi . Afterwards , upasTAnam
for our Lord in the orb of
Soorya MaNDalam with one's soothra
Manthrams (like : "Mithrasya--")
has to be
done.
591. dhigAdhi-namanAsaktha
paaramaikAnthya bhangagnE nama:
(Meaning): Salutations to the AchAryAn ,
who banished the fear that
one's PaaramaikAnthyam will be destroyed
through the performance of
Vandhanams to the 8 directions ( dhik
vandhanams) by SandhyA worshippers .
After upasTAnam , one does SandhyAdhi
namaskAram , ParamAthma
PraNAmam , AbhivAdhanam and then dhik
vandhanam ( Praachyai diSO nama:
et al ). Such a namaskAram following the
traditon of our elders will not
affect one's paramaikAnthyam ( belief in
Lord and Lord alone as one's
refuge ) . One has to view the directions
(dhik) as BhagavAn's body(Sareeram) .
They have the Lord as their indweller.
Worshipping the dhik in this manner
will not affect one's paramaikAnthyam
.
592.
SandhyAkAla avasyakArya moolamanthra japOkthimathE
nama:
(Meaning): Salutations to the AchAryan ,
who instructed us that Moola
Manthra Japam has to be performed for
aathma suddhi along with
Gaaythri manthra japam during the sandhyAs
.
There are two traditions . Sri Matam
sishyAs perform Moola Manthra Japam
before UpasTAnam . If one performs PrAtha:
sandhyA after sunrise , then
Moola mantra japam is done after upasTAnam
in an alternate sampradhAyam .
During the sandhyA Kaalam , no japam
other than Gaayathri and Moola
Mantram should be performed .
593. vyAkrutha
aadhArasakthyAdhi DEva Rishi Pithru tarpaNaaya nama:
(Meaning): Salutations to the AchAryan ,
who commented upon the significance
of AaadhAra Sakthi , Deva-Rishi-Pithru
tarpaNams.
In the morning sandhyA , Aadhaara Sakthi
tarpaNam ( from AadhAra
sakthi to PaarishadhAs )is to be
done at the end of sandhyA vandhanam .
DEva-Rishi tarpaNam follows . For Yajur
vEdhis , KaaNDa Rishi tarpaNam
is additional.
594. nithya tarpaNa karmAntha
vaasa peeDanasaadhakAya nama:
(Meaning): Salutations to Swamy Desikan , who pointed out the
kramam of
Vasthra
NishpeDanam at the end of nithya tarpaNam (
DEva-Rishi-Pithru
tarpaNams
done daily) .
Vasthra
NishpeeDanam means the wringing of the wet clothe used
during
the snAnam . Ahnika granthams elaborate further on who needs to
do
Vasthra
NishpeeDanam . The kramam is : SandhyA Vandhanam , AadhAra
sakthi
TarpaNam , Deva-Rishi-Pithru nithya TarpaNam .
595. BrahmEjyAkaala vidhE
nama:
(Meaning)
: Salutations to Swamy Desikan , who instructed us
on the
Vedam-sanctioned Brahma Yaj~nam after Sunrise .
This
Yaj~nam should not be done before Sunrise or
after
meals .
It can be done after MaadhyAhnikam and before
BhOjanam
following Bhagavdh AarAdhanam.
596. khyAtha theerttha
manthrOpasamhrudhayE nama:
(Meaning): Salutations to Swamy
Desikan , who instructed us on
the upasamhAram (links ) between the
manthrams and the sacred
waters .
River, pond waters are invoked with the
entry of puNya theertthams like
GangA through recitation of specific
manthrams to consecrate them .
One has to link such consecrated therthams
with one's aathmA through
Moola Manthram .This rite has to be done
before Brahma Yaj~nam .
597. theertha-snAnAntha
sadhma-pravEsAsyakathva vidhE nama:
(Manthram) : Salutations to the AchAryan ,
who reminded us about
the importance of visiting the temple after
Brahma Yaj~nam and before
the abhigamanam ( morning aarAdhanam)
.
Earlier , Swamy Desikan referred to bathing
in the river or PushkaraNis
adjascent to the temple. At that time , the
performer of SandhyA should
reflect on the temple and the Lord therein
. After Brahma Yaj~nam , he should
return home and before the start of
abhigamanam , he should visit the nearby
VishNu aalayam and return to home for
performing abhigamanam and
other rites of the day ( pancha Kaala
PrakriyA ) . While at the temple ,
the worshipper should avoid 32 kinds of
apachArams (trespasses) .
Those 32 apachArams to be avoided are
covered in the next Sahasra
Naamam .
Swamy Desikan ThiruvadigaLE
SaraNam ,
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VaradAchAri Sadagopan
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to complete the
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. A samarpaNam of $75
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10 Square feet of the Mantapam and
the Pathway around the
Mantapam . Please refer to the following
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:
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to construct this MahA
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