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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 ,
Daasan , Oppiliappan KOil VaradAchAri Sadagopan
 
( P.S) : Please do not forget your support for the ongoing Kaimkaryam
to complete the construction of the MahA Mantapam on Oushadha
Giri for  the SeVArthees of Lord HayagrIvan . A samarpaNam of $75
would permit coverage of 10 Square feet of the Mantapam and
the Pathway around the Mantapam . Please refer to the following
web site for details :
 
http://www.srikainkarya.org
 
Sriman Soundararajan Desikan Swami is doing yeoman kaimkaryam
to construct this MahA Mantapam on behalf of all BhakthAs of
Sri HayagrIvan on OushadhAdhri of Thriuvaheendhrapuram , where
Swamy Desikan had Garuda and HayagrIva SaakshAthkArams .
 
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at His OushadhAdhri Sannidhi , Lord DevanAthan adorning RathnAngi
and the Lakshmi Hayagrivar worshipped at ParakAla Matam . This Moorthy
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That URL is :
 
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