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 .
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